Chapter 1
The story starts a year before the prologue.
Ragini came running into the house. She was sweating and panting. Sharmishta got worried on seeing her.
Sharmishta-"ragini kya hua beta tum haanf kyu rahi ho?"
By now swara who was in the kitchen also came out.
Ragini holded her mother by her shoulders and started circling with her.
Ragini-"maa aap yakeen nahi karengi hame scholarship par University me admission mil gaya hai"
Sharmishta could not stop herself. She started crying.
Sharmishta who lived in the servant's quarter of a big musician Tarun Basu.
Tarun Basu,a kind hearted man did not leave the widow and two daughters of his best employee Shekhar Gadodia all alone after his death.
He tried helping Sharmishta financially but she was not connected to the musical world. So she was hired as the cook of the house.
Swara who was also listening to this had tears in her eyes.
Swara could never forget the day their father's body entered the house.
Ragini wasn't old enough to understand the meaning of dearh.
She said-"ohh papa is having a long sleep but when will he wake up?"
But swara knew he would never get up. She could not forget how her mother was lying in a corner after his death or how his grandmother threw them out calling her mother manhoos(inauspicious). She could not forget Mr. Tarun who took them to his house.
She did not like seeing her mother cook for them.
Mr. Tarun's wife and daughter Kavya never respected her mother.
Swara grew up faster then. She had to give up her studies. She learnt cooking but decided not to cook for basu family.
Mr. Tarun owned number of restaurants around the world and she requested him to hire her there.
Swara came out of her thoughts. She hugged her little sister.
"I am proud of you ragu mai chahti hu tu hamesha kaamyaab ho"
Ragini was beyond happy. She was a bright student and she was only studying to free her mother and sister from the clutches of poverty.
Her first love was always singing. When she was young she would climb the wall and watch kavya singing like a rockstar with her fake mike and guitar.
How much she envied her life. Since then she wanted to be like her. A singer, A rockstar.
Even after all this years she wanted to be like her.
Kavya who was studying abroad. She was living there with her brother Kartik.
Ragini wanted to be like her. She was extremely excited about her studies. Mr. Tarun would support her and would be happy to hear the news.
Swara had set the table.
Ragini-"I am going to tell Mr. Tarun"
Swara-"what's the hurry pehle dinner karo phir chali jana"
Ragini sat down. All they had on the name of furniture was this broken table and 3 chairs.
"I will buy you the most expensive dining table one day maa", she thought to herself.
"Oho daal makhni swara tumne zyada to banayi hai na. Ye meri favorite hai"
Swara laughed-"haan haan bohot zyada banayi hai kal tak khati rehna"
As she was about to eat a servant came running.
Servant-"Sharmishta tum yaha baithi ho pta hai Mr. Tarun ko heart attack aaya hai"
They were shocked. A day that had started so well ended in tragedy.
So how is it?