Excerpt: The story depict today's generation love and
relationship through social media. One such couple met and as they start
meeting, the bonding grew between them and also the relationship.
Divya was admitted as she had to undergo minor surgery the
following day. She was a young girl pursuing B.E degree (7th semester )
with exams on card. The surgery she underwent was successful and Divya was
counting hours to be discharged as she could not stay there longer, the
hospital environment had made her feel weak and had added to her despair. She
was obsessed by thoughts of her fast approaching exams and practical’s.
Her mother was seated next to her inquiring about the pain and
other details, they were waiting for the doctors who were on rounds to know
about her discharge details and precautionary measures to be undertaken and
handled.
Doctor visited Divya and gave her the hope “Divya, You are
absolutely fine and can leave by next day morning .You need to come here
every alternate days for dressing till your bruises are recovered. It may take
couple of months for this to happen. Take care of your health and follow the
medications for some period. Everything will be OK and normal”.
Divya was overwhelmed and thanked the doctor for their kind
support and speedy treatment.
It was Nov 24th 2010, a fine evening when Divya feels all alone
as her mom was busy in her work, Divya was eager to see the next day sunrise,
as she knew she will be free from hospital bondage’s soon. It was then a
message popped up on her mobile screen saying “Hi” from an unknown number.
Divya was in the hospital still doing nothing so she replied ASAP asking “Who
is this” as usual.
Reply came from the other end as “Vijay”. She recollected one of
her school mate who had messaged her few months back about a get together and
then later whose contact was lost. She replied asking for his details and he
said that he is her classmate. She was reassured that he is the same guy.
Divya carried on her daily chores as usual, busy with her
studies packed up with family responsibilities and rising up with the hope of
the days would be better in her life. She would get a normal Hi, how are you?
What are you doing? Sort of messages daily in the evening for which she would
reply casually assuming it to be her classmate and replying with same grace.
After few days she inquired about the get together and contacts
of her other class mates she would not get any proper response from the other
end. She was put in a dilemma as the facts which contradicted her
understanding. Some day she gets reply from the guy named Vijay as he there was
some confusions and admits that he was not the guy whom she had assumed him to
be. He adds saying “Although we can continue being good friends if
you wish”
Divya thought for a while, she was not understanding what was
going on, who was the guy in real and was it a real confusion caused by her
misunderstandings. She was immersed in thoughts “What would I reply to this
person?” “Is he a guy whom I can trust upon and be good friends as he is
expecting?”
Divya’s mother calls her for dinner thus breaking her cloud of
thoughts. She gets a normal message from him and she replies to it. They never
hear each other’s voice, they were text friends, and it went on for another
month. Divya would dedicate her time to text him apart from her regular
studies.
She completes her exams and during this course of time “Pritesh”
(Vijay) proposes her. She thinks it would be impractical to accept anyone’s
proposal without even knowing or meeting each other. She keeps on diverting
from the topic but he continues asking the same. He assures her that he would
fulfill her dreams and keep her happy throughout her life.
Divya had campus interview, she was eagerly waiting for her turn
from morning 7 am, and at 5pm she gets call for her first interview. She
completes it successfully and waits for results, which was at 8.30 pm.
Divya was eagerly waiting for her results and she was nervous as well. She
has not used her phone as she was tensed up and busy preparing for the
interview. Pritesh wondered as to why there were no reply to his messages and
that was the first time he calls her. She replied saying she was in auditorium
waiting for her interview results and abruptly disconnects.
He messages her saying her voice was sweet and within sometime
she was happy to know she was selected in the interview. She informs this to
him and others. She was on cloud nine that day one more semester to go and she
had offer in her hand. Pritesh messages her saying that he would help her in
any way if required as he knew few friends who work in the same company.
He keeps proposing her. She finally agreed, they both thought to
meet up on Divya’s birthday in March. But they could not wait for more than 2-3
weeks as they start speaking on phone after she had accepted proposal. She
was spending most of her times in texting and on phone speaking during her 8th
semester days. She had nothing much to worry about the job hunt either, which
made her less responsible.
And they both finally meet on February 13th well before March as
decided earlier. It was pre valentine’s day they met for the first time.
Pritesh was accompanied with his friend to meet her as he was nervous and it is
something new which was happening in his life, the mixed feel of curiosity and
anxiety as both were to encounter each other for the first time. Both met in
front of Divya’s college were Pritesh was waiting with his friend being
nervous. He could see a girl near the college gate trying to trace someone and
eagerly searching for someone. He sees her using her cellphone and tried to
call someone, he is confirmed now she is the girl whom he was waiting for from
a long time. They both acknowledge each other and they go towards CCD. Pritesh
gifted her a box of yummy chocolates and both were excited with this new
relationship.
Pritesh was working at Bangalore and he starts coming to meet
Divya every Saturday’s. Divya would be waiting for him in the bus stand
being a bit nervous and anxious about the meet, so she would reach well in
advance. In the second meet both spent time speaking each other’s heart out and
watched a movie together. It was a new experience to Divya she had not watched
movies or never she had been to a park with a guy like this before. This
experience was worth to be cherished loaded with the thoughts on her way back
home, but with a guilt of not informing her parents. She had to lie in front of
her parents to meet or speak with Pritesh.
And the meetings continued as they start meeting the bonding
grew between them and also the relationship between the two. They had made a
park as their favourite meeting spot and would spend the entire day there.
It was Divya’s 8th semester
industrial trip visit to Bangalore. She was asked by him to meet him in one of
the stations, but she dint turn up. It was Divya’s mistake which made him so
upset, Divya too felt bad about her behavior on him. She started regretting it
in her mind.When Divya completed her 8th semester
she had got a call from the company to join in some other state.
Chapter 2
Divya starts avoiding Pritesh.
Divya being a girl who was not much open up to the world and
also obedient kid of her parents, starts thinking about the various social
barriers and family thought process which in turn affects her decision of being
in relation with Pritesh. She tries not to be in contact with him, but Pritesh
never gives up, he visits her place and tries to make her understand how
important she is in his life. She feels convinced at that moment, but gets
genuinely confused on another happening in her past life.
The guy who would speak with her on phone, he was the first guy
whom she ever spoke so freely on the phone, but there were no meetings happened
between them. She had started liking Sujay, after few days he had stopped
speaking with her, she had tried to trace him out in every possible way which
went in vain. She had no picture of him she also believed his false name and
address and believed his every lie which could bring no difference in her love
towards him. But after her aimless search she gave up, she tried to make up her
mind as they have never met ever and thinks to be practical.
After this, she had met Pritesh on phone and made a commitment
with him. But Sujay, returns in her life and tries to connect Divya. She
is totally confused now. She is not able to speak with him, as she is already
in relation with Pritesh. She feels not to say about the commitment in the
beginning as it would hurt Sujay. But what about the pain Sujay had given her?
Where was he when Divya was so desperately in need of him? She is happy with
his comeback but what about the changes which has already taken place in her
life? Should she abandon Pritesh and his love? Or she should say Sujay not to
interrupt between Pritesh and her? All these thoughts are killing Divya.
“Why is this happening to me? How can I make a choice between
the two? Both are equally important to me”.
Divya is fighting for her to make a way out. Finally, she thinks
to give up and breaks her commitment with Pritesh. She is twitched by her
conscious that she is doing it wrong which makes her ask Pritesh to marry her
before she ends up breaking up the bond between her and Pritesh, but Pritesh
replies saying “it is not the right time as we have loads of commitments in our
lives to achieve. Our parents and families are involved in marriages so we should
take our time to convince them and go ahead”.
Divya feels strongly to avoid Pritesh at this point of time.
Pritesh comes again to her place to convey the importance of their relation and
the need to sustain it.
She moves back to Bangalore after 3 months of her training
course, and Pritesh moves to some other place for his job. At this juncture of
time relation between Pritesh and Divya is totally broken, they do not meet
frequently as Pritesh is tied up with his work. Sujay enters her life with enough
time for her. She starts liking to be in his company and completely thinks to
cut off with Pritesh. But that would not happen as Pritesh was not allowing her
to give up. He makes her believe how special she is in every situation. Divya
starts lying to him to make him feel she is not fit for her. But anything she
says he takes it in a positive sense and says, “that’s ok however Divya is,
Divya will be his always”.
She fails to convince him and his bonding with her though was
becoming weak from Divya’s end ,it was becoming more stronger at Pritesh’s end.
Chapter 3:
Divya’s decision
She says everything to Sujay and Pritesh. Pritesh convinces
saying Sujay had not worth for her and it will not be a right decision to have
him back in her life and moreover Pritesh says he loves her and wants her to
marry with him. Divya is stuck where she is unable to make a decision for her
life. She has the constant push from Pritesh and also she is not able to make
up any relations with her love Sujay as well because to this.
Pritesh becomes more impatient as the day pass by and as he
starts feeling insecure about his relation he tries to force Divya without
giving her time to think about it. Divya feels very threatened in Pritesh’s
companionship as he starts behaving in a demanding way to leave Sujay. She
thinks to end up all this. Yes, she wants all this to come to an end. She
doesn’t want to be haunted by guilt feeling. She wants to see her parents
happy which would not be possible if she is alive, they may curse her whole life
for getting married with a guy who is not of their religion. If she gets
married to Sujay she will have the guilt of not sustaining her relation with
Pritesh. She cannot think to marry Pritesh as his constant force and his
behavior had already changed her love into hate towards him.
She decides.
She decides to end up her life
She informs about her confusions, pressures etc. to one of her
close buddy at her office. Later one day she shares her feelings to Sujay about
ending up life. He encourages her and says he too would accompany as he has to
do nothing if Divya is not in his life. Both think to go far off an unknown
place and end up their lives.It would be their last journey in their life
A journey which will end all the confusions.
The information of Divya being not found soon reaches her friend
at office and she informs this to everyone and also to Divya’s parents. Divya’s
mom has the hint of Pritesh as he had sent constant forceful messages popping
on now and then on Divya’s mobile and Divya’s mom happened to read few of his
messages when Divya had left her phone unattended sometime back. She had noted
down the guy’s number and when she finds out now that her daughter is missing,
she immediately digs for the number she had noted down and gives a call to it.
Pritesh speaks with Divya’s mom and comes to Divya’s office to find out from
her friends what has happened. Divya’s mom writes down a missing complaint on
her daughter. Divya gets constant messages from office, parents and Pritesh but
she is in no mood to pick up the call as she had made up her mind strongly to
end up everything.
Finally, Sujay convinces her to pick up the call and asks her to
drop the idea of suicide and go back as they are really tensed up. They make
their way back and Divya lands in the police station that night she gives back
the complaint and asks for Pritesh release.
Chapter 4:
Life after all this make Divya mentally weak and embarrassed in
her office and says she would quit going office and also she is also
embarrassed to confront her parents after all this. She has lost hope in life
and also the dignity which she had at the place where she stays and works and
at home as well. She was constantly questioned by her parents as to what she is
doing always. She had lost her identity, freedom and right to live. She was
under supervision always.
Sujay never tries to connect with her which make her feel
unhappier as she was still having trust on him and she was waiting for him. But
he did not turn up. But she would get E Mails from Pritesh saying he will be
married soon. Divya reads it and feels Pritesh is doing the right thing, she
wishes him in her mind but she has not replied to any of Pritesh’s mails. She
would read those mails and ignore it as she had already lost hope of Sujay coming
back in her life, also this time it has made her weaker and helpless. She was
totally collapsed.
Only thing left for her was to adhere to her parent’s decisions
and live to it to make them happy. She had to do it and after 2 months of all
these rush of incidents her parents got a proposal for her. She had accepted it
without even knowing or meeting him.
She asked a year’s time to get married, which was granted with
great difficulty. She was in a constant hope that Sujay would come back and
solve all these confusions. But all was in vain. Pritesh was mailing her but
she did not take a little effort to get him back in his life. Pritesh was sorry
about all the force and pressures which he imposed on her and caused her to
think to end up her life. He was making a plea in each of his mails to continue
their bonding but she did not reply to any of them. Pritesh would mention every
important think happening in his life with the hope that Divya will read them
and feel for him at least once. That feel was not taken into consideration by
her she killed that feel and went ahead to tie knots as her parent’s wish.
After all these confusions the story ends up in marriage. A
marriage which was just an understanding, a bonding she had to create without
love, just a sacrifice for her parents.
The regular meeting which Divya had with Pritesh when she was
pursuing her degree, the conversation on phone, Sujay’s comeback, the anxiety
of Pritesh which made Divya break relation, the missing complaint all these
incidents flashed like a memory in front of Divya’s eyes. She starts hating her
life and is still in constant guilt in her life, she is not able to enjoy
moments in her life, she treats life as a curse. She had failed to understand a
relation. She finally ends up in such a big mistake of getting married to a
person for whom she has no feelings. Her life is screwed. She is helpless and
the moment of her marriage remained as a moment to be cursed instead of it
being the most cherished moment in her life, she was not hurt to this extent
any time before even when she had planned her suicide, this pain was far more
than any other pain for her in this world.
Her life had come to an end.
–END–
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