Hello all,
So this one shot is written by my friend Tanushree Advitiye Bharadwaj who goes by the username @ishqdinoorhai3 on wattpad. Posting it here on her behalf.
Dhara could not believe what she heard and neither could she believe her eyes. Krish was dressed in her deep red saree, a wig and his neck adorned one of her necklace. Lips were smudged with a red lipstick while the kajal made dark circles under the eye. He looked like someone so familiar yet so unknown.
And then she heard it. It was her Gaumbi's voice which reached her in the chaos, pulling her before she fall in the abyss.
"Bolo Krish aur Shiva, kyu kiya tum dono ne Rishita ke saath aisa?!" Her Gaumbi who was known for his calmness had raised his voice. But her own was lost.
The words made her looked towards her kids. Her dil ka tukda who now stood in pieces. Their eyes held guilt.
Those black orbs then slipped towards an unconscious Rishita in Dev's arms. Who laid there numb. Beside her, Raavi sat, trying to bring her back to world.
But nothing pierce her heart more than her failure. Her failure in raising her kids right. Her kids... Her brother in law's. Once again. The world around her shook because the mother in her lost the battle.
She felt eons had passed but it was only half an hour had passed with all the revelations, Rishita coming back to consciousness, the apologies, the fight but she just couldn't grasp it. Time has slipped from her hand... Was she hold onto it too tightly?!
"Bhabhi, humein maaf kar do. Hum karna nahi chahate they lekin Rishita ne aapki, Raavi aur Gaumbi ki har baar beizaati ki hai. Hum dono bas uss se sabak sikhana chahate they." She looked up as Shiva's words reached her ears. She was met with guilty looks and pleading eyes. But today, it did not move anything inside her.
Has your love lost? The mind was in a chaos.
Of course, the mother in you lost today. How can love for your children remain then?! And the heart was in pieces.
Gaumbi for the first time in last one hour looked in his wife's eyes and what he saw shook the floor beneath his eyes. They were defeated. Lost. Numb. And for all he knew, Dhara Pandya does not accept defeat, she find shore even in the most violent wave and solutions even in a chaos. Then what happened? What changed? Or what broke?
He was by her side next instant. Pushing Shiva and Krish aside.
"Dhara.... Dhara? Kuch bolna?!!" He shook her, trying to reach win and reach by defeating those loud screams in her head.
His brothers and sister-in-law law looked shocked and maybe for the first time, they noticed their Dhara Bhabhi in all the chaos because their eyes widened in shock and they all were at their side, making a semi-circle except Rishita. Who just sat on her cot. A little away from them.
"Main haar gayi Gaumbi. Main haar gayi," she said, her voice shook a little with pain. Maybe because accepting it all aloud is what makes it more real? She does not know but she felt, tears brimming at the edges of her eyelids.
"Dhara... Dhara... Meri baat sun. Tu nahi haari. Meri Dhara haar hi nahi sakti." Gaumbi cupped her face with his hands, caressing the tresses as he tried to soothe her. He did not understood from where she was coming but he just want her pain to fade away. But it was easy to wish and hard to accomplish.
"Nahi Gaumbi... Aaj Gaumbi ki Dhara nahi aaj Dhara ki Mamta haari hai. Aaj Dev, Shiva aur Krish ki bhabhi maa haari hai. Aaj ek maa poore tarike se haari hai." She mumbled in a low, shaky voice.
Everyone's eyes widens in shock. They expected Dhara to be hurt, scold them heck even beat them but not this. Was their mistake so big that it made her so weak that she accepted defeat?!
Tears brimmed in everyone's eyes as the pain in Dhara's voice reached them.
"Krish ne jab cigarette pi thi aur mujhse kaha tha ki "Bhabhi ho Bhabhi banke raho. Maa ban ne ki koshish mat karo" tab ye Dhara, ye maa pehli baar haari thi." She smiled a sad smile, her eyes looking in space out there.
Gaumbi, Dev, Raavi and Rishita eyes widened in shock while Krish bowed his head down in shame. Shiva's eyes blazed fire as he recalled that moment. That look of pure defeat on his Bhabhi's Maa defeat.
"Dusri baar tab haari thi jab Dev ne Rishita aur Raavi dono ki zindagiyon ke saath khela tha. Dono uske liye jaan de sakti thi aur usne dono ke saath zindagi bitane ka vaada kiya tha. Main tab haari thi jab Dev ne apna pyaar chupaya tha aur main tab bhi haari thi jab Dev ne mandap par Raavi ko beizaat hone ke liye chod diya tha. Ya shayad ussi waqt haar gayi thi jab Dev ne mujhse apna pyaar chupaya tha aur jab main ek phool ko apne ghar laane chali thi aur ek kali ke hote huye bhi usne mujhe roka nahi tha." She turned and looked at Gaumbi as in asking if she was being right or wrong. A tear betrayed and rolled down her right eye.
Tears filled each and everyone eyes. Shame, disgust and guilt was all he could feel and Dev did not know what to do.
"Meri hi galti thi Gaumbi... Maine usse ladna sikhaya hi nahi. Sahi waqt par bolna sikhaya hi nahi."
Rishita looked at the woman in front of her with mixed emotions. She did not pin point what she feel for this woman. Was it her guilt for misbehaving with her or pity? Sympathy? Love or like? What was it? But then she looked at Dev whose face is twisted in pain and shame and she felt all her emotions she felt for Dhara evaporating in thin air.
"Aap mere Dev ke saath aise baat nahi kar sakti. Har baar usko guilt nahi feel nahi kara sakti. Wo bhi tab jab uski koi galti na ho," Rishita shouted, standing up with difficulty and coming towards her.
Shiva curled his fist in anger, eyes blazing fire. He was ready for attack and not only him, everyone else was too but Dhara's voice stopped him.
"Tumhare Dev ki koi galti nahi hai, Rishita. Galti meri hai ki maine Dev ke phone mein R dekh ke usko Raavi samajh liya aur uss se bina puche Raavi ke ghar rishta leke chali gayi. Galti meri hai ki Dev ne kuch kaha nahi. Galti meri hai." She looked at Rishita with nothing in her eyes. It was like all the emotions had died.
"Bhabhi...." Dev started to speak something but she showed her palm stopping him.
"Main har uss pal haari jab Shiva ne apne jazbaton, apne dard ko seene mein daba kar hothon se muskura ke aage badh gaya. Main har uss waqt haari jab bhi maine Shiva ke liye stand nahi liya... Tab jab Raavi ne uski beizzati ki ya Rishita ne. Maaf kar dena Shiva," she joined her hands in front of Shiva, asking for forgiveness. He quickly putting it down, nodding a no.
Shaking her head in no, she continued, "main tab haari jab main Raavi ki zindagi barbaad hone se nahi rok paayi. Tab bhi haari jab Raavi ne suicide karne ki koshish ki aur tab bhi haari jab iss phool ko katon se alag nahi kar paayi. Teri gunehgaar main hu Raavi. Galat samajhna hai toh mujhe samajh, sazza deni hai toh mujhe de... Shiva ki iss mein koi galti nahi thi. Shiva ne bas wahi kiya jo maine usse kaha." Dhara wiped Raavi's tears while the latter just shakes her head in a no.
"Aur aaj haar gayi jab Krish aur Shiva ne Rishita ke saath ye kiya. Lekin main sazza bhi nahi de sakti. Jab Dev ko kisi ki zindagi barbaad karne par koi sazza nahi mili toh tum dono ko kaise de dun?" She just smiled ruefully.
"Shayad meri parvarish mein galti reh gayi hogi kahin tab bhi toh Dev ne kisi ki zindagi barbaad karne se pehle nahi soch aur na hi Krish aur Shiva ne kisi ke dard ke saath khelne se pehle. Ya main hi galat hongi kya pata? Kyunki Raavi ke liye rishta toh main leke gayi thi aur Rishita ko beech raahe par bhi Dev ne meri wajah se hi choda tha." She looked at all of them with determination and for the first time, that determination in her eyes scared them.
"Ab tum sab bade ho gaye ho. Apni soch hai, samajh hai, taur-tarike hai toh ab faisle bhi tumhare honge. Tum log ko jo karna hai tum log wo kar sakte ho bas ab main thak gayi hu toh shayad tumhari madad na kar paun lekin koshish karungi." She caressed everyone's cheek while Gaumbi sat at her side, wrapping his hands around her shoulders.
She smiled at them and just went away. She was maybe really tired because today, she not only set them free but her too. She let go of the helplessness of seeing her family breaking apart everyday. Now, no longer does she have to take the responsibility because now, everyone is grown up enough to take the responsibility.
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Do share your views.
Well, I don't watch the show but I have watched some clips and read some stories and discussion and this is what I have gathered about the story.
This is strictly my POV of what Dhara must be going through.
Take care everyone ❤️
Stay safe, stay strong and stay happy 😃
~Tanushree Advitiye Bharadwaj
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