Pride & Prej with a twist - Page 27

Vikrant Massey for Abhishek karamkar. Neat, intellectual, polite. I think Dev Mohan can be Raanav . I'm biased. Gosh he's good looking! He can carry that standoffish sophisticated vibe😃😛

Adil Husain, Vidya Balan, Boman Irani, Kitu Gidwani , Vikram Massey And Dev Mohan....stellar star cast Kalpana !!

You should be a casting director 😀
Please find the perfect Viveka 😊

Originally posted by: Nisha0604

@Anju & Vee

There is a school of thought who will argue with both of you.

They will say the following:

Gimme a break! We are in 2020 for God's sake!!

Casual s-- is more common than you think. Have you been living under a rock? If you dont want to acknowledge it, that doesnt mean its not happening. Kids are doing it and will do it. "Grow up" and learn to accept it.

Of course the girls are thankful for a good upper middle class life style. that doesnt mean they should be asked to suppress their feelings?

I have no problems with casual hookups per se ..if others do it. None of my business

But I am uncomfortable with it is something I will agree with

Originally posted by: VeeIyer

Adil Husain, Vidya Balan, Boman Irani, Kitu Gidwani , Vikram Massey And Dev Mohan....stellar star cast Kalpana !!

You should be a casting director 😀
Please find the perfect Viveka 😊

Thanks vani. I am not sure .The minute I start thinking of someone as a possibility for viveka( from the fraternity ) I Quickly pass off that person as Nah! I don't want an airhead☺️

No one's fitting the profile. Nisha expanding the profile would help narrow the choice

Light & Heat & Noise

Naina is playing with fire. Hope she is prepared for the burn. Now she is trying to get Viveks in the same mode.

Soaps & Pacts

Abhishek passed the parent test. He is totally suitable for Viveka and the family.

Psychology of balance

“Akele rehte ho aap Dilli mein?” Akash tried to be veryclever

“No Sir… I was in the US until 6 months ago, I got my Ph D,I leave day after tomorrow for the commencement”

“Congrats” Anubha smiled joyously

Then the convo veered towards his subject and his career

“Like our daughter over here you sound very passionate too”Akash nodded approvingly

Only Naina sat at the table the twins were not hungry theyclaimed

“We should have the nerd equivalent of antakshari matchbetween the two” Naina suggested

Everyone burst out laughing

“I would win” Abhishek was sure

“Oh don’t bet on it” Akash was very protective

“Papa believes I know everything there is about MacroEconomics”

“You do” Akash nodded

“I miss good home cooked food” Abhishek raised a bite ofroti filled with paneer

“Akele rehte ho aap? Family kidhar hai?”

“Sir my Dad… Baba aur main… I am the only child, My Mompassed away around 10 years ago”

Arey rey” Akash and Anubha were distressed

Abhishek was simple, engaging and smart, like Viveka hadgone looking and had picked him out of a million eligible men

“You should just come here every night” akash gushed

Naina’s expression changed

She ate the rest of the meal quietly

“Papa job karte hain retired hain?” Akash threw decorum tothe winds and asked

“Sir he works”

“Achhi baat hai, I am sure he enjoys it”

“Sir who to pata nahi” Abhishek was cryptic

“where does he work”

“Power Systems Engineering… they make farm equipment, theyhave factories in Maharashtra” Abhishek said blandly

“Oh… kahin suna hua lag raha hai”

“Papa Economic Times mein suna hoga” Viveka joked

“Arey nahi betu… someplace else”

“Kaun hai CEO?”

“Umm.. koi pata nahi… um… Pradh”

“Oh Nimesh Pradhan who Consolidated Farm Equipment waale?”Akash was adamant

“Arey nahi sir… yeh log to bas… just hawa mein… I meanConsolidated se badi company hai… very big… but whatever”

“Oh…”

Akash wiped his hand on a napkin and Googled

“Oh YEH TO who SATYEN Parashar ki company hai” he looked atAnu

Anu froze mid bite

“Jaante hain sir?”

“Umm.. arey nahi… hamare saale sahib… matlab he … we methim at a family event”

“Dhongi hain sir” Abhishek was vicious

Viveka looked bewildered, she had met this family too,multiple times, and had very passionate healthy arguments with their son multipletimes

She didn’t give it a second thought, they hadn’t affectedher

He clearly seemed triggered

She wondered why

But did not want to ask him now

Anu laughed hysterically

And catching Akash’s eyes she whispered “I LOVE HIM ALREADY”

“Unka bada beta COO hai, chhota Corp Dev” Akash suddenlyremembered everything

Abhishek just ate

“Baba ko kahin par bhi job mil sakti hai” he said coolly

“I am sure bhai hamari tarah hongey… extremely valuable yetusesless” Akash laughed

“You should just move to the US and take him with you” Anubhawas hopelessly happy at biting of alarge chunk of the Parashar ego

“Nooooooooo” Viveka shouted

And blushed and lowered her gaze

“Matlab…” Anu “I am just saying… he shud.. I me

“No way Jose He has a great job at School of Social Work”Viveka gushed

“Abhi bas Dilli rahoonga sir” Abhishek gave Viveka a sweetlook

“Naina beta economic quiz karna padega” Akash laughedhappily

Naina was deflated now

She would later accuse her mother of unfair treatment asthe women loaded dishes in the dishwasher

“Dad and you literally massacred me, aur ab roz nyota bhejrahe ho aap”

“Pehle do ameerzadiyon ki tarah yeh Dad kehna band karo”Anu scolded

“That’s not the point”

“The point is… he is a decent guy”

“INDER IS TOO” she shouted

Anu shut off the faucet and stared at her

“Chillaaogi ab?”

“Ma you are SO unfair” she flung the hand towel in the sinkpuddle and walked away

Viveka went down to walk him to his car

“Haath pakad sakta hoon?” he asked gallantly

“Jee zaroor” she smiled and they held each others’ handstightly

“I love your parents”

“I do too” she laughed

“Mere saath chalo US”

“I have to turn in TWO applications D School and IITKharagpur

“Lets stay in Delhi” he squeezed her hand sending a tingleup her arm

“Come back soon” she whispered

“Ghar chalo abhi mere saath”

“I wish” she whispered with a groan

“Why were you upset?”

“Who kuch nahi yaar… forget… mere aur Baba ka roz kajhanjhat”

“What happened”

“I hate the people he works for”

“Are they not good to him?” she was shocked

This was stuff her Ma always hinted

So she was right…

“On the contrary… but I hate them… so entitled and arrogant…”Abhishek declared

“Most wealthy are that way” she said wisely

“Kyon?”

“I am just sayin… she shrugged “It takes a lot to displayhumility and most are unable to”

“Tumhe gussa nahi aata?”

“Oh yeah… but I save it for things that are important… I don’tsquander it” she laughed and grimaced

“I am very obsessive about right and wrong”

“That’s a good thing… don’t feel bad” she felt protective

“Yeh log yaar itna paisa kama lete hain… par deserve nahikarte”
“I am OK with them being insanely rich as long as they pay more than their fairshare and contribute towards social programs” she laughed

“Chheen ne se denge, warna kaha denge yeh log”

“No change will come…. It will take time but it will” shewas thoughtful and forgiving

“So full of himself their son is”… both are… the youngerone is the worst”

Viveka didn’t know which one was younger

She didn’t know if it was a personal grudge for Abhishek ora anti elite stance. It didn’t matter

Parashars didn’t mean anything to her… they were not on herlist of people

He stroked the inside of her palm… and gently pinched theinside of her thumb… “jaane se pehle ek baar milo”

“Where?”

“baba to office chale jaate hain”

“At your place?” she whispered, as they made secret plansto “hang out”

“Hmm…” he nodded

“Parson ja rahe ho na?”

“Haan raat ke 2 baje…”

She was “getting Naina” now… Gosh! This feeling!!

They touched each other and stood close to each other and hedid some heavy breathing, on her neck

She would go up to find Naina Akash and Anubha in anargument

Naina was upset she couldn’t bring Abhishek to Viveka’sroom

Viveka told her she was going to see him before he left

The day of his departure

She was dressed inher night clothes in a purple ikat salwar and a orange skinny tee with somefloral graphic image, and told her parents “She will stop by to say goodbye”,she wanted to dress up for him

But it was not meant to be

Ma called from office to tell her Bua was throwing up, Fahad gone to Belgium, the boys Harsha and Piyush were at the stores and it wasthe “Bi weekly day off” for the help

Bua was generous and a kind soul, she let the help take twofull paid days off a month

Ma begged Viveka to go be with her until she could get awayfrom work

Viveka sat in the “greeting room” for business guests and puther feet up after tending to Bua and began listening to the lecture of her “Psychologyof Poverty” class from an US openwarecourse online

When she was done she lay back and dozed

She wanted to sneak off to go see Abhishek

They had texted a bunch this morning… “almost” soundinglike Naina’s s----ing

He had even sent her a couple of vivid images

She chuckled when she got a third one

The door bell rang

She opened it distractedly….

Raanav stood outside, staring into his phone

“Hi!” she said greeting

“Umm… Hi!” he said absolutely shocked, he was looking justdapper, in navy trousers and a white shirt and gleaming leather shoes

“No I am not the help” “Just so you know” she smiled unintentionally clapping him back for that aupair remark

Like veev Even I am ok with rich being rich if they are paying their taxes and doing as much as they can for their employees and country.

U can say I am a capitalist mostly ..work hard earn well party harder..as long as u do legal business,pay u r taxes and not anti national I am totally ok.

I feel very sagely this morning after reading the update. The thought I have after reading this update is MAN PROPOSES GOD DISPOSES.

Parents met, approval granted, plans to take the next steps in their relationship clandestinely suggested, the plan is to 'hang out with Abhishek karamkar, DESTINY PLAYS NAVIGATOR, GOOGLE MAPS, GPS whatever we want to call it , tracks Viveka in at under the weather bua's residence and in walks the immaculately dressed Raanav Parashar .

Man proposes God disposes . In HIS GPS, positioning, navigation and timing are all his ... we are just dots he connects.

Abhishek karamkar....Chinks in his armor? Prejudice against people from different economic backgrounds works both ways? Raanav sneers at the paid for US trip and Abhishek sneers at the 'extra' loaded younger Parashar ? Guess they are even!

Now do both people have reasons backed by evidence to hold and fester this prejudice ?

Nope!

On that note , I'm fine as long as the economy is capitalistic and measures socialistic!😛