SA - AAP WAALID BANNE WALE HAIN - EPILOGUE UPDATED ON PAGE 12

THIS IS MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT WRITING A SS

IT IS MY VIW THAT THE CVS REALLY RUSHED THROUGH THE SCENE WHERE JO CONCIEVED SALIM AND HE WAS BORN. IT ALL HAPPENEND IN ONE SINGLE EPISODE AND WE COULD NOT ENJOY IT.

THIS SS IS MY VERSION OF HOW IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SO THAT WE AKDHA FANS COULD ENJOY IT. IT STARTS FROM THE TIME WHEN JO AND JALAL MEET AT BABA SALIM CHISHTI'S ASHRAM AND BABA ADVISES JALAL TO STAY THERE FOR SOME DAYS SO THAT HE CAN ATONE FOR HIS SINS.

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INDEX

PART 1 - BELOW

PART - 2 PAGE 2

PART 3 and 4 PAGE 3

PART 5 PAGE 4

PART 6 - PAGE 5

PART 7 - PAGE 6

PART 8 - PAGE 7

PART 9 - PAGE 8

PART 10 - PAGE 9

PART 11 - PAGE 10

PART 12 A - PAGE 10

PART 12 B - PAGE 12

EPILOGUE - PAGE 12

PART 1

JALAL AND JODHA HAVE JUST MET BABA AND HE HAS ADVISED JALAL TO STAY IN THE ASHRAM SO THAT HE CAN DO PRAYASHCHIT FOR HIS SINS COMMITTED DURING THE WAR. SINCE JALAL ALSO FELT EXTREMELY GUILTY ABOUT IT, HE DECIDED TO TAKE THE ADVICE.

JALAL TO JO - JODHA BEGUM HAMEIN BABA KE YE RAAY DI HAI KI HIM APNE GUNAAHON KA PRAAYASHCHIT KAREIN AUR USKE LIYE UKNA SUJHAAV YE HAI KI HIM YAHIN ASHRM MEIN RAHEIN AUR AAM INSAAN KI TARAH AAM INSAANON KI MADA KAREIN AUR UNKA DUKH BAATEIN. HAMEIN LAGTA HAI KI AAPKO YAHAAN REHNE MEIN TAKLEEF HOGI KYONKI YAAN PAR MAHAL KI TARAH AISH O AARAAM KE SAADHAN NAHI HAIN. AAP KI KYA RAAY HAI ISS BAAREY MEIN.?

JO TO JALAL - SHAHENSHAH HUM AAPKI ARDHAANGINI HAIN, MATLAB AAPKA AADHA ANG. HAMARE BINA AAPKA KOI BHI PRAAYASHCHIT POORA NAHI HOGA. HUM CHAHTE HAIN KI HUM BHI AAPKE SAATH YAHIN RUKEIN AUR AAPKI SAHAAYATA KAREIN. HAMARA VISHWAS KEEJIYE HAMEIN YAHHAN KOI BHI KASHT NAHI HOGA. APPKA SAATH HAI TO HUM KAHIN BHI REH SAKTE HAIN.

JALAL WAS VERY HAPPY. EVEN THOUGH HE WAS FEELING GUILTY ABOUT ASKING JODHA TO STAY WITH HIM, HE WAS SATISFIED THAT SHE HERSELF WAS WILLING TO BE WITH HIM. IN THESE PAST FEW MONTHS THEY HAD HARDLY SPOKEN WIT EACH OTHER AND HE WAS KEEN TO GET HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH JODHA BACK ON TRACK. HE LOVED HER COMPLETELY AND ALWAYS WISHED FOR HER TO BE NEAR HIM. THE FACT THAT SHE ALSO WANTED TO STAY WITH HIM GAVE HIM IMMEMSE PEACE AND HAPPINESS. JODHA HAD FELT LIFELESS IN THE PALACE FOR SO LONG. EVEN THOUGH JALAL WAS THERE, THEIR RELATIONSHIP HAD TAKEN SUCH A SAD TWIST THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THEM. SHE HAD MISSED HIM TERRIBLY AND WAS GLAD THAT THIS BAD PHASE PF THEIR LIFE WAS GETTING OVER. IT WAS HER FIRM BELIEF THAT IN THIS CALM AND BLESSED ASHRAM OF SUCH A GREAT SUFI SAINT SHE AND JALAL WOULD FIND PEACE AND HAPPINESS.

THEY TOOK ON THEIR DUTIES IN THE ASHRAM - JODHA WAS TO WORK WITH THE HAKIM AND HELP HER IN TAKING CARE OF SICK PEOPLE. HER KNOWLEDGE OF MAKING DIFFERENT KIND OF AUDHADHIS WOULD PROVE USEFUL. ALSO HER BASIC KIND AND GENTLE NATURE WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL IN THIS TASK. OF COURSE, SHE ALSO HAD TO MAINTAIN THE ROOM WHERE SHE AND JALAL WOULD STAY, SHE HAD TO COOK AND OTHER OTHER HOUSEWORK. SHE WAS VERY HAPPY TO BE LEADING THIS SIMPLE LIFE.

JALAL MEANWHILE TOOK CONTROL OF SECURITY AT THE ASRAM AND ALSO OF TENDING TO THE GARDENS. HE WOULD ALSO BE MEETING HIS TRUSTED ADVISORS LIKE MAAN SINGH, TODARMAL ETC FROM THE KINGDOM SO THAT HE COULD GIVE THEM PERIODIC ADVICE ON RUNNING THE KINGDOM IN HIS ABSENCE.

SO BOTH JALAL AND JODHA SETTLED INTO THEIR NEW LIFE AND DAYS PASSED BY. EACH DAY BROUGHT THEM CLOSER TO EACH OTHER, BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY. JODHA HELPED JALAL IN RECOVERING FROM HIS NIGHTMARES OF THE WAR AND JALAL HELPED JODHA IN FORGETTING THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND RENEWED THEIR TRUST AND LOVE IN EACH OTHER.

THROUGHOUT THE DAY THEY WERE BUSY DOING THEIR RESPECTIVE DUTIES. AT NIGHT THEY WOULD SIT BESIDE EACH OTHER AND TALK ABOUT THEIR DAY. JODHA WOULD COOK SIMPLE MEALS AND THEY BOTH WOULD ENJOY EATING THEM TOGETHER. SOME DAYS JALAL WOULD BE LATE COZ HE WOULD BE HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HIS KINGDOM. THEIR DAYS WERE BUSY AND FULL. SEVERAL TIMES JALAL WOULD COME BACK HOME TIRED AND WRUNG OUT FROM ALL THE ACTIVITIES, AND ON SUCH DAYS HE WOULD REST ON JODHA'S LAP AND SHE WOULD GIVE HIM A LOVING AND GENTLY MASSAGE OF HIS HEAD AND SOMETIMES HIS FEET. LIFE WAS BLISSFUL

ON ONE SUCH DAY, JODHA WAS BUSY TENDING TO THE HOUSEHOLD CHORES AND CARRYING A PITCHER OF WATER FOR WASHING UTENSILS. JALAL HAD JUST DROPPED BY TO DO SOME REPAIR WORK IN THE COTTAGE WHERE THEY WERE STAYING. SUDDENLY JODHA'S HEAD STARTED SPINNING. THE POT OF WATER FELL FROM HER HANDS AND BROKE, STARTLING JALAL, WHO RUSHED TO HER SIDE.

"KYA HUA JODHA BEGUM? AAP THEEK TO HAIN?

JODHA TRIED TO BALANCE HERSELF BUT SHE WAS STILL DIZZY.

" KUCHH NAHI SHAHENSHAH, BAS HAMEIN ZARA SA CHAKKAR AA GAYA. CHINTA KI KOI BAAT NAHI. HUM THEEK HAIN.

SHE TRIED TO WALK, BUT ANOTHER DIZZY SPELL STOPPED HER. SHE WAS ABOUT TO FALL, BUT JALAL HELD HER IN HIS ARMS.

" HUM AAPKI EK NAHI SUNENGE JODHA BEGUM. AAP IS CHARPAI PAR BAITHIYE, HUM ABHI HAKIMA SAHIBA KO BULAATE HAIN

HE RUSHED AT TOP SPEED TO FETCH THE HAKIMA. HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT JODHA ANDALSO BLAMED HIMSELF FOR HER HEALTH. NOT ONLY WAS SHE STAYING IN THE ASHRAM TO HELP HIM, SHE WAS ALSO DOING A LOT OF WORK, BOTH OUTSIDE AND AT HOME, APART FROM TAKING CARE OF ALL HIS NEEDS. HE FELT GUILTY

" JODHA BEGUM HAKIMA SAHIBA ABHI AA JAYENGI. WO KISIS AUR KI TIMARDARI KAR RAHI HAIN. APP EEK TO HAIN NA? KHUDA KE LIYE HAMEIN BATAIYE JODHA BEGUM. HUM AAPKI TABIYAT KHARAAB HOTE NAHI DEKH SAKTE HAIN. HUMNE AAPKO KITNI BAAR KAHA HAI KI AAP ITNA KAAM MAT KARIYE, BUT AAP HAMARI EK NAHI SUNTI HAIN AUR APNI SEHAT TO NAZARANDAAZ KARTI HAIN. PATA BHI HAI AAPKO KI HAMEIN IN SAB BAATON SE KITNI TAKLEEF PAHUNCHTI HAI?

HE TOOK HER IN HIS ARMS AND KISSED HER FORHEAD GENTLY. " AAP HAMARI JAAN HAIN JODHA BEGUM. APPKO ZARA SA BHI KUCHH HO JAYE TO HUM BARDAASHT NAHI KAR SAKTE. DARD BHALE KI AAPKE JISM MEIN HO, HUM USE MEHSOOS KAR SAKTE HAIN. AAPKO KUCHH BHI HUA TO HAMARI SAANSEIN RUKS JAAYENGI JODHA BEGUM. HE HUGGED HER TIGHT AND CLOSED HIS EYES, AND REALIZED THAT HE HAD TEARS IN THEM.

SUDDNELY JODHA JERKED AWAY FROM HIM ANDRUSHED OUTSIDE THE HOUSE TO VOMIT. SHE RETCHED UNCONTROLLABLY AND WAS AGAIN CAUGHT BY A DIZZY SPELL. JALAL TOO RUSHED OUT AND WAS SCARED TO SEE HER RETCH. HE HELD HER STRONGLY, GAVE HER A POT OF WATER TO RINSE HER MOUTH AND DRINK. ALL THIS SEEEPED JODHA OF HER ENRGY. SHE CLUNG ON TO JALAL AND CLOSED HER EYES. JALAL CARRIED HER IN HIS ARMS AND GENTLY LAID HER ON THE BED.

PART 2 ARRIVAL OF HAKIMA

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RECAP - JODHA AND JALAL MEET AFTER THE WAR AND ARE NOW STAYING TO BABA SALIM CHISHTI ASHRAM. THEY ARE DOING THEIR RESPECTIVE DUTIES AND HAVE COME CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. SUDDENLY JODHA FEELS UNWELL. JALAL RUSHES TO CALL HAKIMA

JALAL GENTLY LAID JODHA ON THE BED. SHE WAS STILL QUITE UNWELL AND DRAINED OF ENERGY. JALAL SITS BESIDE HER AND CARESSES HER FORHEAD GENTLY WITH ONE HAND, THE OTHER HAND HOLDING HER HAND TIGHTLY. HE PRAYS SILENTLY FOR HER WELL BEING, REALIZING THAT HIS ENTIRE WORLD WILL COLLPASE IF ANYTHING HAPPENDS TO HIS BELOVED JODHA. HE MAKES A MENTAL NOTE TO NOT ALLOW HER TO DO SO MUCH WORK DAILY.

HAKIMA SAHIBA ENTERS THEIR COTTAGE AND JALAL GETS UP AND TELLS HER WHAT HAPPENED. HAKIMA ENQUIRES FROM JODHA TOO, AND ALL SHE SAYS IS THAT SHE FELT DIZZY AND THEN SHE RETCHED. HAKIMA SITS ON A STOOL NEXT TO TE CHARPAI AND STARTS EXAMINING JODHA. JODHA IS CALM AND RELAXED WHEREAS JALAL IS WORRIED AND HYPER. SHE SMILES AND CONTINUES HER EXAMINATION, ASKING JODHA QUESTIONS ABOUT HER DIET, HER DAILY WORK SCHEDULE AND OTHER STUFF.

JUST THEN MAAN SINGH REQUESTS JALAL TO COME AND MEET HIM AND TODERMAL URGENTLY. JALAL IS RELUCTANT TO LEAVE JODHA, BUT HAKIMA ASSURES HIM THAT THERE IS NO NEED FOR HIM TO PANIC. HALF - HEARTEDLY JALAL LEAVES WITH MAAN SINGH TO ANOTHER COTTAGE WHERE TODERMAL, KHANE KHANA AND OTHERS ARE WAITING FOR HIM.

MEANWHILE AT JALAL'S COTTAGE HAKIMA FINISHES HER EXAMINATION AND SMILES AT JODHA. SHE TELLS JODHA THAT JODHA IS PREGNANT.

" HUM JAANTE HAIN JODHA KI AAPKO KAAM KARNA BAHUT PASAND HAI. AAP JABSE YAHAAN AAYI HAIN AAPNE MERI MADAD BAHUT ACHHE SE KI HAI. AAP DAWAA BHI BAHUT HI ACHHI BANATI HAIN. PAR AB APNE KAAM KE SAATH SAATH AAPKO APNI SEHAT KA BHI KHAYAAL RAKHNA HAI. APNI KHURAAK PAR BHI DHYAAN DENA HAI AUR SAMAY SE KHANA BHI KHANA HAI. AARAAM BEHAD ZAROORI HAI. AAPKE KOKH MEIN PAL RAHE BACHCHE KE LIYE YE SAB BAHUT ZAROORI HAI, ISLIYE MERI SAARI BAATIEN MANIYE AUR APNA DHYAAN RAKHIYE.

JUST THEN HAKIMA'S HELPER COMES THERE ARE TELLS HER THAT SHE IS REQUIRED TO SEE ANOTHER PATIENT. HAKIMA LEAVES AND ADVISES JODHA TO BE CAREFUL.

ONCE SHE LEAVES, JODHA GETS UP FROM THE CHARPAI AND WALKS TOWARDS THE WINDOW. SHE IS THINKING ABOUT ALL THAT HAKIMA HAS SAID. SHE IS HAPPY TO HEAR THE NEWS BUT SHE CANT HELP REMEMBERING ABOUT HASSAN AND HUSSEIN AND HOW CRUELLY THEY WERE BOTH MURDERED INSIDE THE PALACE BY ONE OF THEIR OWN. HER MIND IS IN TURMOIL WHEN JALAL RETURNS.

" JODHA BEGUM, HAKIMA SAHIBA NE KYA KAHA? AAPKI TABIYAT THEEK TO HAI NA? KOI SANGEEN BAAT YA BIMARI TO NAHI HAI NA? KUCHH BOLIYE JODHA BEGUM, AAP IS TARAH KHAAMOSH KHADI HAMEIN KYON DEKH RAHI HAIN? HAMARA DIL BAITHA JAA RAHA HAI AAP KHUDA KE LIYE KUCHH BOLIYE NA

" SHAHENSHAH HAKIMA SAHIBA NE KAHA HAI KI HAMARI TABIYAT KHARAAB NAHI HAI.

SHE IS TRYING TO SMILE WHILE SAYING THIS, BUT SUDDENLY SHE BURSTS INTO TEARS

" AAP RO KYON RAHI HAIN JODHA BEGUM?

JALAL GETS VERY WORRIED AND RUSHES TO HUG HER. SHE HOLDS HIM CLOSE GRABBING HIM TIGHTLY. HER TEARS ARE UNSTOPPABLE. JALAL CANT UNDERSTAND WHATS HAPPENING. IF HAKIMA HAS JUST SAID JODHA IS FINE, WHY IS SHE CRYING. HE KEEPS PROMPTING HER TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT SHE IS CRYING SO MUCH THAT HE KEEPS QUIET. HE MAKES UP HIS MIND TO GO HIMSELF TO HAKIMA SO THAT SHE CAN TELL BIM WHAT TE MATTER IS. BUT RIGT NOW JODHA NEEDED GIM, SO HE STANDS THERE WIT HER, TRYING TO COMFORT HER AS BEST AS HE CAN.

FINALLY JODHA STOPS CRYING. SHE DRIES HER TEARS AND DECIDES TO GIVE JALAL THE GOOD NEWS. THINKING ABOUT IT A SMILE APPEARS ON HER FACE. JALAL IS BAFFLED BY HER MOOD SWINGS, HE HAS NEVER SEEN JODHA BEHAVE IN SUCH A MANNER. SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN STRONG. IN FACT HE HAS OFTEN RELIED ON HER STRENGTH TO GET HIM THROUGH HIS PROBLEMS.

JODHA COMES OUT OF JALAL'S EMBRACE AND WALKS TO THE MAT SPREAD ON THE FLOOR AND SITS ON IT.

"" SHAHENSHAH HAMEIN AAPKO KUCHH BATANA HAI.

SHE FEELS SHY AND RELUCTANT. JALAL IS NOW REALLY EXASPERATED. FOR TE LIFE OF HIM HE CANT UNDERSTAND JODHA AND HER MOODS. SHOULD HE BE WORRIED? SHOULD HE NOT?

" SHAHENSHAH HAKIMA SAHIBA NE HUMSE YE KAHA HAI KI HUM MAA BANNE WALE HAIN

A HUGE SMILE APPEARS ON JALAL'S FACE. JODHA FEELS MORE AND MORE SHY, HER HEAD BENT DOWN. JALAL COMES AND SITS NEXT TO HER AND HUGS HER. HIS FACE SHOWS HAPPINESS, YET HIS ACTIONS ARE SUBTLE. HE KISSES HER ON HER FOREHEAD.

" SACHI JODHABEGUM? YE TO HAMARE LIYE BAHUT HI ACHHI KHABAR HAI. HUM BAHUT KHUSH HAIN JODHA BEGUM. PAR AAP HAMEIN YE BATAIYE KI AAP IS KHABAR KO SUNANE SE PENLY RO KYON RAHI THHI? AAPNE TO HAMEIN HAMARI ZINDAGI KI SABSE ACHHI KHABAROVSK SUNAYI HAI, PAR AAP RO RAHI THHI? KYON?

" PRASANNA TO HUM BHI BAHUT HAIN SHAHENSHAH. PAR HAMEIN DAR LAG RAHA HAI. AGAR ISS BAAR HAMARE BACHCHE KO KUCHH HUA TO HUM SAH NAHI PAAYENGE, HUM MAR JAAYENGE SHAHENSHAH. HER TEARS STARTED FLOWING AGAIN.

" HUM JAANTE HAIN JODHA BEGUM KI AAP AUR HUM BAHUT HI MUSHKIL DAUR SE GUZRE HAIN. PAR AAP HAMARE ALLAH AUR APNEKANHA PAR BHAROSA RAKHIYE. AUR YE YAAD RAKHIYE KI HUM AAPKE SAATH HAIN. KUCHH BHI BURA NAHI HOGA.

HE KISSED HER AGAIN AND AGAIN TO COMFORT HER AND ASSURE HER THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT. AT THAT MOMENT KAHIMA SAHIBA SAHIBA ENTERED THE COTTAGE CARRYING AUSHADHIS MEANT FOR JODHA.

" MUBARAK HO SHAHENSHAH. AAPKO WALID BANNE KI KHUSHI BAHUT MUBARAK HO. HUM KUCHH DAWAA LEKAR AAYE HAIN JODHA BEFUM KE LIYE. HUMNE JODHA BEGUM KO BHI BATAYA HAI AUR AAPKO BHI BATANA CHAHTE HAIN KI INHE AARAAM KARNA HOGA AUR APNI SEHAT KA POORA KHAYAAL RAKHNA HOGA. WAQT WAQT PAR KHANA AUR DAWA BHI BAHUT ZAROORI HAI. HUM TO INSE MILTE RAHENGE PAR AAPKO INKA ACHHE SE KHAYAAL RAKHNA HOGA.

" HAKIMA SAHIBA AAPKA BAHUT BAHUT SHUKRIY. HUM AAPKI SAARI BAATON KA KHAYAAL RAKHENGE AUR KOSHISH KARENGE KI HUM JODHA BEFUM HI DEKHBHAAL THEEK SE KAR SAKEIN. INKO ZYADA KAAM NAHI KARNE DENGE AUR INKE KHANE AUR DAWA KA BHI POORA HISAAB RAKHENGE. PAR ITNE DINO MEIN TO AAP BAKHOOBI SAMAJH GAYI HONGI KI HAMARI BEGUM KITNI ZIDDI HAIN. BAS APNE DIL KI HI KARTI HAIN. ISLIYE AAP BHI INHE TOKTI RAHIYEGA.

HAKIMA SAHIBA LEFT THE COUPLE ALONE TO ENJOY THEIR SPECIAL MOMENT. JODHA AND JALAL WERE LOST IN THEIR OWN THOUGHTS. JODHA WAS ELATED. HER HAPPINESS KNEW NO LIMITS. WHEREAS JALAL WAS WORRIED. HE KNEW THAT STAYING IN THE ASHRAM JODHA COULD NOT GET AS MUCH CARE AND PAMPERING THAT SHE WOULD IN THE PALACE. HAMIDA BANO, SALIMA, MOTIBAI WOULD FUSS AROUND HER AND MAKE SURE THAT SHE TOOK CARE OF HERSELF. HE WAS IN TWO MINDS. PART OF HIM WANTED THAT HIS BELOVED SOULD BE RIGT HERE WITH HIM AND THAT THEY SHOULD ENJOY THESE SPECIAL MOMENTS TOGETHER. BUT YET ANOTHER PART REASONED THAT JODHA WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE AND BETTER TAKEN CARE OF IN THE PALACE.

" HUM JAANTE HAIN SHAHENSHAH HI AAP KYA SOCH RAHE HAIN, AUR AAP HAMARI BAAT SUN LIJIYE KI HUM AAPSE DOOR KAHI NAHI JAAYENGE. HUM YAHIN RAHENGE AAPKE PAAS. AAP HAMEIN APNE SE DOOR KARNE KI BAAT SOCHIYEGA BHI MAT. AAP SAATH HAIN TO HAM KHUSH HAIN. HAMEIN AUR KISI BHI CHEEZ YA INSAAN KI AAVASHYAKTA NAHI HAI. HUM KAHIN NAHI JAAYENGE, YE HAMARA FAISLA HAI

JALAL HAD A WIDE SMILE ON HIS FACE. HE LOVED SUCH MOMENTS WHEN JODHA COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD WHAT HE WAS THINKING WITHOUT HIM EVEN SAYING ANYTING.

" THEEK HAI JODHA BEGUM. AAP YAHIN RAHIYEGA, PAR AAPKO HAMARI HAR BAAT MANANI HOGI. JO HUM KAHENGE AAPKP SUNNA HOGA

THE DEAL WAS MADE. SHE WOULD CONTINUE TO STAY IN THE ASHRAM.

ALL THIS MADE HER TIRED. THEY WERE BOTH STILL SITTING ON THE MAT. JODHA REATED HER HEAD ON HIS LAP AND JALAL CARESSED HER FOREHEAD, GENTLY MOVNG HIS FINGERS ON HER HEAD AND HAIR. SOON SHE FELL ASLEEP PEACEFULLY. JALAL PLACED HER HEAD ON THE FLOOR AND GOT UP TO FINISH HIS WORK. HE QUICKLY COMPLETED THE REPAIR WORK AND WENT TO MEET BABA TO GIVE HIM THE NEWS AND TAKE HIS BLESSINGS.

COMING UP PART - 3 JALAL PAMPERING JODHA