"naani... i think saptharishi dialed a wrong number and grant someone else's wish to you..." - Radhika chuckled while passing her kurthi and denim jeans to her. but anika's face turned down on seeing her young-self before the mirror. she released her tightly held fist where her mind can able to remember the moment when her husband shiv held her hand first time when he came to her village for a tourist visit. she remembers everything like it happened on yesterday. it was hate at first sight moment for both.

it was the time when the simple mass communication device named radio with AM bandwidth reached almost every nook and corner of the country. where 20 years old shiv came to a small village named badlur in the interior of Maharashtra state to educate the people around about Anand Milk union private limited as poverty reached its peak due to the lack of rain in India by that time. so shiv along with his friends came to that village for doing social service. they also got permission from the village sarpanch to educate the men over there about the AMUL plan for the welfare of the village.

shiv along with his three friends reached the entrance of the village. their welcome becomes complete when shivaay's Benz lime squash's headlight was hit by a stone. he immediately stopped the car and look around where the anger reached his head. he spotted a girl with 2 braids staring them from behind the tree. her chocolate brown eyes stored well in his memory. 

while fuming inside he straightly went to sarpanch ji's house and complained about that girl to him, he assumed that she broke his headlight and asked sarpanch ji to punish her. at that spot, he gathered the meeting and requested all the kids from the village to assemble there. upto his surprise the girl who he saw also presented in that place.

"Sir, can you able to tell me who broke your car's headlight?" - sarpanch ji asked him, without even thinking for a while he pointed his finger towards the 16 years girl where she widened her chocolate brown eyes in shock.

sarpanch ji called her in the middle where she nodded no with teary eyes, but the people pushed her in the middle.

"anika devi... did you break sir's car headlight?" - the sarpanch ji asked her, he was sounding like thunder. she jerked in shock, her eyes got welled up in fear.

"ANIKA... answer me..." - he again yelled at her. she immediately closed her eyes and nodded yes while her tears drop fell on the dry soil of the village. shiv's heart slightly pinched him for his doings.

"WHY YOU DID?"- sarpanch ji asked her. 

"by... by mis..mis..mistake" - she told while tightly closing her eyes. 

"bring that" - sarpanch ji yelled and someone handed him a stick. shiv's eyes got widened in shock when he saw that long bamboo stick in sarpanch's hand. anika forwarded her hand while tightly.

"EVERYONE COUNT"- sarpanch ji ordered and he hit her hand. 

"one" - the crowd shouted where shiv's heart pinched him for his fault. the count went till 20, shiv's heart can't even able to bear that after that. 

"STOP"- he yelled after the 20th count. sarpanch ji stopped after that and let her free. she ran towards the house where the sarpanch ji again said sorry and the crowd got dismissed. shiv searched for her and found her crying near the tree. 

he went towards her where she was sobbing while hugging her knees. his heart melted on seeing her in that position, soon he went towards his car and took the first-aid kit and led his way towards her. 

without making any sound he sat next to her where she kept on crying. he slowly took her hand on his, she got in the jerk. she tried to protest but he wasn't ready to leave her hand. he held her hand as he owns them. she felt like his touch did some magic her.

her chain of thoughts broken by the door opening sound of her room in Chennai. she acted like sleeping but when she felt her daughter Manasa was back hugging her. tears automatically escaped from her eyes. 

"maa... its ok don't need to hide your tears" - Manasa said while patting her shoulders.

"i thought i will die soon..." - anika cried while holding her daughter's hand. 

"maa... please don't take that word... do you think i can able to survive without you? tell me?" - Manasa told her and forcefully made her face her.  anika turned back but was not ready to look at her eyes. 

"shiv's face is coming before my eyes whenever i see this young face... i wished to see my shiv's face once... but what God gave me... another 50 years of imprisonment... again i have to wait for years to reach him"  - anika cried where Manasa wiped off her tears and hugged her tightly to console her but she was not ready to console. 

"may i come in?" - anika's son-in-law Arjun knocked on the door. Manasa nodded and anika made herself half sit on the bed and faced him. he came with the plate full of food.

"maa..." - Arjun called her out. anika nodded.

"from the morning you didn't have anything... come eat for my sake" - Arjun kneed in front of her. she nodded no with teary eyes.

"maa... you know right... why i married your daughter? because i want to stay by your side till the end... because if you didn't notice me and took me along with you, i would never be an IAS officer today... now life gave me another chance to take care of you like my daughter... let me do this... you once said right that everything is happening for reason... let's wait for that reason" - he said where tears flowed down from anika's and Manasa's eyes.

"ok mom... we tested your blood samples and it's saying that you're 19 years old" - Manasa informed to her where anika's eyes got widened with the fact. 

"it means i am younger than my grandchildren?" - anika asked them and they smilingly nodded.

"that's why i am saying, you join in my college..." - they heard rithik from their doorstep.

"college... excuse me i am a Ph.D. holder" - anika strikes back to rithik.

"you asked you to study nani... sorry anika..." - Radhika replied her with a smile.

"anika... forget my age... give respect Ms. Radhika" - anika told in a stern tone.

"Ms. Anika, i think you forget your age... you're still in your teenage..." - rithik said and chuckled along with others.

"it's Mrs. Anika devi shivshakar" - she said without her knowledge. but later recalled her word and her face automatically turned down.

"nani... come God gives you rare opportunity to enjoy this world again... come on naani... if nanaji was here, he would have wished the same" - Radhika said and convinced her to give a smile.

"my heart-killing smile... " - ritik kept a hand in his chest where anika laughed more.

"come let's break the fast and will have some food" - Radhika opened the plate where anika pouted sadly on seeing the diet food.

"forget my naani... i mean my anika broke her relationship with diabetes and blood pressure... so she don't need this kind of food... now i am going to da.. i mean my anika to date... we first go to a Chinese restaurant, have some Szechwan noddles then will go one of the best chat corners and have pani puri... then end our date with gulfi ... what you sad, miss anika?" - rithik asked her while forwarding his hand.

"i am coming" - anika said with an enthusiasm where other two let these two to leave the place. ritwik took his duke and asked anika to sit in his backseat. she sat and the bike flew in the air.

after preparing a fake marksheet, anika got admission in SRLL University for the bachelors of environmental studies. her both grandchildren studying in this college but some fear crossed her heart when she entered into the new environment of teenagers in the 75th year of her birth. the made her 75 old self sleep forever while entering into the college. but the vision she saw before her eyes woke the 75-year-old self in seconds. the student hugging publically, in some cases, a girl sitting on her boyfriend's stomach and performing yoga. the teacher in her woke up and rushed towards that people to give a tight slap on their face. 

when she was about to reach them soon a hand came and dragged herself towards the restroom. it was none other than Radhika.

"leave... me ... are they behaving like students? leave me radhu... let me teach them a lesson... leave me radhu" - anika jerked from her grip.

"naani... stop it... forget you're 19 years old... don't behave like this... please hide the teacher in you..."  - Radhika yelled silently and made anika to come to the reality. soon Radhika's friend made an entry.

"rads... who's this?" - she asked her in American slang.

"my... my younger sister... just joined in environmental science department" - Radhika introduced anika to her. anika forwarded her hand where instead of shaking hands she hugged her forcefully where the strong perfume smell choked her breathe.

"your sister is exactly like your mom...so cute" - she said and pinched her cheeks where anika glared at Radhika. she gestured her to adjust.

"hi i am mrithula... call me mia" - she said to her.

"hi... mrithula..." - anika called her where her face turns down and slightly raised her eyebrows.

"it's mia... call me mia... you junior" - she said while smacking anika's head. where Radhika cupped her mouth in shock. she got diverted with a phone call when anika was about to hit her back.

"please, Nani... please naani... no more drama... please Nani" - Radhika begged her and she becomes calm.

"hey baby... ummah (she kissed over the phone)... yeah i am ready... we are going to Mahabalipuram right... ok wait for me in the entrance... i will be there in minutes" - mrithula informed him and passed a smile to Radhika and anika and left the place.

"yuck... these generations... don't know what she found a flaw in the name mrithula..." - anika commented about her while washing her hand.

"ask her not to call you in that name... rads sounds like rats" - anika made a face and advised her. she nodded like an obedient child.

"i don't how her boyfriend tolerates her" - anika said while moving towards her class.

"Actually, he's not her boyfriend... they are friends" - Radhika told where anika stopped walking and faced her. 

"how can she give a kiss to her friend?" - anika asked Radhika.

"naani.. anika ... they are friends with benefits... so it's happened" - Radhika said to her.

"friends with benefits..." - anika asked her confusingly.

"it means they are called as a friend and also they can have or go to any extent in their relationship... understand naani... i mean anika" - Radhika explained to anika where her eyes came out in shock.

"it means... they do everything in the name of friendship?" - anika asked her without blinking, Radhika nodded.

"there are many students like her anika... so don't get shocked... ok..." - Radhika caressed her hair.

"do you have..." - anika asked her before he could complete her question she answered, "ani... i am your granddaughter and i believe in the long-term relationship... "

"ahahan... found anyone?" - anika asked in a teasing tone. 

"Naa... search for me naa..." - Radhika teased back.

"ani... your classroom came... all the best... go and rock... fighting" - Radhika wished and went back but she was little late, and the class already started. she turned and smiled to Radhika for being her pillar support. she smiled at her back and gestured her go inside.

 "excuse me sir" - anika excused herself and was about to enter, she heard a familiar voice, "get in" 

she raised her head in shock and looked at him all over eyes. she really can't able to believe her eyes. she tried to move but her feet are rooted in that place. she can't even able to switch her eyes too. heartbeat started to race fast. in no time, she fainted on the place. soon a hand held her before her body reaches the ground.