“Papa, see this four year course in chemistry with medicinal chemistry as a specialization”, Parisa chirped cheerfully to her father as she showed her phone to Mr. Hari Prakash Joshi who was sitting in his garden. She had opened the Website of Imperial College, London where her best friend was planning to apply for her higher studies. The cool breeze was blowing at six o’ clock in the evening of a Wednesday.
The retired brigadier looked at his daughter suspiciously as he asked a matter of fact, “So, who is going there?”With an innocent smile plastered on her face, Parisa said, “Papa, umm… the admissions are open and… and… umm… I want to apply”. The little girl had closed her eyes anticipating the wrath of her father who was boiling in anger and looking at her angrily.Mr. Hari Prakash Joshi was shocked beyond repair. He had visualized his daughter to make him proud by joining the Indian Air FThe Joshi’s were silently having their dinner while Samar served them. Charlie, the pet, looked at everyone with curiosity and confusion at the deadpanned silence in the house. While munching the chapattis with the bland apple gourd curry, Parisa texted Anvesha,You know things went well but your boyfriend ruined it all. Bhaiya did not pick up the phone. I got a slap because of him and he is oblivious to everything.Anvesha, who was beginning with her first episode of the prime time debate show just chuckled as she made up her mind to call Parisa later on. She was curious to know the details of the drama Parisa had pulled up on her advice though she felt bad that the little girl had to undergo some thrashings.Anvesha called Adhyayan who did not receive the call and she sighed exasperatedly realizing the celebrity chef was indeed, busy. Her team called her and she got back to her work.It was ten at night when Adhyayan got some time to breathe. He was dead tired be
Hruday sighed as he hailed the cab and asked the driver to drive towards Love=Food. It was one thirty in the afternoon and he was dead tired. After a tiring journey from Darjeeling to New Delhi and a business meeting with two of his corporate associates, the young businessman was truly tired. All he wanted was to go back to Anvesha’s place and sleep. However, when his sister had asked him to attend a lunch and meet her boyfriend because she had to conduct the live debate at night and hence, dinner was not feasible, Hruday could not deny. In the morning, he visited his sister’s new studio apartment for the first time and he found her residence cute. She had shifted to her little apartment six months ago and he was quite busy to visit her in that time span.Anvesha, on the other hand, had reached at Love=Food, the cozy restaurant that was truly close to her heart, after all, it was the first place where she met her adorable boyfriend. She was out from her office over
Adhyayan was beyond angry. He tried calling Anvesha again and again but his girlfriend, who was herself in a trance did not receive the call and switched her phone off. He was shocked as he wondered what went wrong. As far as he remembered, he had proposed his lovely girlfriend to get married while never in his dreams could he think of the incomprehensible response from Anvesha’s side.Anvesha could sense her dreams shattering in a second with the word ‘marriage’. Sitting inside the cab with her brother, she instructed the driver to drop her at the Film City, Noida first and then drop her brother at her housing society.She wondered she was just twenty five and not ready to get married when an inner voice mocked her, “You will be soon turning twenty six next week”.“But I am still a kid. I cannot handle any responsibilities that come with marriage”, she thought as she mentally answered her inner conscience.
It was ten at night when Anvesha came back home. Her weekdays were really hectic since the day she was conducting the live debate at prime time, from eight to nine at night. After getting the promotion, Anvesha indeed, had the huge set of responsibilities on her shoulders.Her colleagues and her seniors had appreciated about her code of conduct and staunch professionalism along with unbiased opinions, as she was able to maintain decorum in the live political debates without insulting any expert. She was really happy as her show was getting desirable response and the viewership of her channel was shooting up at the prime time.Feeling tired yet contended, she reached her studio apartment and knocked. She felt home after so many years as she realized there was someone who was waiting for her, after all, her elder brother had not even eaten the dinner yet. She felt grateful to have a wonderful brother who was awake for her late at night despite being tired.A smile
A smile crept on his bow-shaped lips that woke up every cell of his body, as Adhyayan came out from the Jolly Grant Airport. Hailing the cab, he took a deep breath feeling the crisp, fresh air early in the morning which promised new beginnings and smoothness in his life.It was seven thirty in the morning and Adhyayan was enjoying the natural sensation of cool air that brought tingles in his body. A wave of sentimental memories hit him as he remembered the good old days when he would trek on the Old Mussoorie Road with his father and enjoyed his mother’s delicacies with the evening tea while watching the sun setting behind the Mussoorie Hills. With a smile plastered on his face, the celebrity chef was drowned in his own world as he yearned to relive those sweet memories he had with his family.As a child, Adhyayan enjoyed the road trips to Delhi or Uttar Pradesh because of a dark tunnel on the outskirts of the city in Mohand forests wherein he could shout and hoot wi
Passing through the stunning lawn of his house, Adhyayan was greeted by the spellbinding fragrance of myriads of colorful flowers blooming all over the garden welcoming him home, his own sweet home. Adhyayan smiled as he saw his father standing at the doorstep with a huge smile plastered on his face. The dam of unshed tears broke as the father-son duo hugged each other. Their hug was truly an epitome of affection and longing for each other as it signified a plethora of overwhelming emotions despite no words were spoken yet.The retired brigadier was overwhelmed with a newly-found energy as he engulfed his son in his arms after six years. He wondered why he allowed his ego to overpower their mesmerizing relationship. He smiled in between his happy tears, as he said, “Come on, stop crying and get in.”Adhyayan just smiled as he wiped his father’s tears in response and hugged his mother who was startled by all this commotion.“You are actual
Parisa had a hectic day at school. Thankfully she did not had her coaching classes on the weekends. She had lots of homework and notes to complete. Cursing the system of education, she entered her house and walked to the kitchen. It was her daily routine to enter the kitchen and ask her mother about lunch. However, the sight of the dining table and no one in the kitchen shocked her to the core. She rushed to her mother and got a shocking news.The lunch at the Joshis was truly an elaborated feast. With a plethora of scrumptious dishes arranged enticingly on the dining table and an alluring aroma of mouthwatering meals, the Joshi house radiated warmth of family after a long time.Adhyayan was dead tired after traveling early in the morning and then, cooking a five-course lunch for his family but his happiness had no bounds. He was in his bedroom reminiscing his beautiful memories with a satisfactory smile plastered on his face when his sister barged into the room.Thro
Disappointed at the turn of events and with a hope to reduce the guilt of her father, Parisa said, “Papa, she is a journalist. She connected the dots really well and it was she who asked to me to talk to you because she could not see bhaiya suffering.” Turning towards Adhyayan, she continued, “And bhaiya, I know Papa spoke something which was not meant to be spoken but now I want you to keep aside the differences for once”.Adhyayan sighed as he said, “So, Papa do you like her?” with a smile on his face. He was too shocked to react. He was bit disappointed in himself and his father but at the same time, he knew he wanted a family.As his father looked at him with shock and guilt, Adhyayan said, “I want you all. It is been long that we are together as a family and I want to cherish it. Papa, you tried to protect our reputation and most importantly you were not aware that I am dating Anvesha.”Gulping a sip of water,