Now Shlok and Astha both ...happy and relieved. ...that Anjali was atleast safe ...seemed to be strolling like a loving couple ...on an outing ...Biwi Astha holding on to shlok's hand for support and supporting patidev shlok lovingly too...who still seemed to be lost about what to do now ...not only asking shlok ...his decision first ...and then Advising him . ..in her own way. ...that they could find a cheap lodge ...to stay for somedays...But Astha being Astha ...DRAMABAAZ ...couldn't help praising her intelligence. ...Cheerfully ...of how her mind worked ...even in a depressed situation ...FINALLY MAKING SHLOK ...LAUGH FREELY AND WHOLEHEARTEDLY ...CALLING ASTHA ...NAUTANKI... WHICH ITSELF WILL BE USEFULL NOW ...IN THIS GOLMAAL WORLD...both reaching the lodge ...and not only finding a room to stay ...but also Shlok now taking full responsibility of Astha on himself ...to keep her safe and happy ...which needed Money ...he though didn't have now...BUT SHLOK DEFINITELY HAD THE WILL TO EARN ANY WAY ...SO BECAME ...A TAXI DRIVER ...A WAY ...WHICH NEEDED ONLY... HIS OWN ABILITY TO DRIVE ...AND NOT ANY MAJOR CERTIFICATES FOR A BIG JOB...which shlok didn't have now ...Even though Astha was not in consent for shlok to drive a taxi. ...which was WAY UNDER shlok's academic ability...BUT SHLOK WAS READY TO DO ANYTHING ...FOR BIWI ASTHA NOW ...as she was not only his own responsibility but also because... ASTHA WAS WITH SHLOK ...WITH ONLY LOVE AND TRUST IN SHLOK ...EVEN IN HIS HARDTIMES...WHEN HE WAS NOT WORTH EVEN TWO CENTS ...NOT TAKING THE EASY WAY OUT.. ...BUT INSTEAD WAS MAKING EVERYTHING EASY FOR SHLOK ...WITH HER WARM LOVE AND SUPPORT ITSELF ...
Shlok driving around passengers ...girls of Astha's age ...asking him to switch on the radio ... seemed to for one second ...get ready to blast them for their audacity. ...but reined in his anger...with Patience ...and switched on the radio only to be again asked the volme to be turned down a little bit rudely ...did switch off...but surely must be thinking of his own rude behaviour towards Astha and both their own fights for the right to switch on or off the radio...and his not even liking her to touch it too...only to see his baba ...along side his car...in deep thought ...shlok seemed to be thinking ...of his BABA'S love and his betrayal. ...with tears in his eyes...and eyes on baba only ...that baba might feel shlok's presence by his side and take a look ...at his baccha shlok ...in vain hope. ...BUT AGAIN BABA'S EVIL DEEDS AND CHALLENGE ...AND HIS OWN RESPONSIBILITIES. ..SEEM TO COME TO THE FORE...AND FUELLED SHLOK ...DRIVING HIM FORWARD ...EK BAAR PHIR ...IN PRIDE ...
SHLOK seemed to learn HUMILITY AND PATIENCE ...as he drove different people around . ...and also seemed to adapt to his situation fast ...ACCEPTING MONEY WITH A HUMBLENESS ..ONLY A PERSON WHO KNEW IT WAS HIS OWN SWEAT AND BLOOD ..EARNED BY NOTHING ...BUT HIS OWN HANDS AND ABILITY...NOW RESPECTING OTHERS TOO...
SHLOK WIPING HIS TAXI CLEAN...WITH RESPECT NOW ...AS IT WAS THE MEDIUM TO EARN ...HIS DAILY BREAD AND ROOF NOW ...JUST LIKE SHLOK WIPED HIS OWN SWEAT IN THE HOT SUN ...WHICH SEEMED TO BE COOLING SHLOK WITH IT'S OWN NATURAL WETNESS ...GOD'S AC...OF A COMMON MAN ...WITH NOTHING BUT THEIR OWN ABILITIES ...AS MEDIUM ...TO DRIVE THEMSELVES FORWARD ...TO REACH THEIR GOALS ...FOR HAPPINESS. ...AND CREATE ...THEIR VERY OWN IDENTITY ...
WHEREAS ASTHA ...DRIVEN. . as always by ...HER UNLIMITED LOVE FOR SHLOK ...now seems to be cleaning their ...CHEAP GODOWN ROOM .. into a ...TEMPLE OF HER LOVE FOR PATIDEV SHLOK ...ALONG WITH THE SWEET SMELL OF INCENSE...removing all the others ...bad smells that would ...INCENSE PATIDEV SHLOK. ...and also ...BLACKMAILING THE COOK ..WITH HER STREET SMARTNESS ...INTO PREPARING FOOD ...AS SHLOK LIKED ...WITH HIS FAVOURITE RAITA...ASIDE ...WITH HER WHITE LIES HIDING TEARS ...TO AAI ANJALI...that they were fine as they had Accomodation ...AND THAT SHLOK ...got a job in the Accountant department...with AC ...ON...KEEPING HAPPINESS ALL AROUND ...DRIVEN BY NOTHING BUT JUST ASTHA'S LOVE ...FOR SHLOK AND FAMILY TOO...
SHLOK CAME HOME ...after a long tiring day ...DRIVING around COMPLETE STRANGERS ... the IN THE HOT SUN... ...TO BIWI ASTHA ...AND HUGGED HIS BIWI ASTHA ...WITH HIS SIGNATURE STYLE ...BACK HUG...ISS BAAR ...AS IF HOLDING SOMEONE NEAR AND DEAR ...TO HIS HEART... BUT WITH A HESISTANT LOOK ... IF ASTHA WOULD ACCEPT HIM OR NOT...OR PUSH SHLOK AWAY ...BUT OFCOURSE ...LOVING AND UNDERSTANDING ...BIWI ASTHA ... KNEW THAT EVEN... HER SLIGHTEST HESITATION... IN SHYNESS OR BUSINESS...IN ACCEPTING SHLOK'S ADVANCES AND LOVE ...WOULD DEEPLY HURT SHLOK ...WHO ALREADY WAS HURT DEEPLY IN HEART ...WITH HIS SELF RESPECTAND PRIDE ...FRAGILE TOO ...BY HIS BABA'S BETRAYAL ...AND REJECTION OF SHLOK'S LIFETIME OF ...HIS LOVE ...TRUST...AND WHOLE HEARTED DEVOTION TOO ...AND SO ASTHA TRUNED AROUND ... ...WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE ...AND LOVE IN HER VOICE ...AND WARMLY WELCOMED HER PATIDEV SHLOK ...WHO SEEMED TO COME BEARING GIFTS ...TO LOVING BIWI ASTHA ...AS ALWAYS ...AND SHLOK... AS ALWAYS ...HESITATINGLY SEEING IF ASTHA WOULD ACCEPT HIS GIFTS ...COSTLY OR CHEAP...HIS INSECURITY OF BEING ACCEPTED FOR HIMSELF ...WITH LOVE AND TRUST...NILL...MAYBE MORE SO NOW ...AFTER HIS OWN BABA'S BETRAYAL. ...
ASTHA ...asking shlok eagerly ... what he bought for her as always. ...wonderingly seeing the sarees ...and ASSURING SHLOK ...WHO THOUGHT THEM CHEAPER THAN HIS OTHER COSTLY GIFTS ...THAT THE SAREES WERE MORE ..DEAR TO HER . ...THAN JEWELLERY ...AS SHLOK HAD BOUGHT THEM ...WITH SHLOK'S OWN ...FIRST HARD EARNED MONEY ... BY HIS OWN SWEAT AND BLOOD ...ISS BAAR...MAKING SHLOK LOOK WONDERINGLY AT ASTHA ...AND HER LOVE FOR HIM ...COMPLETELY. ...WITH HIS OWN LOVE ...
ASTHA HAD PROVED ...BEFORE TOO...BY NOT REMOVING THE BLACK THREAD SHLOK HAD TIED WITH LOVE ...FOR EVEN THE DIAMOND SET ...SHLOK HIMSELF BOUGHT FOR HER ...AND SHLOK TOO ...HAD TIED ...THE BLACK THREAD AGAIN WITH LOVE TO ASTHA AS HIS WIFE ...INSTEAD OF THE GOLD MANGALSUTRA. ..GIVEN BY ANJALI FOR ...AGNIHOTRI BAHU ...AFTER REALISING ASTHA'S LOVE FOR HIM WAS TRUE ...AND ACCEPTING ASTHA ...AS HIS SOULMATE ...FOR LIFE ...WHICH NOW SEEMED TO BE THE ONLY ADORNMENT ...WITHOUT ANY OTHER FALSE TRAPPINGS OF AGNIHOTRI BAHU ...THAT ASTHA HAD AS SHLOK'S WIFE ONLY ...PROOF OF THEIR OWN LOVE ...ISS BAAR...
ASTHA ...asking shlok to fresh up to eat ...and wiping Patidev's wet face with care ...with her own saree pallu ...LIKE HIS MOTHER ANJALI ...had done and shlok had accepeted...ANJALI'S LOVE AND CARE .. without any hesistation...himself ...because Shlok seemed to know INSTNCTLY THAT HIS AAI ANJALI ALWAYS LOVED HIM TRULY ...MAKING SHLOK SECURE ...THAT ASTHA TOO ...really cared for him with love ...BOTH FEEDING EACHOTHER. ...FOOD WITH LOVING CARE AND ONENESS ...Astha seeing shlok feeling ...Hot ...blowing cool air for him ...with her Saree Pallu ...ASTHA PRAISING HERSELF ...FOR BEING... A GOOD PATHNI ...BY DOING SEVA...AND GOOD FOOD ...FOR HER PATIDEV ...WHO HAD COME HOME ...TIRED BY HARD WORK ...INDIRECTLY ASKING SHLOK'S PRAISES ...AS ALWAYS. ...ASTHA'S ONLY GOAL...SEEMS TO BE TO ...IMPRESS PATIDEV SHLOK... ...IN EVERYWAY. ...TO HER SOUL CORE ...
WELL SHLOK. ...IS SHLOK ... OFCOURSE AS ALWAYS ...NATURALLY...PRIDE OR NOT ... ...AGNIHOTRI OR NOT ...BUT DEFINITELY IS ... A SMART DEVIL IN DISGUISE TOO ...IF IN GIVING ... TIT FOR TAT ...GETTING WHAT HE WANTED...BY HOOK OR CROOK ...AND A VERY NAUGHTY ROMANTIC LOVER ...TO HIS CORE TOO ...WANTING HIS OWN DUE OF BIWI ASTHA'S LOVE ...AS HIS WIFE AND LOVER TOO ...FOR BEING... A GOOD PATIDEV ...TOO ASTHA TOO...AND SO ...REMINDS BIWI ASTHA ...THAT SHE HAS ...TO FULFILL HIS INTIMATE DESIRES TOO ...AS HE WISHED ...TO IMPRESS AND WIN HIS PRAISES ...AS A GOD PATHNIVRATA ...EVEREADY ASTHA ...SILENCED BY SHLOK'S DEMANDS ...WITH A SHYNESS BUT ALSO DEFINITELY... COMPLETE ACCEPTANCE TOO...AND WILL ABSOLUTELY... GIVE INTO... AN ABSOLUTE GOOD PATIDEV SHLOK'S DEMANDS ...WITH ASTHA'S OWN LOVE AND DESIRE ...AS ALWAYS ... ESPECIALLY NOW ...WHEN SHLOK NEEDED IT THE MOST...TO RELEASE HIS FRUSTRATION... ...WITH PLEASURE ...AND TO SATISFY HIS THIRST FOR TRUE LOVE ...BY HIS OWN DESIRE TO CONNECT ...TO ASTHA'S VERY LOVING SOUL ...DEEPLY ..INTIMATELY AND EMOTIONALLY TOO...ESPECIALLY NOW MORE THAN EVER...BONDING THEMSELVES ...WITH LOVE ...IN TRUST AND UNDERSTANDING. ...EK SAATH...AS ONE ...
SHLOK IS VERY STRONG IN BODY AND MIND...HARDWORKING AND RESPONSIBLE TOO OF HIS DUTIES ...HIS WEAKNESS BEING ONLY THE EMOTIONS OF HEART ...CREATING INSECURITIES ...ALL WHICH NEEDED WAS TRUE LOVE AND TRUST IN HIM ...LIKE ASTHA'S ...TO BE CALMED DOWN COMPLETELY ...AND ACHEIVE GREAT HEIGHTS TOO...Because even though shlok had gone away from home ...the first time he thought he was betrayed ..in his trust and love ...by his mother Anjali and Swati too...both whom he had loved very much ...Even though shlok didn't have anyone with him...in support or love ...to hold shlok together...except Baba's love far away ...SHLOK SEEMED TO HOLD HIMSELF TOGETHER ...EVEN THOUGH BECAME DARK... LOOSING TRUST IN LOVE . ...ALL BY HIMSELF... ..WITHOUT ANY SUPPORT FROM ANYONE ...INSTEAD SEEMED TO HAVE WORKED HARD FOR BABA WITH DEVOTION ...AND MADE ...THE AGNIHOTRI INSTITUTES. ..REACH GREAT HEIGHTS. ...IT WAS IN NOW ...AND WHICH ...BABA HIMSELF. ...IS SLOWLY REALISING. ...HOW MUCH SHLOK HAD CONTRIBUTED IN THE BUSINESS. ...WITH HIS OWN CAPABILITIES ...AND LOVE AND DEVOTION FOR BABA TOOO...
SHLOK IS NOT ONE TO SHRIK HIS RESPONSIBILITIES ...AT ALL ...BUT IS COURAGEOUS EVEN IN... CONFLICT...LOVE ...HATE ...HARDTIMES...OR DANGER... ...EVEN AT THE COST OF HIS OWN LIFE ...FOR LOVED ONES... ...ABSOLUTELY. ...
SHLOK by being ready to ...become even a ..Taxi Driver. ...to fulfill his responsibility for his biwi Astha...to keep her safe and happy ... instead of waiting for ...Big Academic Job... he was really worth ...proved how much he loved Astha ...absolutely...without a doubt at all ...and also that Shlok would bend down his head ...even his Pride...only for ...Love and Trust..in him ...and nothing else... not even all the riches in the whole world...(as BABA thought and so tried to bribe SHLOK with his name and power ...WHEN it was for BABA'S LOVE ...SHLOK HAD BENT HIS HEAD IN DEVOTION ...NOT AT ALL BABA'S IMAGE OR POWER TOO ...AND SO SHLOK WILL FIND ...HIS OWN IDENTITY FOR HIMSELF AND HIS LOVED ONES TOO ...ANJALI AND ASTHA )...BUT SHLOK WILL DEFINITELY EARN ALL THE RICHES ...FOR THE MOST PRECIOUS TREASURE ...OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND TRUST ...LIKE ASTHA'S...FOR SHLOK ...IN EVERYWAY ...EVEN WITH HER LIFE ...ABSOLUTELY. ...