Originally posted by: BookWormV
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Dearest Viji🤗,
Welcome back! Hope you are well now. I know how much reality just keeps butting into our amazing SwaSan land. 😛 I have been waiting for all you fabulous writer's take and stories on this memory loss track. And voila amazing stories have been flowing in this week. 😉
Petrichor - Another one of those fabulous words that you keep a record of? Beautiful.
My Dearest V!! 🤗🤗🤗 I missed you so very much the past several weeks. I just didn't have the energy to write after my lingering bout of ill health and then all the pending work and travel commitments...But missed writing on SwaSan, and discussing with close pals like you, so very much. It was maddening! 😆
So now I'm back, hopefully without a hiatus around the corner. 😊
Petrichor is derived from the Greek words I mentioned, but its now a part of English lexicon as a borrowed word. So in that sense, its a little different from Saudade, Toska, Kairos and Meraki---which are all still "foreign" words. 😊 I've got one more---"Hiraeth"--from Welsh. I'd started writing a SwaSan 3S with this title at the time when I fell ill...and have sort of lost the flow on that one. 😕 If I ever revive it and post it, will surely let you know beforehand.🤗🤗
Part A: Trade Winds
I think I have mentioned this before but I will say it again, I absolutely adore you for the way you describe the simplest of things of life so very beautifully. The description of the heat before the anticipated rains, the gathering of rain clouds and final relief of downpour to not only humans but to animals, birds and insects as well. Really, really beautiful! 😊
Sanskaar sitting all melancholy on the balcony while it is all grey and pouring outside,, this is such a picturesque scene. So rightly put that the first rains bring sign of new hope, new life and new beginnings and yet Sanskaar is stuck in such a phase of his life where his Life, his Hope and his New beginning has forgotten all about him. *sigh*. That memory, yaar Viji, this whole end of Part A had me almost tear up. That despondent way he is giving himself a pep talk. Ah god Viji, the agony here. 👏
Thanks so much yaar...🤗🤗 Well, the monsoons are my favorite season, I just LOVE the rains. Possibly owing to being a water sign? (I'm a Cancerian). I do find the rains and the fragrant petrichor, so evocative of new life, new hope, new beginnings...😳
That memory of Sanskaar's, of the touching moment they had from the previous monsoon---that brought a tear or two to my eye, when I was recollecting it and writing it down. That was the time when the budding equation between them really blossomed, na? So yes, Sunny boy here certainly is feeling rather despondent...but he steels himself with an earnest, almost stern pep talk to himself. He is just so determined, so steady!
Part B: Summer Lighting
Okay, I have to admit that the whole Kissan subterfuge on the show has me cringing. VK in that get up was really weird. But your description of the possibility of all the crazy things that could take place between Swara and Kissan is something worth looking forward to. (If something of that sort actually happens on the show) Swara Partner? Reference to 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi'? Haha..😆
Yeah, that was a kinda reference to RNBDJ. 😆😆 But you know, V, I don't care for that movie too much. I didn't like Taani developing a romantic attachent to Raj, and then deciding to stay with Suri Ji out of her sense of duty or obligation or "rightness". That's why here, in this OS, I've shown it as Swara feeling a sense of easy familiarity with Kissan, letting her guard down and being friendly with him. That's it, and nothing more. Kissan also jogs her memories gently and discreetly, to make her remember all the precious moments she shared with Sanskaar. He's not trying to make her fall in love with him, in his "Kissan" avatar.
I really liked the possibility of Sanskaar trying to bring back Swara's memories with similar songs and decorations and such. Loved your song selection. Damn, she almost realised. The feelings here reminded me so much of the whole falling off the cliff scene. He almost had her in his grasp and she fell anyways. *sigh*
Those are some of my favorite songs. Both "Pyar Hua Ikrar Hia Hai" as well as "Yeh Raat Bheegi Bheegi". Sigh...such immortal classics...oozing romance and longing. 😳 I did want Kissan to device some smart plans in typical Sanskaar style. He is really a straight shooter most of the time---an expert in the "Keep it Smart and Simple" approach! Humming/ making her play similar songs, and setting up a stage backdrop evocative of the tent which had such amazing memories for them of his proposal...would surely have jogged some memories in Swara's subconscious.
Well, well, Viji. I can safely say you most definitely do not like Sahil. I could literally feel your contempt for this character.😆
Oh Dear, I was THAT transparent, was I?? 😆 😈
Part C: Red Earth and Pouring Rain
I am so glad that Sanskaar has got some inlkling about the shit that is going to hit the fan. Sahil's obsessiveness is going to be such a pain.. Atleast the CVs should have shown a time frame of when he had the chance to fall in love with Swara. She was unconscious most of the time they were together and the remaining time I dont see how he could have fallen in love? Does he do that to every female he stumbles upon? or is he mentally ill? I could go on and on. Anyways, I absolutely loved how you showed that she gave him no bhaav at all and was very busy in her thoughts. That was so laugh worthy.
I share your views on Sahil. The CVs seem to think terming someone an "obsessive lover" means they can get away with showing him as a demented stalker with a snap of a finger. Back story? Some development showing his creepy obsessiveness? Fiddlesticks! Who has the time for such nuance amidst the (melo)drama? 😉 😆
I would love to see a sharp and analytical Sanskaar suspecting Sahil's bona fides. I really want him to figure out that Mr Wood is up to no good! 😊
Ah... Sanskaar feeling little jealous and possessive? I don't mind at all. Not one iota. 😛
Oh, I love a possessive Sanky. Not obsessively possessive, just the normal possessiveness which says "I'm yours, You're mine..." 😳
Okay, I have to give you credit. I sooo loved that feril smile that came across Sanskaar's face in response to the slip of emotions by Sahil. I was like finally! The Sanskaar I have been waiting for. The calculating, devious Sanskaar that I fell for during those days of May and July. That feeling of happiness on seeing Sanskaar, even if it is chotta-sa glimpse is like a water in desert. tahnk you sooo much! ❤️
Thank you, V!! I felt so very happy to hear you say that! I so want the canny, smart and forceful Sunny boy back as well! And in my mind, he would take Sahil apart piece by piece, most effectively! 😉 😆
Awww... Swara realising that MAYBE she is wrong. Loads and loads of hugs. I really loved how you ended this OS. No sudden memory coming back and such. A end that leaves a lot to imagine.
That's what I was aiming for. No sudden "Eureka!!" moment...which always seems so contrived, anyway. Its a gradual process, I understand...the recovery process from partial amnesia, I mean. I have no personal knowledge, of course, but from what I've heard from a couple of doctors in the extended family. Of course, there are a few cases where the lost memories are triggered back by a dramatic, shocking event...but I gather, the gradual seeping back of memories is the more usual course. And this anyway seemed a much sweeter, more satusfying ending of sorts---the steady blossoming of hope, Swara slowly starting to let Sanskaar within those walls of mistrust she'd erected.
I have absolutely loved this comeback piece of writing of yours. Please do write more. You have readers waiting to devour it.😉
Thanks, Thanks, Thanks V!! 🤗 🤗 Well, I've written 3 now, after I came back! Would love to read your takes on my next 2 as well.
Love,
V❤️
