When that man entered the main door, his thoughts were temporarily erased as he was greeted by a lovely smile of his Grandma (Renu Sinha), who is standing there along with his Aunty Sheela holding an aarti thaal.
(Aarti is a Hindu ceremony in which lights with wicks are soaked in ghee are lit and offered in a circulatory motion to that person. Thaal means plate. The purpose is that it removes the negative energy from that person and brightens them)
"Chote" saying this, his Grandma touched his head along with tears and with a light smile. His Grandma is a very kind hearted person who respects values of culture and traditions. His Aunty did the aarti with tears as he had returned to Delhi after 15 years. Though he's very rude in nature, he took blessings from them as it's their culture to touch elders' feet for blessings.
(Chote is a nick name which means little one)
Sheela then gave that thaal to their servant Hari prakash and then cupped Chote's face. He looked at her lovingly as he likes her very much. She resembles his mother Ananya Sinha in her affection. No wonder she is the younger sister of his mother. Yes, both Ananya and Sheela got married to two Sinha brothers. Sheela is a very sweet person and loves her family more than anything.
"Aarav beta, 15 years, don't you think it's too much time" Sheela asked him with tear filled eyes.
(Beta means son)
"Am sorry Aunty" he said calmly… now he's quite opposite to that market incident.
"Sheela, have you finished, let him come in" came a voice. It's none other than Sheela's husband Arun Sinha.
"Uncle" saying this Aarav tried to bend to get his blessings. But before he reached his legs his Uncle stopped him and hugged him warmly. "Our son is back" saying this he freed him from his hug with a soft smile. Arun is a very matured and soft person who respects and obeys his elder brother's words as command.
"Bhai" saying this Adi came forward and gave a gentle hug to him. "Hey Narav" came a voice and without looking at Arjun, Aarav said "It's Aarav". Everyone laughed at this as they remembered their childhood days.
(Bhai means elder bro)
"Hey bro, what to do, you are my Narav always" saying this Arjun hugged him with a grin. Aarav thought it's useless to correct him for the umpteenth time, so he simply returned his gesture.
Aditya Sinha (shortly Adi) is the cousin brother of Aarav and son of Arun-Sheela couple. He's a very decent and smart guy.
Arjun is also their cousin brother. He's a very friendly person.
After Ananya's death due to an accident, Aarav seemed restless as her thoughts haunted him as he loved his mom very much, still loves her, no doubt in that. So his uncle Govardhan took care of him for the past 15 years in London. Now he's 28 while Adi and Arjun are 27 and 26 years old.
Govardhan is the elder brother of Ananya and Sheela. He's a bit rude and a self-respected person. His wife Kayal died after giving birth to their son Arjun.
After Kayal's death, Sheela and Ananya took care of Arjun. So Arjun is very close to them. When Govardhan flew to London with Aarav 15 years back, Arjun refused to go with them. After that Arjun and Adi went there to just finish their higher studies and came back to Delhi to look after their business here.
"Chote, your dad is waiting for you" saying this, his Grandma pointed his father.
His father Harish Sinha, Elder brother of Arun.
He's a very kind hearted person just like his mom. Also knows the values of life very well. Though he knows that Aarav is still very furious at him he loves his son so much. On seeing Aarav, he just opened his arms for him.
Aarav went towards him and everyone was tensed of what's going to happen. But to their surprise he hugged his dad gently then freed him instantly.
"Thanks for coming" Harish said with a soft smile as he only knows how he had convinced him to return, showing their business as a reason.
Aarav just gave a curt nod and looked at his Grandpa's photo on the wall with garland. His Grandpa, Pratap Sinha was a very straight forward person though he's very kind in his heart.
Then Aarav went straight towards the stairs to reach his room where his driver had already kept his luggages. Harish looked a bit upset though he knows and expected his reaction very well. Grandma came and touched his shoulder.
"Don't worry beta, now he's back, slowly everything will fall in line" she said with an assuring smile to which everyone nodded in agreement.
"Jeeju, please don't be upset, we should be glad that at least he's back" saying this Sheela held Harish's hand affectionately. Arun nodded for that.
(Jeeju means BIL, brother-in-law)
The bond between Harish and Sheela is a very sweet and affectionate one as Sheela is Harish's saali/child, he still treats her like that. So Arun will be smiling at them whenever they chat. Harish is loved and respected by everyone except Aarav.
(Saali means SIL, sister-in-law)
Aarav entered his room and saw nothing has been changed in these 15 years especially in his room.
Yes, black and white, everything is kept perfect as he don't like anyone messing with his things. Then after throwing his coat on the recliner his eyes got fixed on the balcony. He went towards it. He's clearly taken aback to see his balcony, which is still loaded with so many plants.
Yep, he loves gardening. He had a look and thought who's taking care of his garden. Then slowly he entered his room again and his eyes fell on the picture which is framed nicely and kept in the table near his bed. He took it and saw.
Unknowingly he touched his mother's face. Automatically his thoughts whirled back 15 years ago. "Chote,look at your room's color, I think I should change the color" saying this Ananya smiled at him. "Mom, don't even think about it" replied Chote. "Mmmm, see how rude you are, am trying to change you, but" she's stopped by Chote. "I won't change mom" he said sternly. Ananya sighed and nodded. Then she smiled and pulled him close and planted a kiss on his cheeks. "Mom" wiping the kiss "am 13, don't you know" he said seriously. "So what, still you are my child" with that she hugged him.