|| Chapter 1 ||
53 years ago
Harshvarshan held savitri devi's hand firmly promising silently to not to leave this hand until he is alive. And he always will be there for her in happy moments and as well as in difficulties. He will provide her a roof under her and look after her in the sickness and health. He will love their children unconditionally and never to break her trust. Harsh tied a sacred thread around savitri devi and applied sindhur on her forehead.
"bahu aaj se iss ghar ke har ek jimmedhari tum sambaloge" an elder lady gave her a bunch of keys and blessed them to live long with happily & prosperity.
2 years later
Nurse comes out of the operation theatre with a baby wrapped in white cotton cloth " Mr.Khurana, badai ho aapko beta huwa hain. Helijiye aapka beta".
Harshcardhan Khurana took the baby from her hand "Aur hamari biwi kaisi hain?" and gave her a bundle of money to distribute the sweets among staffs.
Nurse said smiling " Mrs.Khurana Bilkul teek hain. Kuch dher aur ward main shift karadenge"
Couple of hours later
"Bilkul apne pitaji ke upar gaya hain" An elder lady said cooing at baby who has slept in a crib peacefully.
"Ji maaji sahi kaha aapne." Savitri devi said looking at the baby with love and tears.
Then she heard harsh's deep voice " hey sarasar cheating hain savitri. Aapne hamhey beti denewali thi per hey beta nikla. Hum kuch nahi jhante. I want a daughter next time.. bas!"
"Waise thank you for giving most precious gift" Harsh leaned on savitri devi to kiss on her forehead.
Everyone laughed at his childish demanding and pulled their both legs for planning the next child already.
"Bahu..kya naam soocha hain apne bte keliye?" An elder lady asked them.
Both Hasrh and Savitri devi said together "Yashvardhan Singh Khurana"
21 years later
"Amrutha beta, abb iss ghar ki saari jimmedhari aapki" savitri devi gave her the bunch of keys to yash's newly wedded wife.
"Theiss(23) saal pehale hamari saasumaa ne hey jimmedhari hamhey sovnphi thi..abb aapki baari hain..hamesha kush rehana..saadha suhagan raho" savitri devi and harsh blessed both for their new life as a husband and wife.
"Bhabhi, chaliye main aapko aapka karma dikhathi hun" Maya led amrutha to their room after taking blessings from elders.
1 year later
"Savitri ..hum dada bangai..aur aap daadi" Harsh said proudly holding yash and amrutha's first baby boy. There is nothing like a house filled with the echo of baby's cry filled with happiness.
Savitri devi kissed amrutha's forehead "Thank you betaji. Aap nahi janthe aaj hum kitna kush hain" and then hugged yash.
Maya was married to abhishek immediately after yash's marriage. And she is now 7 months pregnant. She took the baby boy from her father's hand " hum aapke buha hain." Kissed his little fingers.
Amrutha watched their joyous moment and everybody showering love over her baby. She thanked god for giving such a loving family.
Savitri devi asked yash and amrutha what name they have thought for the baby. Amrutha replied" Maaji hum chahate hain ki aap baby ka naam rakdhe" yash stood beside his wife holding her shoulders and nodes his head as yes for the suggestion agreeing with his wife.
Harshvardhan smiled at his bahu " Savitri ...aap ne kya naam rakhna chahte hain..hamare khandhan ki phele pote ka?"
Savitri devi took baby from maya's lap " Maan... Maan singh Khurana" said it proudly looking at the baby maan. "hey hamare maan hain..hamare parivar ki shaan..hum isse maan kaike pukarenge" Everyone agreed and took turns to hold the baby.
Savitridevi" thank you betaji for letting me name our pota" kissed her son and bahu on their forehead.
And then suddenly everyone dumbfounded for whole 5 seconds hearing at harsh's words to amrutha" betaji..hameri ek mange hain.. agli bar hamhey poti chahiye...ladki ghar ki laskhmi hothi hain...bas aur kuch nahi"
Everyone reminded them how harsh demanded exactly like this during Yash's birth and all started to pull yash and amrutha's leg.
2 years later
"are hey kya..phirse pota? Nahiii" Savitri devi held her head and looked at yash & amruths's plight. Harsh wouldn't have any other way, he wants poti that's it yet they are happy for the new addition to the family but harsh has become more stubborn now and longing for poti. Savitri devi name yash & amrutha's second son as Dev singh khurana after persuade by harsh.
Harsh was hoping for a baby girl from his daughter maya but they were also blessed with a baby boy and they named him as karan.
4 years later
Amrutha was crying her heart out hugging yash "humse papaji ka ek khwaish poori nahi karpahey. Issbar woh bahut aas lagakey baite the ki ..poti hogi ...per hey kya hogaya...phirse pota hi milgaya unne"
Yash didn't know how to react to this situation whether to console his crying wife or ne happy for another addition to the family.
Savitri devi heard this and told about her bahu's concern. Harsh felt bad for making her crying on this day " betaji aap rohiye matt .. hum kush hain ki hamhey aur ek pota huwa..per please aap agli baar ek beti dedo. Hum aur kuch nahi mangenegy" .. everyone laughed at his comment. Harsh named their third pota Vikram sing khurana, as his great grand dad's name. So they all called him Vicky instead of vikram for the sake of respect to the name.
Maan was 6 years old and dev 4 years. Dev always follows his big brother and do exactly what his brother does and says.
Amrutha asked him to say hi to his chote(small brother) but MSK's attitude paidaish hi shuruv hogai thi.
Maan" Maa ..its so red red and makes too much noise." Dev repeated same exactly what maan said making everyone laugh at their childishness.
Amrutha" aise nahi kahate bte..he aapke chote hain. Aapko iska kayal rakhna hoga..rakhengey na?" amrutha asked maan brushing his hair back.
Maan watched the scrumming bundle on his maa's lap. Maan touched baby vicky's cheek slowly " Mera Chote" he kissed his baby brother and ran outside. Dev also did exactly same to baby Vicky and ran behind his big brother maan shouting " Bhaiii rukoo"
Yash received a call from abhishek that maya's water just broke and they are on the way to hospital. Yash muttered himself sighing "Aaj khurana khandhaan main baccho ki bearish honewala hain."
Same hospital
"Congrats Mr.Handa aapko beti huwi hain" doctor congratulated Jasvindar handa. "We will shift Mrs. Handa to the ward after an hour. You can see the baby in infant's ward"
Jasvindar was on cloud nine hearing the news. There is nothing can stop him now. His princess is born today. He ran to the infant's ward and saw his daughter sleeping in the crib making mellowing sound just like a tinker bell. He asked in charge nurse whether he can hold the baby.
After few minutes nurse brought the baby out to hand over to mr.Handa. Jasvindar kept staring at the baby without blinking and lost in this whirlwind thoughts, how he will make every wish come true of his princess. He felt someone tugging at his pant and looked down meeting the pair of chocolate brown eyes sparkling which is filled with innocence and something more like junoon.
He asked him gently " Aapka naam kya hain beta?" The kid answered "Maan singh khurana" with attitude.
"Aapke mummy papa kaha hain?" he asked him again taking the sofa in visiting room. He thought the kid might have lost his way or looking for someone.
Instead of replying to his question maan watched the baby in awe and heard the mellowing noise like someone is singing which was baby making. "he tho ghaarahi hain...? " maan asked jasvindar with amusement.
"haaa q nahi ..hum iska naam geet rakhnege... appko pasand aayi?"
Maan whispered to himself "Geet... meri geet" he touched her nose cheeks and then small chin. "uncle main isse apne ghar lejahu?" maan asked innocently still looking at baby geet.
Jasvindar laughed at his innocent question and replied jokingly "haa q nahi.. baarath lekar aana mere ghar lejaho apni geet ko" (oye teri. Uncle ne hey kya kehdiya?)
Dev ran to maan shouting "Bhaaiii.. bhaaiii" Maan immediately silenced him signalling to the baby "Shhh!"
Dev watched the baby and looked at his brother. He started to cry because now his brother would never play with him since the new brother arrival and now another baby getting his bhai's attention.
Yash came looking for both of his sons. His smiled widened looking at the person who is holding the baby. "Jasvindar ..yaar tu yaha? Aur hey baby? Bhabhi kaha hain?" Aur Brij ..raj kaha hain?"
"Yaar dheere...ek baar ek sawal" Jasvindar chuckled at his best friend's nonstop questions. Just like old days.
"ek week huwa mujhe yaha transfer hokey. Aur gowri ko abhi tak ward main shift nahi kiya hain. Hey hamari beti geet hain..hamari rajkumari" looking at the baby lovingly.
Yash took the baby in his hand and cooed "yaar such main tum lucky ho. Tumhey beti huwi." Yash removed his gold chain and put around baby's little neck.
Jasvindar said "arre iski kya zarurut hain yaar."
Yash"Shagun hain yar hamari taraf se...hamari yaha lakhi ko lakshmi maantey hain. "(helo ...abb sasur bhi shagun dediye)
Maan"papa, hum isse apne ghar lechale.?" said playing with baby's little feet. Touching it slowly and then kissed it ever so gently.
Jasvindar laughed out loud and learnt that maan and dev are yash's sons and another son is born today. Yash said"challo sabb se milvatha hun aur bhabhi ko hum baad main millenge".
2 years later
Harsh was on could nine. At last his wish was fulfilled. He distributed sweets to whole hospital and announced bonus to his company employs on occasion of khurana khandhaan poti has born today.
Savitri devi tried to calm him down saying over excitement is not good for his health at this age. Amrutha and yash were finally happy to see their papaji rejoicing their daughter's arrival to the family. Now their family is complete.
Maya and abhishek came to visit the new member of the family along with their children Karan who is 8 now and pari - 4. Again maya is expecting with third child who is in 8th month.
Maan is 8, dev is 6 and Vicky is 2 now
Maan stood beside crib looking at the baby pink sleeping. Dev held maan's hand tightly and in verge of crying. And Vicky was adorned daadi's lap watching everyone uninterested.
Amrutha saw dev "dev beta..aap roo q rahey ho? Kya baat hain beta?"
Dev replied in his baby language "bhaaiii ab mele slaat nai kelenge. Abb baby pik(pink) ke slaath jaada kelenge. Aur tote(chote) bhi ...ahhh mulje he baby nahi chiyee(chahiye)" dev started to bawl hugging maan tightly bit possessively.
Everyone burst into laugh making dev to cry much louder. Maan got irritated with all the noise they are making" Shhh...dev.. chup bilkul chup" . dev immediately stopped crying and whipping silently. yash picked up dev and took him outside to console him.
Maan asked amrutha " Maa ..hum baby pink ko kya kaikey pukarengey?" Harsh heard him and said "maan hum baby ko aliya karkey pukarengey? Accha hain na..naam aliya singh khurana?"
Everyone agreed to the name and blessed the baby for long life and good health.
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Next : few years Leaps (Next Sunday)
Edited by JaasChowdhray - 10 years ago
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