But his expectations were broken, even Sandhya was a part of it unknowingly. When his eyes filled and those warm pearls ended themselves where they began, something got strucked in my throat too...that was about to come out...but sometimes we cannot stop it from ending itself or stagnating itself, drying up, leaving the pain behind. He looked hopelessely at the book ina pain that squeezed his soul. He was being churned ruthlessly by his shattered dreams. That book was not printed with ordinary letters, those were letters of his unconditional love, sentences of his innocent, subtle and fragile feelings, a book about his true open heart. Thats what I saw. And he sat hopelessly, being conquered by own agony, as someone who lost the candle he found to show his path, shattered and smashed, with a heart broken into a million pieces, each of them again loving her a million times it did before, each of them being compressed into a black hole of no hope..
And he again didnt try to make jalebis out of his words. He accepted himself as loser, a failure,someone who cant even understand what he could dream and what he couldnt. He forgot the Suraj who supported everyone, the Suraj who forgot to live for himself. He lived only for others sacrifying whatever hehad, without any grumbling even at the unseen depths of his heart. And he admitted it to Sandhya without any hesitation, as she is the only one hope, the only support for his entire life. Dear Sandhya, he considers himself as someone good for nothing, he told u he brought the book only for you, he said he is just a ganwaar-anpath halwai from hanuman gali. Sandhya, he is sitting hopeless somewhere in the middle of nowhere without knowing what to do or where togo... Now I need you to support him, console him in your arms, coolen him with your love, rebuild his confidence and make him do cross any situation.
I know he had crossed many difficult situations, but those were only inside the boundary of his own family, not outside the Rathi circle. Outside it, he is a kid who doesnt even know walking. Just some people made fun of his feelings, he thought he is not suitable for something. What if the educated world humiliates him for being the husband of a highly educated lady.? I know it happened once, but what if he faces it again??? What if he thinks himself not suitable for her.? I may be thinking a lot. But Im helpless. Now my hope is only in Sandhya, as Suraj does. Sandhya, will you prove me wrong? I saw same pain in your eyes too...that is the only hope...or else what diya aur baati???