Part 3
At the krishna temple at around 6 am a small crowd had gathered in the mandap. People were looking at the four youngsters who had made a makeshift mehfil in front of the radha krishna idol. The tabla, harmonium flute and sitar lay on the small stage made with matresses and decorated with flowers pink and white roses spread on a light green bedsheet. The 4 youngsters were running around left right and centre shouting instructions at each other. They were arranging n rearranging, decorating and redecoratingthe temple's mandap.
The crowd looked on amused at the antics of the young ,and at the sheer joy emanating from them. They wondered what was going on and were talking to each other. The elders loved them and some joined them in their joy. One said " Good kids. Sanskari bache hain. They are here in the temple early in the morning with traditional instruments". Another said "ofcoz they are. Otherwise most of the children of this age are sleeping at this hour''.". "or partying, drinking and discothequing still and here these kids are going to sing the aarti today. Some parents have all the luck."sighed a middle aged woman. "what?????" asked some shocked"these bratz are going to sing the aarti????".they looked at them joking around and shouting at each other.
"Oh yes!!!",said the Pandit. "They have taken the permission from the temple committee. And trust me they are really good'." He grinned. " Today's aarti is going to be beautiful and brilliant, as brilliant as the gem they are doing it for " "for whom are they doing it?"asked someone. "Oh their elder sister Gia". "Gia beta!!!! Kahan hai? who aagayi waapis?asked a frail old woman."ji maaji kal hi aayi hai"replied the pandit aap idher baithkar wait karen. Gia beti will be coming soon its almost tym.she is goin to be very happy with their lovely surprise"
Nitesh: "Kim when will she come? We are waiting n almost ready"
Kim :"have some patience.soon.acha u all know na when she enters the temple we will start with our classical music, creating an environment anddd "
" and when she is greeting some elders we will start her fav krishna aarti.and when she reaches the idols and prays we will continue and...'''."interrupts karan
"anddd as soon as she takes the aarti flame and pandit's blessings amma will bring her b4 us .she'll be shocked when she sees us.we will finish playing the music go to her say happy birthday gia di and hug her altogether"interrupts sahara
They look at each other and laugh and give each other a high five. The crowd smiles at their excited behaviour. Suddenly kim gets a call.
Kim"hello''''...she's here????'. Hmm '''.ji aap thodi der unko phool mala stall par rokiye..ji'. ok 5-7 min thankyou"(cuts the call). Hey u guyz lets move it she's here"(turns to the crowd )aap log bhi plz help aur njoy karen this kanha aarti from us for our sweet di. "
The four run to their places on the stage."1 2 hey you 3 4 lets go". Immediately they start n d sweet powerful soothing music with an ethereal mix of the timbres of the flute sitar harmonica and tabla fills up the pandal and wows the crowd.
Down below on the steps a beautiful young girl with purity radiating through her sweet 'doe' eyes and her infectious smile dressed in a beautiful white and green and pink sari looks up in amazement. As she hears the classical strains she closes her eyes and her smile expands and spreads enveloping everyone in its warmth.she hurries up the steps wanting to be closer to this amazing music.
"Wow!! Just wow. Its beautiful. I wonder whats going on in the temple." She looks around and sighs. 'the usually hustling bustling temple is quiet today. There is a hush filled with that heavenly music. everyone and everything else is quiet. Its almost as if its full of anticipation,a sense of waiting for something or someone'a sense of something happening' "oh quiet gia! u always imagine lots of stuff. U and ur imagination.ufff wteva this music is out of this world.kanha is waiting. Move it."
She reaches the pandal. At her first step into the pandal the music changes slightly and she hears the melodious strains of aarti kunj bihari ki shri girdhar krishna murari ki. She looks around in amazement and finds a crowd surrounding the singers. She smiles "obviously the crowd is as attracted to the melodious singers as I am. good. i'll offer my prayers quietly n without any squeezing and pulling. Wow"
she goes towards the idols n offers her thaali to the pandit who smiles at her . she then closes her eyes and listens to the aarti . she takes the aarti from the pandit and does aarti of the magnificent idol of radhakrishna. The eternal symbolic icon of a pure love in all its magnificence and power.. she hands back the aarti closes her eyes n prays quietly for her family and for all those she loved for all who love her n those who don't. a single tear runs down her eyes which she quickly wipes off.kanha ji give them love and all the happiness of the world".
She turns back sees the old lady n smiles. "Jai sri krishna amma." "jai shri krishna gia beta.how are you and when did you come back? You don't miss us na? ofcoz hum to budhe hain kise hamari zaroorat?" gia smiles and pulls her ears and says "sorry.itni der se aane ke liye bt work kept me busy n ofcoz I missed you. See I got something for you."gia takes out a small gold idol of bal krishna n says"for you when im not there"they hug. "amma who is doin the aarti today?its beautiful." Amma smiles "haan ur fav tabhi to beautiful."they laugh."some kids are singing this aarti.""really?"."hmm lets go aage. Le chal mujhe". "ji".
She takes amma towards the crowd that parted for her .lost in the music she did not notice that the aarti was coming to an end and she was next to the stage. What she saw next made her stop suddenly and amma almost fall. she could not believe that her own 4 bratz were smiling at her, playing the tabla, harmonium,sitar and flute instead of their usual bassinet drums,piano,electric guitar and saxophone,singing the aarti instead of sexy back,belly dancer, tonight im lovin u n even dirty dancer and my god wearing traditional attire instead of tees n torn jeans, skirts or shorts'."oh my god oh my god oh my god . i'm dreaming this cant be happening. amma pinch me".amma did as she asked and she shrieked in pain but saw the same thing.
The bratz were grinning at her and each other knowing that they had successfully flummoxed gia di.
The aarti music finally stopped.the bratz ran immediately n together surrounded gia di on four corners. Gia did not notice she was still shocked.they grinned thumbs up at each other n together hugged gia di from the four sides and yelled 'SURPRISE'!!!!!.n finally a reaction she screamed "youuu bratzzz when? how ?what? where? and why? they laughed n hugged her again n said "for u di, only for u. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DI.we love u di 4eva "they sang in a singsong chorus.
Gia looked at them with tears in her eyes. She looked at each of them n hugged them one by one with love shining in her eyes n said "I love u too 4eva". All five had tears rolling down their eyes n all five tried to wipe each others tears. The crowd looked at them n d love that each felt for the other was so bright n beautiful that they had tears in their eyes as they smiled n blessed them 4eva.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------guys i hope u liked it. plz give me some suggestions 4 improvement n tell me if its good or not. if i shud continue?
Edited by arista_pooh - 13 years ago
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