Idea-
Being in a relationship
was never a new thing for him. For her relationship meant a bond for lifetime. Essence
of love was unknown to him. For her love was a quintessential thing. Meet Rahul
and Ira, best friends of sort who were so different yet so similar. Both were
narcissist minus egoistic. For them marriage was the biggest life event. And of
course they believed in arranged marriages. Not to fall in love before marriage
was their thumb rule.
They say rules are mean
to be broken and a twist of fates made them break their rule. They were in love,
not by choice but by kismet. Rahul fell in love with Ira. Did Ira fall in love
too? Yes, she did but it was not Rahul and it tore apart the Rahul’s world.
Just when everything looked bleak and gloom fate changed ends again. Ira was
back in Rahul’s life. Gradually they settled in their professional and personal
lives and world around them was almost perfect. But as it goes, falling in love
is easy but to endure in love takes more than what you expect. Love brings lot
of challenges with itself. Biggest of them is to keep the essence of
friendship. When it starts to disappear, it’s the high time to wake up.
Rahul and Ira were
going through one such phase. It was not late when distrust replaced trust and
expectations changed along with priorities. To add more gloom to it Ira moved
to a new city, some thousand kilo meters away. And if it was not enough Rahul’s
parents mounted the pressure on him to get marry, of course to a girl from his
own caste.
Did Rahul meet Ira
again? Were they ready to move into long distance relationship? Did Rahul confront
his parents? What about Ira? Did she still have the same feelings for Rahul? Did
they find their lost friendship?
What Makes This Story ‘Real’ - Falling in love is easy but to stay in love confronting all the hardships makes a relation work. In today’s world priorities changes in a blink of eye. You not only have to fight the world outside but also how you deal with changing expectations of your partner and yourself eventually decides fate of the relationship.
Extracts-
That evening I realized
what was her connotation of love. Abruptly her sleep broke and she looked for
me in the room.
“Rahul.” She whispered.
She turned towards me
as I was about to respond. I smiled and waved my hand. It brought a smile on
her face too. She went into kitchen, took her coffee and came to balcony. She
came near and we kissed.
“I slept.” She said cutely
rubbing her head against my shoulder.
I wrapped my hand over
her shoulder and she leaned her face on mine. I kissed on her forehead. It was
the most beautiful evening I ever had.
Endnote: This is my entry
for the HarperCollins–IndiBlogger Get Published contest, which is run with
inputs from Yashodhara Lal and HarperCollins India.
