SwaSan Valentine's Day Drabble: 'Meraki'

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Posted: 9 years ago

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Originally posted by: The.Lannister
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First things first, a big thank you for not making it angsty 🤗 Like you said just cannot take any more angst 😆 The show provides it in spades🤢 I am so gonna avoid Kairos😆

So, Meraki is basically "dil se"😆

Shekhar, Daadi, Laksh shared their gene pool with chimps. To expect any depth from them was a futile exercise Swara🥱

Funny how a girl so into Meraki doesnt see that her Dad isnt full Meraki into his marriage with Shomi. I really never understood why she was so interested in getting ShekShomi back together🤢

Her mind prompted a wonderful thought there😳😉 And you already know the answer Swara...you seek the gardener not the garden😆

Wow to have someone who says he will catch you before you fall made all the more better when said with a Ferrero Rocher😆

I loved Swara's thoughts about Sanskaar where she is comparing him to a room where she can seek shelter while storms rage on the outside😳

While Meraki started with Swara it ends with Sanskaar because in the end it is only he who has put his heart & soul into their relationship & her mission almost making it his own.

Happy Valentine's Day Viji 🤗

Hey Shruti 🤗 🤗

Oh, on the angst---I discussed with you earlier na, when I started posting my drabble series. When the serial gets too filled with angst, I don't feel like writing anything too painful.

Anyway, my level of angst is what I wrote in my Music Series, or the Mahabharata series or the Toska or Saudade OS's. I put in all this yearning, this wrenching sense of loss...and then resolve it soon enough. 😃 😉 Preferably with generous doses of romance. 😳 I have only a medium threshold for pain yaar, especially for an on screen pair I am so heavily emotionally invested in. Can't drag on the angst/ seperation/ MU for too long.

Oh don't worry about Kairos. It will have dollops of angst, but not too much. It will be upto the levels of my previous works I mentioned above, I can't put anymore pain, for fear of my poor heart!

I just love your comments yaar---always with such a streak of wit, you always have me grinning while reading them.

Yup, Meraki certainly is "Dil se". 😆 It may not have its equivalent in English, but it kinda does in Hindi huh? Must be the Latin--Sanskrit connection, which got passed down to Greek & Hindi!! 😉

Shekar, Dadi and Lakshya shared their gene pool with chimps!! 😆 🤣 Oh God yaar, I have still not recovered from your last OS, now even your comments are NSFW as I am bursting into laughter at office while re-reading them!

(BTW, glad you said chimps and not bonobos or Gorillas, as I believe these two species are much more empathetic, something all these 3 worthies have seldom been!!) 😆

Like you, I have no clue why Swara wanted Shomi to reunite with that spineless, brainless excuse of a husband, father and man in general. Search me. But I guess her Meraki was just in her Baba--Ma milao mission, not in the intricacies of whether it was justifiable or not. 😉

With a gardener who looks like that, Swara totally would derive more solace from the gardener rather than the garden itself. 😆 Basically I wanted to put in the symbolism of his tending lovingly to the blooms, and how he handles Swara with so much care and concern.

Ferrero Rocher is an absolute favorite of mine. 😉 And oh yes, definitely, Sanskaar telling Swara that he would always catch her and never let her fall...and giving her a delectable chocolate at the same time, would be irresistible to Swara. (To the one in my OS at least, I cannot account for the one in the serial sometimes! 😃)

I really felt that description (of a warm room of refuge) was appropriate for what Sanskaar means to Swara, na? Its modified from a para in MM Kaye's Far Pavilions, one of my favorite books. Have you read it? well, in the book, the hero uses the term to refer to the heroine, and the words were slightly different. But I felt the modified version suited Sanskaar's importance to Swara, than the other way round.

And oh yes, Meraki starts with Swara and ends with Sanskaar...he really knows that emotion inside out, he pours every fiber of his being, into his potent adoration for her, after all...

Hope your Valentine's Day went well, Shruti my dear 🤗 BTW I love your DP...😉

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Posted: 9 years ago

#62

Originally posted by: lucky.m
viji🤗

Happy Valentines day to you too

yay ..I got first page..just logged in and found this ..so glad I did
So cute it was😳 ..takes me back to the earlier days of swasan where they shared such a easy camaraderie like besties

Formative years of swara was were aptly placed giving us a glimpse of why swara gets emotionally involved and pours her soul into whatever she does

Loved every part of OS ,be it sanskaar easing swara's pain..sharing the chocolate , the hug 🤗 but my heart goes to the part of forgiveness.. though we know swara had forgiven sanskaar , but sanskaar POV was never voiced out in SR..very nicely done

Though he started off to set things right and be with swara as he has wronged her in past and he felt he was responsible in a way for swara's plight , He didnt forgive himself so easily and did everything he could standing with her through thick and thin and that's what makes sanskaar a darlin 😳

Of course the dialogues perfectly placed👏👏..no sorry no thank you waala iss idiot dimaag waala and khud par itna haq one ...

Meraki

thanks to your drabbles viji..I am getting to learn some thing new..kabhi russian kabhi french😉.. and thanks for this lovely OS🤗

Lucky

PS ; Hrithik's ripped look in Dhoom 2 is my fav as well😉 esp in the title track

Hey Lucky...🤗 🤗

Thanks ever so much my dear pal...I am very glad you commented on Page 1 too, you were one of the pals who were asking me to write one more OS for the Valentine's week, as well as a sequel to my previous 2 drabbles on SwaSan. 🤗

Seriously, those days of SwaSan's pretend marriage are so memorable na...such warmth and camaraderie between them. Their friendship and companionship used to make me go all starry eyed and weak kneed. 😳 😆

I do feel Swara and Sanskaar are very alike in this respect---they pour all their love and devotion into what they do. They never do anything by halves. Of course, Swara is more naive and trusting, whereas Sanskaar is worldly wise and more canny. But on a fundamental level, they both give their all, with their full heart and soul. They are meant to be together!

Am so very happy that you liked the portrayal of the SwaSan bond here. Yes, Sanskaar does feel a lot of remorse, a real quest for redeeming himself, for what he did to Swara earlier. What I wanted to describe here, was how their close friendship has transcended any of the bonds they earlier felt. Sanskaar now wants to fill her life with happiness, protect her form pain of any sort. He may never be able to completely forgive himself for what he did in the past, but what he is doing now for Swara is because of his intense affection, which is gradually turning (or probably already grown into) a potent adoration and love for her. And Swara too, has come to rely deeply on him, feels at home with him. Without becoming conscious of it, she has come to think of him as indispensable to herself, someone whose warmth and concern she cannot do without. She is also, in reality, gradually falling in love with him.

Those dialogues by Sanskaar are all time classics na? I just love all of them.

I just love these words yaar---I have this list of most beautiful foreign words which don't have an exact English translation. You've now read Meraki and Toska. I'd earlier written an OS "Saudade" which is a Portuguese word. Have you read that OS? Saudade is perhaps the most beautiful word I've ever come across. So profound, so poetic!

Thanks so very much, Lucky, for your lovely words darling. You really made my day!

Love,

---Viji

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Cogito_Ergo_Sum

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Posted: 9 years ago

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Originally posted by: Nynaeve
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Dear Viji,🤗

Simply loved your Valentine's gift. ❤️

And definitely better than chocolates, however, irresistible they are😉 (they always remind me of the quote, "a minute on your lips, a lifetime on your hips" not that it is a sufficient deterrent.😭)

Swara is the epitome of Meraki! And indeed, whatever their souls are made up of, Swara's and Sankaar's were the same.

When you described those tea roses (with those hues of red) and Swara wondering if she was seeking the comfort of the flowers or the gardener - one word comes to my mind - amaranthine, which is befitting both - the roses (as a shade of purple -red) and his love for Swara (undying, immortal and eternally beautiful). He indeed would never let her fall.

Swara's gradual realisation that Sanskaar is definitely more that a best friend was beautiful, throwing herself into his arms for a hug and Sanskaar unable to fend off her hug, giving in and actually hugging her back.

SwaSan is a true 'Aienkien" (japanese - (n.) a couple strangely but happily united; uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate; the mysteries of attraction and relationships or bonds between two people)

love,
Nyna

Nyna my darling!! 🤗

Hey, a minute on the lips, a lifetime on the hips, is what Rachel's sister tells Joey in friends na? (About Pizza I guess?) 😆 😉 I just love Ferrero Rocher...and Toblerone...and Guylian. 😊

Swara truly is the epitome of Meraki na? The way she gives her all into her tasks, her activities, her commitments. But then, so is Sanskaar, because no one else could feel with every fiber of being like he does; give of himself so undconditionally and selflessly as he does.

It did strike me that they are so similar in this respect, in the fundamental thing that matters about their intrinsic natures.

I mentioned in my brief previous revert on your un-res wala comment, I just LOVED the mention of the word amaranthine in this context. I knew the word before, but hadn't thought of it in Sanskaar & Swara's context. Absolutely fabulous...and describes that timeless, immortal, eternal nature of their love so very well.

Thanks for that Japanese word 😊 Didn't know of that from before. Its lovely too, and is apt for SwaSan. I still have that fondness for amaranthine though! 😉

How's the tale of Aakhrand and Archini (and Anubandh and Agrini) coming on?

Lots of Love,

---Viji

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Cogito_Ergo_Sum

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Posted: 9 years ago

#64

Originally posted by: raaz19
Thank you 100...wow it was amazing...god the utter confusion and turmoil...
It was nice to see her reflect and think of sanskaar as the person that gives her warmth and care...A nice touch to the earlier os...seriously it helped answer a lot of questions...

I loved the touch of the garden and her inner thoughts about the person that cares...its shows she wants to be loved on the same.way...

I enjoyed that sanskaar got his wish of the hug at the end and that she herself removed the barrier of forgiveness...enjoyed it a lot that she wants to move forward...

Wonder what sanskaar felt at the time...

Thank you once again...

Rocking update as always...

;) razia

Hey Razia sweetheart 🤗 🤗

Thanks a ton yaar, am so happy you loved this one, and felt it tied up well with the previous 2 drabbles.

Yeah, Sanskaar and Swara are still in a bit of turmoil about their deepening, burgeoning feelings for each other, but they are not in denial. They have started to acknowledge to themselves, that the other person has become very special to them.

Swara does think of Sanskaar as a person who envelops her with so much warmth and concern and genuine affection. And that was the symbolism in her thoughts about the garden as well---Sanskaar is a very giving, selfless person, who devotes so much care to those flowers. Much in the same way, but even more so, he adores Swara with an unconditional, irrevocable love.

Swara has already forgiven Sanskaar---in fact, she wanted to make sure he is not giving her all this support and affection out of guilt. Sanskaar, though he would find it difficult to fully forgive himself for his mistakes of the past, is now devoted to Swara because of his intense love for her, which is practically a veneration.

At the end of this setting, I would say both Sanskaar and Swara feel very aware of their heightened feelings for each other. And perhaps, they also have a slight doubt that the other person too, might feel similarly. 😳

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Posted: 9 years ago

#65

Originally posted by: CogitoErgoSum

No probs at all Sakshi my dear 🤗 Will reply in just a bit as soon as work eases up a little.

How are your exams going?

Going good! Can't say really awesome but yeah! Good<3

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Cogito_Ergo_Sum

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Posted: 9 years ago

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Originally posted by: MusicAddict
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Sorry Viji, Couldn't unres sooner due to the exams!!
Viji it was amazing!
Swara feels so complete with him and around him. The broken pieces are being joint together with a connecting link as Sanskaar! Amazingg
That hug was so good!<3 I totally loved it.
Both have that dhuk dhuk in their hearts!
It was really beautiful😳
Sorry for such a short unres

Hey Sakshi sweetie 🤗 🤗

Trust that your exams went well.

Thanks so much for your lovely words about this OS, so happy that you loved it.

Yeah, Swara certainly feels complete with Sanskaar around, in his warm, comforting and reassuring presence. And he certainly feels the same intense adoration for her, too.

I thoroughly enjoyed writing that hug scene, and the sense of awareness in their hearts, the consciousness of their deepened feelings for each other. So I am really overjoyed that you loved that scene.

And oh yes, there is certainly a LOT of dhak dhak in their hearts. 😳 I was grinning to myself, imagining them singing and dancing to that song, dhak dhak karne laga! 😉

Please don't keep saying sorry Sakshi dearest! No formality between pals, please! 😃

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Posted: 9 years ago

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Originally posted by: tootiefrootie11
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Dearest sis Viji 🤗

Even what you term a drabble is so well crafted and worded, it reads better than so many fuller pieces. Belated Happy Valentines Day to you although I know we exchanged greetings anyway over scraps too!

I loved the glimpse into Swara's early years and the difference between her and other girls, drawn out though the funny reference to an admiration for Hrithik's attributes was very nicely portrayed. As we know, anything Greek inspired is bound to appeal to me and here Meraki is brought into play so nicely. Effectively, I always see Swara as someone who lives this- she does eventing with all her heart and soul and with the purity of intention that is also implicit in that word despite not being directly translatable, and I am talking the Swara we see, not the one they don't show on the show! And oh the irony of how she gave all to those who were so undeserving in their way, and the one she withheld it from for so long, being the only one capable of returning all she gave with his own brand of meraki, even more striking in a way than hers 😃

As usual, excellent description of the garden and the flowers- makes one want to sit there enjoying it! I love the realisation from Swara that it's perhaps the gardener rather than the garden who has the main attraction 😉. The whole description of her changed feelings and how they came about,including the physical awareness was very nicely done indeed 👏.

Ahh and then that whole scene with the delicious gardener holding the delicious treat 😳. I used to love FRocher until I had the shock realisation that I couldn't eat them as they are not strictly vegetarian so them sharing that here let me enjoy it vicariously! Then of course the whole conversation- him as usual totally attuned to her and wanting to make the world right for her and his amazing reassurance, given without any hesitation, that he will NOT let her fall and I particularly liked the reference to saying he would fly off with her. Not only will he prevent a crash to the earth, he can take her to heights she never dreamed of! The hug being the perfect gesture and am so glad they both enjoyed the comfort and other awareness it brought and again your re-working of the dialogues so masterfully was lovely to read. I especially love the reference that he looks at her akin to worship- that is how I often see the way Sanskaar sees Swara! And the sweet and simple ending was just right too.

As usual nice touches with the quotes and I see The Far Pavilions quoted 😳 as well as my all time fave Mr Wilde. The Mill on the Floss also brought back some strong memories of childhood love for literature!

Lots of love and hugs for yet more lovely nuggets sis.

Love you xoxo

Hey Shru darling...🤗 🤗

When I chose Meraki as the title of one of my drabbles, I was thinking to myself that the word would really appeal to you & Saku, given all of our shared fascination with the ancient Greek classics! And by the way, the description of Mr Hrithik Roshan as one of the denizens of Mount Olympus 😃 was quite well deserved, nai? Am sure Swara would have rather preferred his sculpted look rather than John Abraham's. 😆 😉

I agree with you completely---Meraki does describe Swara's pure intentions, her giving of her complete heart and soul into any activity she undertakes, so very well. And yes, the irony is, she so often put this in whole heartedly for people who didn't deserve the time of day from her; and withheld it for so long (in the serial), from the one person who would have reciprocated her Meraki with his own, if anything, with even greater intensity, with every last fiber of his being. Well...that's why I wanted to make her realize her emotions sooner in this drabble. 😉

The garden bit---apart from my love for flowers and colors which you already know about of course 😊--was an analogy also to Sanskaar's nurturing, giving nature. Just as he devotes himself to tending those plants ever so carefully, he handles Swara with such loving warmth and concern. She had to fall in love with him sooner rather than later, who could resist such a potent, unconditional, selfless adoration?

And oh yes, as we SwaSanians know only too well, it WAS the gardener rather than the lovely garden, marvelous though that itself was, which was the true balm for Swara's heart and soul. 😳 "Delicious gardener holding the delicious treat". 😆 🤣. Shru, how do you come up with these? 😉 Totally! I do agree!

I totally see Sanskaar making this promise to Swara...that he would always take care of her, guard her with his very life, and ensure that she never ever fell. And yes, he would certainly want to nestle her safe in his arms and fly off with her before she ever came within miles of the ground! Sanskaar is just so very protective without being domineering or suffocating----its a wonder the Swara in the serial managed to resist him for so long. 😉

I did so want to make them have a warm hug this time, with some attendant memories of the last time Sanskaar awkwardly fended off a hug with a handshake instead. But this time round, Swara wanted to embrace him too badly, and he himself wasn't all that keen to dissuade her. 😉 And yes, I do agree that Sanskaar does regard Swara with a touch of reverence and worship. I guess to him, she is always that person who came as his salvation, who freely forgave him his transgressions, and redeemed him from the hate and bitterness filled person he had become.

Yup, I couldn't resist quoting the Far Pavilions. 😊 I reworked that quote a fair bit---in the book, this is what Ash feels about Anjuli, and the words are a bit different. But I did feel the modified version suited Sanskaar more, in the sense of what Swara feels about him.

Loads n Loads of Love,

---Viji

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Posted: 9 years ago

#68

Beautiful one Viji.

It took me to earlier SwaSan days..

Thanks a lot for this..🤗

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Originally posted by: simsen23
viji... 🤗
Thank you so much for this wonderful drabble on valentine'day dear.
Meraki- beutiful meaning and considering swasan ,this word is perfect to define them
Swara as a teenager was not a normal girl as she was deprived from love and care of a male figure(father or brother) from childhood.
so she used to give all her heart and soul in everything in expectation of getting the equal pay back
but her life was full of pain ...
then one day she got someone who actually loves her with full devotion without expecting any thing from her
sanskar truly defines the selfless love(this type of guy is hard to find in this world)
His love is very pure...
The garden scene and swara's thought regarding the flower and sanskar was amazing.
Then the lines of sanskar that he will support her and fly away with her,that was cute and so pure
Thair hug and sanskar's heavy but meaningful words.. 😳
with those word all the inner turmoil and confusion of swara went away
Finally she is in love like never before ... ❤️
lovely ...keep writting sweetheart...
love you,
simi 😊

Hey Simi my dear...🤗 🤗

Thanks a ton yaar, for those amazing words. So, so happy that you loved this drabble.

Meraki is certainly a lovely word, and it does suit Sanskaar and Swara's intense devotion and dedication of every fibre of being to each other, the way they give their entire heart and soul into their intense affection for their families, and their love for each other.

Swara certainly had an emotionally deprived childhood, poor girl. She never had the stable, loving influence of a father figure. And she always thirsted for that affection, that acceptance. She gave her all into her familial bonds, but never got that love from Shekar, her Dada & Dadi, or from Ragini for that matter. Even Lakshya, could never match the sincerity and complete devotion she had.

But perhaps it was all designed by fate, because her destiny was intertwined with Sanskaar, who was a person who, like her, gave his all to a relationship. He loved her with such a potent adoration, so selflessly and unconditionally, that it was only a matter of time before she started to respond to his pure love for her.

Thanks for liking that garden scene---that's what I wanted to symbolize, that Sanskaar gives that selfless love and care to Swara, just as he takes selfless care of those wonderful blooms. He would always want to shield and protect Swara, and would never let her fall. He would always be by her side, supporting her no matter what.

I loved writing their warm hug scene too, so very happy you loved reading it. 😊

Thanks again Simi! Loads and Loads of Love,

---Viji

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Posted: 9 years ago

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Originally posted by: bwvianna
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Viji 🤗
I don't know from where you come up with such beautiful words. You take the essence of them and create beautiful OS with SwaSan. Thank you. ❤️

I will start with the highlight. You started out describing Swara's affinity to give into everything she does be it her music, her care towards family, everything basically - her everything! That is Meraki. And then you showed how it left her bereft in matters of her relations. Then you drew parallels of how Sanskaar does the same thing. His intensity and passion towards those he cares is insurmountable. And it hit me how true it was that Swara and Sanskaar are exactly the same in that aspect. I never thought in this direction at all. This point of view makes them even more of soul mates in my eyes than they did before. You brought out the essence of Meraki fabulously here. :)

Lets get to the awesomely awkward yet romantic moment between SwaSan. Gosh I wanted to go all 'awww' here. Then I went all dreamy thinking how awesome it would have been if Sanskaar love confession and Ragini truth had come out a little later? The way in your SwaSan world. The endless possibilities of beautiful moments that the CVs missed out just hit me. Man, their TRPs would have sky rocketed if they had consulted with you first!😉 I really enjoyed the whole scene of awkward hugging and blurting of such intense emotions and the awkward parting! I wanted go all dreamy and laugh out loud at the same time. 😆 Haha. This piece is going to fall in one of my favourite pieces by you due to the simplicity of their emotions you portrayed. Very sweet! ❤️

Happy Valentine's Day Viji! :)

Looking forward to your angst filled OS/2S.! :)

-V

Vrinda my dear...Thanks ever so much! 🤗 🤗 I always look forward to your comments, I so respect the fact that you invariably give such an insightful, involved, and analytical comment. And I am deeply touched and humbled that you have done so, despite your pressure of exams. So very glad you loved this so much!

About the words---well you see, I am a magpie in the sense of hoarding quotes and articles and words that appeal to me! 😉 There was this article in the Reader's Digest a couple of years ago, which was about the most beautiful words in foreign languages. I just loved "Saudade"-- Portuguese, "Toska"-- Russian and "Meraki"-- Greek. Given my intense passion for SwaSan, I've written OS's on them with all 3 words as themes! 😊

I truly believe this aspect--Meraki---of giving their all, every fibre of their being, into their tasks, their bonds with family, their love for each other---Swara and Sanskaar are very alike. Suprficially, they may be different in many ways, indeed, their viewpoints on several things can be and are, very different sometimes.

But fundamentally, in the way they pour their very heart and soul for those whom they care for, they are completely alike. They truly are soulmates in that sense---what they call twin souls! And it shows in the connect they have, which they always had even before they realized they loved each other...

Thanks so much for those lovely words about the Hug scene, V! Yup, that's what I was aiming at, that awareness between them that their easy friendship is now deepening to something more. They are both conscious of that fact. They find solace, warmth and comfort in each others company, in a true sense, they are so indispensable to each other. At he same time, the flutter of these new emotions does have a bit of an awkwardness, a nervous rather than an unpleasant awkwardness perhaps! 😃 😳

You know what V---I was saying this just the other day in another discussion; that I wish the CVs had given us more time with the SwaSan "pretend marriage". Some more time for their feelings to deepen, for them to grapple with the intensity of their feelings for each other and finally accept them. I would have LOVED that track. I do feel sometimes the CVs rush headlong too fast from one crisis to another; I for one would not at all have minded detailing some more time to an evolving relationship and awareness between SwaSan in those days. ☺️ The TRPs would definitely have been off the charts!

The OS/2S would take a bit of time, dear...am kinda swamped with work this week, and I've to write a couple of articles for the Swaragini 1st Anniversary Celebration thread too. But will post as soon as I can, will PM you as always. I do not expect to post before at least 10 days though.

Good Luck with your exams! Here's hoping you sail through with flying colors!

Lots of Love,

---Viji

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