Vathsala never thought the she would become a entrepreneur, it was a distant dream to her, a dream which she thought will never be fulfilled, but god has destined it the other way for her , One incident and everything has been changed completely , her life now , is what she expected to be in her dream ! But it’s a reality now.
Akash, A guy who goes by his dad’s decision, is whimsical to go on his own decision and lost his life, a Beautiful life with Vathsala, he has been following her speeches, read each n every article regarding her in all the available possible magazines, he was at awe with her, the girl whom he has seen is different and the women he is seeing now is like night and day! Life changes the scenario with the decisions we take in few minutes, which rule our life!!
Ishika, a girl who thought that the love was everything for her, who thought Arjun was her life; there is no life without Arjun , is now living without him , this is what we say Irony of Life !!! It will give us all the sweet things to cherish and when we are happy with life, there comes the irony, giving us a blow and the same happened with them, there is no more Arjun in her life, but his memories are still present.
Arjun, a loser, who lost the love of his life for his parents, who doesn’t have the courage to fight with his parents for his love, a sober guy. If he had tried a bit harder, he might have got her, but no he has lost her for his parents, is he happy or made his parents happy for that? No, he has been into drugs and is spoiling his life. A Guy who lost his love for his parents but in turn lost everything, his parents are crying for their son, for his life, repenting for what they have done. But there is no way he could back his life.
In Indian Marriages caste, creed, money plays a very important role, destroying the life of many, a simple case of how 4 lives, have been changed within days!!
We never knew what is written, fate has it all!!
With the blessings of all the elders, Ishika and Akash’s marriage has been fixed!
Today was their engagement, everyone around seems to be happy except the bride and bride groom.
Ishika was helpless and accepted this proposal for marriage, while Akash left it to his dad; yes he is a guy, who cannot think on his own, and made an bad decision in his life , somewhere in his heart he wanted Vathsala , but he cannot forgo his dad’s verdict , and there is no other go. He looked at the bride , there was no happiness in her , he could sense it , and again his thoughts ran back to Vathsala when they both met , there was a happiness in her eyes , which itself made him at ease with her , this girl was not even talking to him , he felt like he was a intruder into her life.
They both were acting like they were bride and groom, but there is no real happiness in them while exchanging the rings, not even once they made an eye contact, and also there was no smile on their faces, the real charm has left them.
Ishika gets engaged to Akash Officially!!
Ishika never tried to talk with Akash, nor Akash tried to talk with Ishika, after their engagement, It is an unspoken word of oath taken by both of them not to disturb each other.
Sometimes, we lose a diamond thinking that we might get a better gem, but leaving back the reality that we lost the one diamond that God has created for us! The same happened with Akash but there is no way he could come out from this pre-wedding lock.
Marriage is an occasion, which can happen only once in anyone’s life, it requires love, affection and bonding between the people who get married along with the support and blessings of elders, lack of any of these elements might result in unhappy marriages. The scantiness of any of these elements results in unhappy weddings and unhappy couples!! Marriage is obligatory in one’s life, it s requisite in anyone’s life, so why take chances, it not only spoils their life but also the future of two families!!
Ishika’s parents and Akash parents are prodding on a date to fix their marriage, Akash father is happy because he got what he desired for! DOWRY. Ishika’s dad is happy because her daughter is getting a good husband. But the reality is different!
Akash was lost in his office work while his mind was wandering somewhere, when his boss called him into his cabin.
“Hey come in Akash” called in his boss when he saw him knocking on his door.
Akash gave him his trade mark official smile and took a seat opposite to his boos.
“So, anything important? You sound excited!” asked Akash
“Yeah, actually, you heard of this girl named Vathsala, a young entrepreneur at an age of 24” and he continued “a women who’s been fighting for women!”
“Yeah Yeah, I knew about her, now what’s that about her?” asked Akash
“I wanted to do something for our women employee’s on women’s day so I would like you to meet this lady and ask her to come here and conduct a program, on that day”
“What?? Are you serious?”
“Yeah, coz it would be something different from every year’s program” he observed a quizzical expression on Akash’s face and asked him “Is there a problem?”
“No Not at all” and he continued with a pleading tone “Please try to ask someone to arrange for that for this time please”
“No it’s your responsibility and everything is in your hands now to arrange!” he said it like it was an order, now there was no other go! He was stuck in a maze.
“So How about some coffee?” asked his boss
“Yeah I would like to have” his boss called the office boy and ordered
“So, what about your marriage?”
“Yeah they are prodding with the dates, will be fixed at the earliest”
“That’s great”
We often end up in doing things we do not want to do, but God wants us to do!!!
Akash was waiting for Vathsala in her cabin, his mind was now turmoil, how can he face her, how to handle this situation, how will she take this? while he was in his dreamland , Vathsala entered her cabin, she didn’t see who the person was , but she knew someone was coming from Pishol company , and this was the biggest project for them and she was all excited about this , because of this gets succeeded , it meant a tie up with them !
“I’m sorry for the delay, was struck up in a small issue” she told and was walking towards the person, he turned towards her to face her, upon seeing her, he was amazed to see the change in her, she has worn a sky blue saree, which has been perfectly draped around her and her hair was made up with curls and bouncing as she was coming towards him gracefully, He was voiceless on seeing, Elegance and Dignity pre defined! That is her!! The spark in her eye is still present.
She recognized the person, her body has sent shivers through her spine, but she controlled herself of all the emotions that are engulfing her and with all the stoutheartedness, she extended her hand and introduced herself “Hi, I’m Vathsala, How are you?”
He was dumbfounded at how well she was handling the situation, and he like a kid was showing all his expressions on his face and murmured back “Hi. I’m Akash”
“So it’s my pleasure to meet you” she told, he nodded his head in agreement
“Yes, we would like you to do this for us” his voice was a whisper
“Yes definitely, the pleasure would be mine”
“Can you come and meet our boss and talk the rest of the issues with him” he ended it abruptly, because he can’t handle it anymore
“Yeah sure, definitely” and continued “Fix up a date inform us, we will definitely work out!”
“Thanks, By the way, you are pretty good at handling situations and heard that you helped a lot many women, that’s really great” he finally found words to say something to her
“Yes, some PEOPLE and some SITUATIONS helped me a lot” she said stressing more on the words people and situations, for him to understand the reality and continued, “This being a Women Empowerment Organization; it has helped me a lot in being what I am!”
It was like clear blow to him, which hit him hard on his face!!
Ishika was lost in her own world, when her mobile started to vibrate, it was an unknown number, and she received the call on last ring.
“Hello”
“Hello, Ishika?” a female voice asked her
“Yes, who is this?”
“Ishika, I’m Arjun’s mom” told the other voice
“Arjun?” she asked her questioningly
“Ha Beta, I want to talk with you, can you please give me a min”
“Aunty, now why are you calling me?” asked Ishika with a surprised tone
“Beta, I would like to tell you about Arjun” she sighed heavily and continued “I need your help beta, Arjun is spoiling his life, he is into drugs, stopped going to office, he is completely ruining his life please help him Ishika” his mother completely broke down and was sobbing
“Aunty, please don’t cry, I will do what I can do, please stop worrying and don’t cry aunty ji” she asked her pleadingly
“Beta, please talk with Arjun once”
“Yes aunty, I will!”
Ishika left to Arjun’s place, as all her calls went unanswered.
As soon as she reached Arjun’s place, she was aghast at seeing the place, it hasn’t been locked , she walked inside and the first look at his apartment shows that the place has not been cleaned for many days, this was not the Arjun she knew , she searched for Arjun, he was not in sight, and she slowly searched every place for him, but couldn’t find him, she finally went inside his bedroom, she heard someone murmuring, but couldn’t find the person, she went around and found Arjun, sleeping semi consciously on the ground like a drunken retard , murmuring something and he was looking like he hasn’t washed /bathed himself for many days , and beard not shaven , looking like an ape , tears started trickling down her cheeks , why is he in such a state ? , she pushed back the tears that are coming and controlled all her emotions.
She ran into the bathroom, bought some water and sprinkled on his face, he was still murmuring something and opened his eyes with so much effort, he gave a weak smile and said “See Ishi you are not even leaving me in my dreams, I love you Ishi” and he turned to the other side and dozed off, might be the effect of alcohol hasn’t left him, she cleaned up his bedroom, made a nice meal for him and was waiting for him to wake up.
He woke up after sometime and groggily walked up to his cupboard, opened it and pulled out a bottle of whiskey and was searching for something , Ishika upon seeing his action , she walked up to him hurriedly and pulled the bottle away from him. He looked cockily to see who it was, all his cockiness drained as soon he saw who the person was without even thinking for a second his hand hit hard upon her cheek, Phaaaaaaaaat!!!!
Ishika’s eyes started to tear, in between her sobs she asked him, “why are you ruining your life Arjun?” she stopped to take a breath and continued, “Because of your inability, you yourself left me Arjun!!! There is nothing for you to spoil your life Arjun; it’s me who needs to lose senses, not you!!”
“I’m sorry Ishi, do you think I left you because, I don’t love you, situations led me to that, but the fact remains same that I love you!!” he was shouting those last words.
“Shut up!!! It is because of you everyone is suffering , there is no need for you to spoil your life , you have already done that !!!” she shouted on top of her voice , and continued “ Arjun you have done this for your parents , do you think your parents will be happy seeing you like this , aunty called me up and told about you , she is feeling bad for you , please Arjun stop all this !!”
“Ishi, I cannot live without you nor I cannot go against my dad”
“What can I do then? Please leave me Arjun”
“Ishi, may be my parents will accept now, can you give me one more chance” he asked her pleadingly
“Nothing is in my hands Arjun, I have been engaged” she said pointing towards her engagement ring. There was an eerie silence engulfed between them. Silence is a powerful tool to answer many questions.
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