PRATIKSHA: AN AWAITING LOVE STORY

Mr. Rohit a middle aged person, founder of an orphanage is busy after the celebrations of the foundation anniversary of the orphanage. He comes across with an old album and flips it. That contains the dreams of his hidden past. Suddenly he stops by a group photo taken on the annual day of his college. That takes him back to his college days……………….. 

…………..Rohit a middle class small town boy, supported by his only widow mother, is in second year of graduation in City College. He is brilliant, quite and shy and devotes his full time for studying, restricting himself to a few friends. He takes up a part time job in an ice cream parlor and takes tuition for the owner’s children. His aim is to be an IAS officer, as his mother’s dream. For him his mother is the only lady in his life until he finds Sanjana a junior girl in his college on the Annual Day. He was smitten by her beautiful voice when she sang that day on the stage. After the award ceremony all the awardees joined for a group snap, where Rohit was a part, as he made it for Debate Competition. He was standing next to Sanjana. Gradually he could not concentrate on his studies, neither in ice cream parlour nor in tuition. All girls whom ever he encounters, he feels it is Sanjana. After that incident, his liking for Sanjana slowly turns to be love for her. But it was all one way. It was really a tough task to express his love towards her. In spite of various attempts at the college entrance he was nerves and embarrass, seeing her with friends.

                                                                                                                      

One day he finds her alone and with much difficulty calls “Sanjana”, she stops with surprise and asks what? It was hard to tell what he felt, silence ruled all over. At last all that he could say is “You have a good voice, I liked your song”, to which Sanjana replies “Thank You”. The bell rings, indicating next period and she rushes to attend the class before she is late. After a month since that incident, Rohit finds Sanjana is continuously absent for classes. Later he knows her father is transferred to another place not known where. He fails gathering any subsequent information about her, even from his father’s office. Her memory haunted day and night, it was the group photo taken on the annual day of the college was the only console for him…………..

……………. After 20 Years….. He is in the Administrative service, lost his mother and not married because the thought of Sanjana never weathered away from his mind. He voluntarily quits his service and starts an orphanage, “PRATIKSHYA: A HOME AWAITING FOR YOU.” His vision to take care for the destitute children is welcome by all walks of life. His full time is spent amidst the children, taking care of them listening to their problems. For his noble thought he receives award from Government and his interviews are flashed in major newspapers, magazines and aired in TV Channels……………… “Sahab someone is looking for you”, the call of security guard brought him back from the unpleasant thought. In a while he comes out to find a lady in 40s and a small girl about 8 years is waiting for him. He finds it is a known face but confused to find, the lady with white saree, looking pale, sick and tired and the girl is nerves. “It’s me Sanjana; Sanjana from City College”, she spoke immediately leaving the seat, “and my daughter Sudeshna”, pointing to the girl. It was all total a different state for Rohit to see Sanjana in front of him. He was speech less to find her love and compares the past and present scanning his age old memories. He asks to take the seat, she continues speaking her tale……………..

………………After City College….life was a different experience for me. I devoted my time in music following graduation. My marriage was fixed with Sudesh an Engineer. Everything was fine. One day he was suspended for allegedly taking bribe to grant clearance to a disputed site. He started drinking and abusing me. My daughter was born. My parents succumbed to death in an accident. The in laws did not support me. Usual drinking took the life of Sudesh. I was left alone, the in laws were not happy to keep me. I took up a job in music institute and managed to begin a new life with my daughter. But the tragedy was not over for me, I was detected cancer. Since then my only problem is my daughter, as I think of her future with out me. This constantly disturbs and I can’t think beyond this. From a magazine I came to know about you, I was happy thinking at least somebody known to me from my college will support. “With a great hope I have landed here, please help me, and take care of my daughter”. With tearful eyes and folded hands she pleaded. Sudeshna did not understand what to do and sat quietly gazing both. Rohit felt as if he is visualizing a Hindi film. She continued, “Promise me to keep my daughter as your own and never neglect to love her like a dad.” “I think by now your children also will be like Sudeshna, how are they, what are their names and where is your wife? A number of questions came along the way of Rohit, which he never expected; even he had no appropriate answers. He changed the topic asking, “What you want to do next? I will go back to my place this night and I don’t want my daughter to know about my death.”

“Why don’t you stay here with your daughter?” “No, I don’t want to trouble you, already my daughter is a burden for you and with my sickly state, I don’t want to be an extra burden for you. I will return by a night train, slowly I want to go away from the life of my daughter so that she won’t remember me.” She gets up to move, takes her daughter and embraces, cries for a while holding her, then with parting kisses she gets up and thanks Rohit for accepting Sudeshna. Rohit calls the driver and asks to take Sanjana to Railway station. Sudeshna is not leaving her mother, Sanjana makes her understand that she has some work and will come after a few days, until that she (Sudeshna) would stay with her new daddy. The driver starts the car and Sanjana hurried to get in to the car, Sudeshna also follows her, Rohit goes after her and takes in his arms. “Sudeshna, your mother has some work, so let her go, if she goes then only she will be back, say bye to your mother.” “Bye mama, don’t get delay, come soon”, she waved her hand as she spoke. Sanjana could not control her tears, but in front of Sudeshna she tried to hide and with smiling face she too waved her hands to both Rohit and Sudeshna from the window as the car moved forward. Rohit and Sudesnha looked it and waved their hands till the car was out of their sight.

IT IS COMPLETE...

Rohit took Sudeshna inside the building, with a satisfaction and smile on his face. He understood his waiting for her love is complete. Sanjana her one time beloved is back in the form of Sudeshan as his daughter.

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