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|| Part 1 ||
"Amma please.. I don't want to wear them. You're behaving like today is my wed.." She shouldn't need to end her sentence, she realized what she said, it was the most painful thing for her to remember those moments, a silent tear rolled down from her eyes.
"Ishu?"
"No amma. I am fine. Let's go, appa is waiting for us." saying this she brushed her long hair for once and left her room.
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"Vanakkam vanakkam.." both Mr and Mrs Iyear welcome the guests, there was a huge hustle bustle inside the hall. It was Vandita's new born baby's 'Nam-Karan' ceremony. Ishita was busy in welcoming the guests, sometimes she visited Vandita and asked her whether she needs anything or not when some ladies asked her dance.
Ishita denied to dance when everyone forced her, so she agreed happily. Ishita danced on the song, she was happily dancing when someone eyeing her. Ishita continued her dance when suddenly her feet touch someone, she immediately kneel down and apologized to the lady.
"Ishu is looking beautiful. Put black kohl on her, everyone's eyes are on her." A lady who was with Mrs Iyer said, she nodded happily and looked at Ishita who was happily roaming around.
The lady who was eyeing Ishita when she was dancing, was tried to approaching to Ishita but every time she was stopped by someone..
Ishita was going to the kitchen when she was bumped with Shravan and he fall on floor, "Shravu.. Shravu are you alright? I am so sorry, I didn't see you. Did you get hurt?"
"No chitti. I am fine. And I am sorry. I was running.."
"Be careful beta." Ishita was so much concerned for him and that was noticed by that lady who was admiring Ishita from long, finally she was going to meet her but again she was stopped by a lady and in that time, Ishita left the place.
The lady came to the place where Ishita was few times before but didn't find her there, so she went to a girl and asked, "There was a girl with a small kid.. Where is she?"
"Oh!! She went to the kitchen."
Ishita was in kitchen guiding two ladies to cut potatoes and carrot and goes to check the dish on the stove. She notices the missing cashew nuts and dry grapes in it.. "What will this? Did you all work like this?" She yelled.
"I am sorry ma'am but I mixed them." The guy answered.
"Really? Then where it's gone? Who will answer to guests if they found the mistakes?...and now what are you waiting for??.. put more and more of nuts in the dish." She instructed them and the lady was noticing everything with a smile.. Ishita finished her work of pouring the nuts in the sweet and questioned about the ice cream whether he made it ready or not then she took the ice cream bowl and went to the kid's. She offered ice cream to all of them.. shravan who was last in Q offered his other hand for another ice cream. Ishita kneel down and warned him, "Shravu, if you eat more ice cream then your teeth will be spoiled." He looked upset. Ishita felt bad seeing his disappoint face, she offered another ice cream to him, he happily kissed her and left with the ice cream.
Ishita was arranging few gift packs in order that were left on the table. The lady was looking at her and praising Ishita, "That girl.." She pointed at Ishita, "she knows kitchen work and also she handles kids very well." Her son and another old lady was standing along with her. She also praised "She is more active too.."
"Ritik do you like that girl? If you liked her then we can talk about rishta." The lady asked to her son.
Ritik replied, "yes.."
The lady informed another old woman Reva to fix this rishta and she wanted to give shagun in this marriage it self.
Reva went to Mrs Iyer and explained about that lady and informed her about the rishta. She showed Rittik who is talking to few guests.. Mrs Iyer was pleased.. Reva said, "Ritik is nice guy, he is NRI, Ishita will be happy with him."
"Yes I agree.. But they should like each other.." Mrs Iyer expressed her concern.
Reva brushed off her doubts saying, "there is nothing wrong with Rittik and so as Ishita. so they will like each other."
Ishita was busy in organizing things when that lady stopped, "Kanna.. Please wait.. listen to me for 2 min without running.." Ishita looked confuse.
That lady told, "Actually.. You might have to listen to me for her entire life.." She chuckled, Ishita was puzzled..
The lady explained, "You first take sit.." she gave money to Ishita.
Ishita questioned her, "Do you need any things to buy for yourself? that I didn't understand." The lady forced her to take the money and introduced her son Rittik. The lady asked her to take money and get blessings from her. Ishita was still looking at her.
"Aunty I..."
In that time the ladies who were eyeing them, started gossiping, "See!! Mrs Iyer's daughter has get another rishta.. Don't know how many rishta, she will get.. But at the end, the result will be same... Do that lady know about her problem?"
Another lady, "I don't think so.. If she knows, she won't make her DIL.."
"Are Iyer family hiding the truth? That ISHITA CAN'T CONCEIVE..." That's enough!! The lady heard it.
The lady was shocked to hear all this and Reva came to her and cleared the confusion that Ishita has some medical problem and she can't conceive. The lady looked at Ishita angrily and forcibly took her shagun back from her hands. "I never knew you are a barren women. If I would have know before, this thought will never cross my mind. And.. And what type of girl you are.. You aren't a kid that you didn't understand my words, what was your plan? To trap us by hiding your problem??" and she blamed Ishita for cheating her.
"Aunty I really didn't understand.."
"Just shut up!!" The lady shouted.
Hearing the chaos Mrs Iyer came to Ishita and found her crying, and she inquired, "Ishu!! Are you fine??"
But the lady continued to blaming Ishita, "Now that understands, why isn't she married yet.."
"Enough!! You can't say anything about my daughter." Mrs Iyer interrupted but that lady goes on and on..she continued humiliating Ishita.
She declared, "My son's marriage will never happen with Ishita. In fact only my son, but no one will marry Ishita who is ill fated."
"Enough is enough.. I have heard enough from you. You can't say anything about my daughter. Now I will never let her rishta happen with your son. I challenge you right here that I will get a good rishta for my Ishita as she is a good girl with all good qualities. Ishita will get marry and I will make it happen." Mrs Iyer said in a challenging way.
"That will never happen.." The lady replied rolling her eyes.
"You are not God to write the destiny of someone." The lady was shocked and quiet. Mrs Iyer continued on saying, "I will find the best groom for Ishita."
The lady told, "Yeah!! You can dreams because you must not pay tax for it."
Hearing the chaos, Vandita and her MIL came, "Amma!! Please let it be.. Muhuratam is close.. Come.. Lets do the Puja." Her MIL took Mrs Iyer inside when Vandita saw Ishita, she went to her.
"Akka!! You go. I will join you."
"No. I always wished you to be with me in my good and bad times. So, please Ishu. Let's go." Ishita was still in tears went inside.
At the other side, Raman arrived there and went to meet Bala, "Hello Mr Bhalla.. You have arranged everything properly."
"I hope you liked it Mr Balachandan."
"Of course!!" Bala replied happily.
Raman then excused and went to check the decorations for the last time when a man told Raman, "Sir there's a technical problem with the basket of flowers which is on the top to be used to shower on the baby when they will keep her name."
"Damn!!! Can't you check it before. The Puja will start anytime..and now you are saying..." Saying this Raman climbed up to see to the problems, meanwhile the Puja begins with Ishita standing near Vandita and her baby. Raman came down and switched on for the basket of flowers to open and mistakenly all the flowers fall down on Ishita and everyone kept on staring at her.
The flowers keep on falling and showering Ishita and the guests along with Raman keep on staring at her. Being embarrass, Ishita left the place.
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Mrs Bhalla was sitting in the hall, she was lost in her thoughts when Shagun (Elder DIL, wife of Manoj) walked out from her room and saw her tensed. "Mummyji..." She patted on her shoulder.
"Shagun puttar? Did the kids slept? Ruhi... Did she slept?" Mrs Bhalla asked worried.
"Yes mummyji. You don't worry about them. But...you are looking tense. Is everything alright?" She asked concerned.
"I am thinking about Ruhi.. Don't you think puttar she needs mothers love?"
"Umm.. Mummyji this thought came in my mind many times but never get courage to ask you. Actually... Don't you think it is time to get Raman married again?" Shagun said hesitated.
"But you know him.. Who will talk with him about this?"
"I will talk.. He has to think about his daughter.. Ruhi is small kid, she needs her parents affection. I will talk with Raman."
"Be careful while talking with him." Mrs Bhalla warned.
"Then start the new mission - Raman bhai's wedding..." Romi said excited who was silently hearing them, standing at the door.
"Romi?? You are listening our words? Very bad habit." Shagun chided holding his ears, that time they heard car's horn.
"I think bhai has arrived."
Raman arrived and when Romi started his non sense words. Raman didn't pay any attention as he seemed a bit frustrated as he showered the flowers on Ishita.
Romi asked, "So bhai, do you like any girl there?" He became serious and looked at him angrily when everyone silently went to there respective room.
Ishita and the Iyer family were returning back home and Ishita was thinking about that lady's rude words all quietly and sad. The car stopped at the crossing when she saw a pani puri vendor she had illusions of her days with Subbu, how they were happy together how he asked her to marry him and on the engagement day, Ishita came to know about her problem and thinks how he said that they are not made for each other, tears rolled out from her eyes.
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