Love and tragedy 10 ( view of himani's house
That's enough grandma, now you are troubling me, let me drop you downstairs, and tell mother that if you have fulfilled your duties as a wife, then come to your son too, he also needs you "Hanshit said.
"I will tell you that you are throwing us out of the room, it seems my grandson is shy" Hemlata ji said.
Hanshit left them downstairs and came into the room. His attention went to grandma's words and he started smiling and said, "Grandma was also talking about some kind of filmy thing. I am going there for my work and she is having fun."
Hanshit opened the laptop and started looking at the pictures of Kedarnath. He was fascinated by the beauty there and he got lost while looking at the pictures.
Let us now take you into the life of the heroine of this novel and let us know what her outlook is on life amidst the mountains.
It was evening Hari Kishan ji's house was full of people, in fact his friend Dinanath's family had come there.
"Himani my daughter , bring tea, see everyone is waiting for the tea made by you, now end this wait" Himani's mother Vaishali ji said.
Himani nervously said from the kitchen, "Yes mother, I am bringing it right now, just for two minutes."
"Bhavya, please hand over that tray and the tea strainer also," Himani said to her younger sister Bhavya.
Bhavya handed over both the things and said, "Take this didi(sister )"
There were sounds of laughter coming from outside.
"Everyone is very happy today" said Bhavya.
Yes, everyone is very happy with the blessings of Lord Shiva" Himani said.
"Everyone is happy, except you didi" said Bhavya.
"Who told you that I am not happy and how can one be happy?" said Himani.
Sister, your face and eyes are telling that you are not happy with this relationship. Just to honor your parents, you have said yes to marrying dad's friend's son, who is not worthy of you at all. Neither in looks nor in character and studies" said Bhavya.
"What are you talking about crazy girl, Surendra is a good boy" Himani said while looking away.
Didi, you are looking away, if Surendra is so nice then look me in the eyes and tell me that you have agreed to marry him so that father does not have to give dowry because he is not in the condition to give you a lot. If Sara can leave this house by giving dowry, if she gives you dowry then she will have nothing left to give me, not even this house and Karthik is also small now.
Why did you agree to marry a boy twice your age for all of us, sister, why such a big sacrifice?" Bhavya said.
Hearing such things from her younger sister, Himani said, "I liked hearing all this from your mouth. If you know all this, then why are you asking me? You know that father brought us up with legitimate earnings." He has never committed any dishonesty in the work of God.
Whatever he got from true faith and worship, he spent it all on us, taught us and made us capable so that both of us could stand on our own feet.
Life is not so easy on the mountains, we all have to suffer so much during monsoon every year, but see, by the grace of Lord Shiva, we all are together.
Father does not have enough wealth to give equal amount of dowry to both of us and send us off in a palanquin from his courtyard. Apart from us, he also has a son about whom he also has to think. Now, if in such a situation, Surender's family has asked for my hand and that too without any dowry, then what is wrong, at least the burden of dowry for one daughter will be reduced from father's shoulders.
Just for the sake of dowry, will you give the reins of your life in the hands of a person who is twice your age and you can never love him even if you want to? Didi, there is still time, don't make such a big sacrifice for us that we have been considering ourselves small in front of you all our life." Bhavya said.
"Hey, has she gone mad, what kind of things is she talking about and I am not making any sacrifice for anyone, I am just lightening the burden on the shoulders of mom and dad.
And as for the matter of likes, dislikes and love, that happens only after marriage. I have left everything to Lord Shiva, I have unwavering faith in him and he will never let my faith in him break.
And as far as my wishes and dreams are concerned, if a prince comes to pick me up sitting in a palanquin, I have never seen such dreams and I would never want to see them.
Because when dreams are broken, not only the eyes cry, the heart also cries. My sister, we are grown up girls brought up in a middle-class family and have seen pain, suffering and hardships very closely. And since we live on the mountains, our struggle is much greater than that of those living on the plane.
We build a house by joining straws and every year, sometimes due to heavy rains, sometimes changing direction of monsoon or sometimes snowfall, our house which we have built with so much hard work gets destroyed in a moment. And then we build our house again with faith in God in our heart with the hope that this time nothing will happen.
Moreover, many times one has to sleep hungry because the weather outside is bad. Now tell me, will the dreams of a prince come to the eyes of the girls of such houses and even if he does, will the prince marry them in this dilapidated house of theirs?
To be continued....