At the café

Nandini and chahat finally returned and were chanting and laughing...

"god yaar nandu it was spectacular....no really it was fab..!!"chahat exclaimed manking nandini roll her eyes....as she felt the seat near the counter with her hand and sat on it....

"aree...I am serious...!u were amazing...trust me...and aaj toh all the kids too were so happy..."chahat said trying to make her belive and then jumped excitedly talking about the kids.

"nai yaa...I think it wasn't that good I need more practice....besides...there are lot more better people out there and mein...mujhe toh koi train karne wala bhi nai hai....i don't even have the money to enroll for it..."she said and the last two sentences came as a low wisper but shahat heard it.

"arree aise kaise......u were great and this is your born talent....remember it runs in your gene.....ooyee...bhul gayi....aunty bhi tho dancer thi.....and rahi baat paiso ki don't worry I will find some way.....why take tension when chahat is here...."chahat said trying to cheer her up...

"nai yaar tu kyun khama kha mere liye..."before nandini could complete she was interupted by chahat.

"aaee....aage kuch bhi bola na then you see....what do mean that I shouldn't worry about u you are family so chill....."chahat said.

"ok baba cool jo tere mann mein aye tu wo kar.buss...!"she said smilingly and raised her feet to herself to open her anklet when she found one of them missing....and she panicked.

"omg...!chahat...."she exclaimed worried sick.

"what..!kya hua..?!"chahat asked her equally panicked.

"me..meri payal...i..i think kahin ..kahin gir gayi...chahat...we..we...have to find it anyway...wo...wo mama...ki last nishani thi...plz..."said nandini almost ready to burst into tears.

"ok ok ok....calm down baby...shhh...fine we will find it....i think dance ke waqt it might have fallen don tere somewhere chal we will go and check it...."said chahat trying to calm her downas she new how much that pair of pyal meant to her....

Soon the left to find it there but when they reached and seached every where they couldn't find anything so they came back all sad .but the one who was affected the most was nandini she became all gloomy and chup chap...chahat tried to cheer her up many time but in vain.

Next morning...

In the café

Nandini still today was all gloomy and sad but duing her work.everything was the same a s every other day but today her smile was lost.when chahat enered the café screeming her lungs out....and twirling her around with her holding her by her shoulder....

"nandu andu nandu...!i am so exciteded..."said chahat fully energised.

"kya hua....bol toh sahi"giggled a little softly trying to pull of a I am ok look.

"guess what...tujhe pata hai na humara snacks and all ka buissness hai...and hum academies mein nashata and food stuff supply karte hain....so this time the order came from BEATS...and meine papa se baat ki and he agreed to give you the contract...now you are going my friend to the best dance academy..!!"she squealked in excitement.shocked would be an understatement for nandini....

"really !but uncle..wo..."she said a little hesitant but was shut uped by chahat..

"ooye chup kar ..!!papa tujhe apni beti mante hain...he himself willingly said yes now get ready my girl you are going to beats....!!"chahat said and this time nandini too giggled with excitement and both hugged eachother happily....

"but chacha chachi...mein..unhe..what will I say to them..."said nandini in a little panicked tone.

"uski chinta tu mat kar I will take care of it.."said chahat smiling naughtily.

Next day..

Nandinis prov

Here I am finally...!standing in front of the entrance of BEATS.oh god I am so damn nervouse....what if I trip and make a fool out of myself....what if....ufff enough nandini...stop thinking so much..!if god has send you here that means its for a purpose eveything will be just fine...so.....BEATS here I come..(sighs)

With this I start walkling up the stairs feeling each step carefully not to fall....i go to the reception and ask them about the practice room and I bet they must be gawking at me and may be even making fun of me they must be thinking that what is the need of a blind girl to come here anyways after telling them my purpose I walk in with 2 café staff carring the food stuff to the small snacks corner in the practice room....

As I enter I can feel people staring at me...some girls were alking about me and making fun of me,some were calling me makes like disabled,blind,miss wakling darkness and what not but still ignoring them I walked to the snacks corner then feeling the walls then the counter and then the chair with my finger tips I finally sat on it...

I was arranging the juice bottles on the table when 3 girls came to me...

"hey you give me an orange juice..."she said in a meany voice.i did not like it ...like hell no.i could feel her smirk from her voice but I just ignored it and slowly tracing the bottle found the orange juice one and was about to give her when...

"oo how are you supposes to know...u are blind right ...it's the ame same for you what so ever colour it is be it orang or black...."as she said the two girls who were with her giggled and hi- fied eachother.....without saying anything I just handed him the bottle and they left . I felt really hurt.like hell hurt.i could feel salted water cascading down my eyes.....but I quickly wiped it without anyone noticing it.

Just when a man entered the room.....

"enough of this nonsense everyone line up right now....."he roared .his one roar and the entire room became silent.

From the wishpering I got to know who he was...he was the manik malhotra....omg never in my dreams I had thought that I would be able to breath in the same air as him....he has been my idol.though I cant see him ever....i have saw him dance but I have gone to many of his live shows ...and god knows why I could feel his evey step he did ....according to the musical beat.it is weird I know if some blind girl says that she can feel the steps...she call feel the music...its beat but it is cent percent true in my case.

"okay everyone at the count of 5,6,7,8...."he said claping his hands to provide a beat and the music started...as the music started I could feel the music all around me pulling me deep within itself taking me to a different world.as the room was quiet big I could hear the sound of their steps echoing through the room as the music proceeded further.

As the music started with a slow flow gradually picking up its pace eventually degrading every single atom in my body....slowly consuming my mind then soul....it was like my each and every cell was floating with its beat....and unkowingly my legs start to work on their own....taking its light steps according to the beat behind the counter.....

When some off them started laughing I was in my own world but hearing them I stoped and then I realised they were laughing on me....they had seen me...seen me moving with the beats....

"look now miss blindy thinks she is Sylvie Guillem..ha ha ha....."she said and others laughed while some hi fied

"aree.....yaar how can she dance she is BLIND ...ab bhala bandar kya jane adrak ka swaad....ha ha ha..."one of the male student said....

"are no no no....in her case its bandar kya jane adrak ka drishya...to be more precise.."again another one said....

They all started laughing nastily.....this made me feel more humiliated ...never in my life I have ever felt so humiliated...all my left confidance was now on the verge of getting washed away but then...

"what the hell is happening here ...!!"manik roared like an angry tiger....making evrybody jump on their places even me....but I kept standing at my place with tears of hurt running down my eyes.....but this time I was too tired to wipe it off...so I just kept standing there mum....

"sir that blind..."before he could complete manik roared on top of his voice.

"DON'T CALL HER THAT..!!you bloody people have eyes and can live a normal life doesn't give you a bloody fucking right to humiliate someone who is forced to live with it.....!is this what your parents taught you?!to humiliate who are different and vulnerable ?!"he said screaming his lungs out I was shocked it was the first time someone had ever said anything for me instead of against me.

But then some girl mumbled..."ankhein toh hai nahi badi ayi dance karne wali...damsel in distress...."

But I think it was enough to be heard by manik....and others too....

"what did you just say ...?!come again?!i didn't hear you miss gupta...!no no repeat yourself..."said manik standing in front of her while she looked down nodding her head in no....thats what I this must have happened.

"talking about dance at least despite of her disability she is not some bloody filthy blood sucking mut like you who bloody enjoys on her parents cost....doesnt even no the D of dance .....she is at least trying.....instead of the difficulties in her life she still is trying harder but you all are enjoying on your parents money...and here judging someone instead of improving your skills.....who fucking gave you the bloody right..!!

All looked down guilty I think then there was pin drop silence....now even my tears had stoped.

Maniks provo-

I was watching everybody rehearse but as usual their moves were not enough at least not for what I wanted them for....or was training them for....when I saw at the snacks corner a girl with closed eyes was moving in her own rhythm...as the counter was made up of glass I could see her steps she was taking....they...they were perfect....but how can she perform them so nicely without fail in the first time itself.....before I could think more someone started saying something joined by some other people and they laughed and hi - fied eachother...then I say her eyes shoot open they were empty....but soon they were filled with tears...and one word caught my attention and that was BLIND.

Then reality hit me .SHE WAS BLIND.oh god....but then how can she dance the same steps I taught without even watching them....saying that I was surpried would be an understatement...I was more amuzed then surprised.some where deep down I had a feeling which kept telling me she had potential.SHE WAS GIFTED.

I did what i was supposed to do.i took a stand for her because somewhere down the line I knew the feeling of being humiliated.as I had already been through that phase.

Nandinis provo

I kept standing there until I heard something which forced me to look up though I couldn't see anything and was surrounded by darkness but still I could feel his gaze on me and by its sound I could tell it was for me.what ever he was saying the message was for me to understand....

"I know u people think you are superiors as you all can lead a normal carefree life but that by no means proves that the one who have disabilities are weak.they are unique in their own way.they are special in their own way.every human is unique into itself ...but his or her uniqueness shouldnot be considered as their weakness and used against them as a weapon.they may be vulnerable but not weak.they have their own desires and dreams they want to fulfil....just because they are a little different from us doesnt give any of us any right to snatch away their rights.they too have the right to deam.its all about confidence .how you take everyboy.society will say a lot of things..but that shouldn't make you weak but it should make you stronger.it should make you so that at the end it shouldn't hurt you anymore.here in this academy if I ever hear or see this type of discrimination they will be sent back home right away.this type of sick behaviour and mentality wont be tolerated here!am I clear..?!"he roared.

"Am I clear..?!"he roars once again but thise time louder that the last time and everybody answer in positive.

"now everyone back to practice..."he said clapping his hand and everybody started practicing.but I could still feel his gaze on me.i don't know wht but I just know it that he is stairing at me.....

Provo ends.

All this time she kept thinking....thinking about his words...his eacha nd every word had such an essence it in...it was spoken with suck intensity that somhow it pumped some confidence in her.and she knew that though in this world no humanity is left but there are still some people out there who are humans.they feel.

After hearing those words it was like something inside her changed.something inside her clenced each time she thought of those words.now she felt as if something was building inside her,building back inside her to be more precise.but why...?she don't know the answer to it.

Dance is her passion.she lived for it .each time music touched her ears it was not like she just hears it....it is so that she floats with it .from childhood days it was her only peace.after her parents death and ofcouse due to her disability it was quiet difficult for her to handle grief as well as humiliation ...at that time dance became her support.when no was there dance was always with her.

That day she went home and thought about it all night as each time she closed her eyes to drift into slumber his words echoed in her ears....that moment was constanty on a repay mode in her mind....she couldn't sleep .but now the change was she knew now that she wasn't giving up on dance .not anymore.and this time she was confident.

Next morning

She got ready and reached the academy with two of her café staff carrying the food stuff....the change was this time the receptionist didn't taunght her but instead talked politely then she told him that today the classes will start late.nandini just noded and went into the practice room .and started arranging the food stuff....

The whole room was empty .after arranging the stuff she sat on the stol near the counter thinking what to do ....dont know why but she felt like roaming in the room ...though she didn't have eyes to see her dream in reality but still why she doesn't know but an erge to feel the walls of the practice room bloomed in her heart with small steps...waving her hand sin the air she reached near the walls .with shaky hands she touched the wall.....glass.thats what she felt under her fingers.the walls were made up of glass ....with a long rod like stucture to use it as a support while practice....the gently trailed her fingers to feel in closing her eyes....

Maniks provo-

Today the classes were delayed.....and I was early today in the academy so was just moving around when I came across the practice room and I saw her.what was she doing...?!she slowly walked towards the walls and support rail waving her hands in the air then with shaky fingers gently trailed her fingers on the walls then the railig....i saw her eyes getting closed as a tear escaped her eyes...and she smiled....in her tears....wow....!i have never seen someone...so....god I don't even have words to describe....i didn't do anything I kept standing there and waited to see what was her next move....

She walked to the center after keeping the shoes in a corner then....as her feet touched the floor her smile widened....she bend down a little and touched the floor and then gently touched her forehead with which she had just touched the ground....i smiled at her this gesture ...as it was really rare to see dancers doing that....because now a days people have gone mordern so they don't belive in traditions....

Bg music-

tuning...

Radi Krah Di Krawa

Wal Hawah Wasamah

Wadi Krah Hitawahat

All-Ah Dukha Wasamah

Latehwal Flahwahat

Al-Lah Dukha Wasamah

Wadi Krah Hitawahat

Al-Lah Dukhawasamah

She slowly stood in the center of the room looking down then slowly looked up straight but still at nowhere ....

Then slowly raised her hand and gently glid it through the side of her face....closing her eyes feeling the moment....

Then moved that hand out spreading it lightly in the air.....

Then again from her initial position she gently circled her head then sread her hands in the air with on hand up in the air while the other lower gently bending her body to one side....

Bg music

Mar Jawan Mar Jawan...

Tere Ishq Pe Mar Jawan

Mar Jawan Mar Jawan...

Tere Ishq Pe Mar Jawan

Then she slowly walks forward and then twirls around on her toes....

Then she half sits spreading her ligs and does a lotus gesture with her hands...

Bg music

Bheegi Bheegi Sapno Ka Jaisa Khat Hai Yeh

Hayyyy...

Geeli Geeli Chaahat Ka Jaise Lat Hai Yeh

Then moves her hands in left and right then joins then up jumping a little gracegully....

Bg music

Mar Jawan Mar Jawan...

Tere Ishq Pe Mar Jawan

Mar Jawan Mar Jawan...

Tere Ishq Pe Mar Jawan

Then coming to a halt slowly pulls her hand inside near her chest then releases them spreading them out while snading on her toe with one leg streched out....

Bg music

Radi Krah Di Krawa

Wal Hawah Wasamah

Wadi Krah Hitawahat

All-Ah Dukha Wasamah

Latehwal Flahwahat

Al-Lah Dukha Wasamah

Wadi Krah Hitawahat

Al-Lah Dukhawasamah

Then does the following step as tears flow down her eyes.....

It was as if her emotions were speaking though her dance....as she moved with the rhythm everything was like molten lava ......warming up the whole atmospere.....she kept moving with beats and I kept watching her without blinking......she ...she was...wow...just wow...!her each and every move depicted a different emotion.and the intensity of them was too much to handle....

Bg music

Soche Dil Ke Aisa Kash Ho

Tujhko Ek Nazar Meri Talash Ho

Jaise... Khwabo Hai Akhon Mein Base Meri

Waise... Neendo Pe Silvate Pare Meri

Then she walked a little aheand and spined on her toes then joined both her hands above while moving her waist....

And again spined and moved her hands like waves....

Bg music

Bheegi Bheegi Armaano Ki Rahad Hai Yeh

Hayyy...

Geeli Geeli Kwahish Bhi Tho Behad Hai Yeh

She again moved with one hand on her heart and one holing the corner of her frock just like a pheonix...the grace she showed was extravagant.i was sure by now that she was gifted....

Bg music

Mar Jawan Mar Jawan...

Tere Ishq Pe Mar Jawan

Mar Jawan Mar Jawan...

Tere Ishq Pe Mar Jawan

Then she again moved both hands on her ears then moving her head in a semi cirle while she sawed with the rythme

Then she spined and threw her hands in the air like a swan and landed on the floor gracefully...then raising her head lightly....

Bg music

Radi Krah Di Krawa

Wal Hawah Wasamah

Wadi Krah Hitawahat

All-Ah Dukha Wasamah

Latehwal Flahwahat

Al-Lah Dukha Wasamah

Wadi Krah Hitawahat

Al-Lah Dukhawasamah

She fliped and truning on her back body bending back she raised on her fours and moved her hands in the air...

Then she slowly raised up in a graceful way and started spining in the whole room

I don't know why but my legs started walking on their own...it was like I had no control over them....my mind was saying to stop but my heart asking to go .....and I went she was still spinning when she triped and all of a sudden landed in my arms as I held her her tresses blocking my view while she bending in my arms breaths heavily.....

Nandinis provo

I slowly started sawying with the rythym of the music.as it touched my ear I felt as if each and every cell in my body had came to life....i let the music seep into me....i let my poes absorb each of it...every inch of it was a holy grail for me......I danced...danced my heart out......it was as if my steps and heart beat were beconing one slowly with each passing second.....

Then forgetting everything...every tension evry pain of mine even that I am blind and spined ....i spined and spind but then I triped but instead of meeting the floor I felt warmth touch my skin.....my eyes were still closed .as I felt stong arms wound around me.....my eyes shoot open...I was breathing hevily .but don't know why as his arms touch me my heart beaths quickend more.....blood rushed to my cheeks .i bet theyare flushed by now.i never felt this before....

As realisation hit me that I was in someones arms I literally jumped on my place and moved back a few inches from him in shock....he instantly left me...

"wo..who..?kon hai..?!"I asked scared.

"hey hey..!its..its ok...its completely fine.....calm down...its me..manik....."he said....and I was like omg..!!what the hell he...he saw me....i..i..i don't know what am I supposed to say or do now...

"wo...wo..i...i...I was just...I was just.."I stammered bad but what he said next it was a big shock for me...

"hey hey its..its ok..no need to freak out.....its completely fine....you don't have to feel embarassed or something ...infact....you..you were amazing....!!you were awesome infact..."he said.

I was shocked.i mean..manik malhotra.the manik malhotra was apretiating me...a regular girl that to a blind girl for her dance....!!!

"no...no..plz..just don't...don't throw me out of this job...i..i.promise I will never ever dance...plz..."I pleaded as I thought that may be he was also mocking me...and he will throw mw out of the academy and my dream of learning will always remain a dream....but to my surprise it went totally the opposite.

"no no no ...don't say that...I mean...seriouly I really liked your dance,....and don't worry I am not mocking you ....i genuinly liked it...and I am not going to throw you out.......you are really a great dancer....then why don't you join the academey..?!"he said and it was as if the floor beneth me had shifted completely....but then he asked me to join the academy and I was ..like...what should I asy..?!

Maniks provo

I asked her why she didn't join the academy...but insteadly her eyes were filled with sadness and pain.pain which I am quite well aquented with and had never seen that same pain in anyone elses eyes in 14 yrs.i know this feeling pretty well and now I see it again .its like I MEETING MYSELF AGAIN.

"hey...why you look so sad...did I say something wrong..i..i...am sorry if I said something ..."but before I could complete she intrupted...shaking her head...

"no...you didn't....its not you fault...umm i..i just cant join the acadmey..."she said looking down with a sad face.

That made my heart clench for some reasone I don't know why...

"may I know the reason...as ...you...you are amzing....u are amazing in what you do....your place is here .you belong here...."I said thatbut why ..?well I am confused myself but I don't know why but i...i..just wanted to say that to her for some reason.

She looked up .though her eyes didn't see anything and her world was dark but still I saw a hope in it which was still alive somewhere deep within her.i saw the passion,the fire in them which I had not seen in any of my students .there was something in them which pulled me...it was like gravity.which pulled me towards her with each passing second.the deeper I looked the more lost I became.

"i...I don't have the money to join it...."she looked down sad and embaressed.

Before I could reply she continued....

"besides..no one will give admission to a blind girl like me.....according to people I don't belong here."she said.

And in that sentence as she finished it I could here a bit of sarcasm at the end.and I felt it.the hoplessness in that very sentence.i don't know why but at that very moment my inside was screeming saying that 'help her...!you have to help her'.and I made my mind up that I will .yes ,I will help her...!!and now I knew that she is the one I have been searching for.the student I have been searching for for so many years she is the one.the talent the dedication I wanted I could clearly see in in her eyes.i will groom her,train her,I made up my mind.

"giving up is not always the key to it.sometimes going for it without think is what is necessary.belonging or not belonging I cant say but....one thing I can say that when you aspire for something from the dept of your heart and you are deserving then ,you diffinitly get it some way or the other."saying that I watched the confusion on her face for a moment which made me smile as looked cute while confused.shut up dude!what th hell are you even thinking...!i scolded myself mentaly then turned around and left.

After an hour.....

Nandinis provo

Students were as usual talking and gossiping the whole room was echoing with their chatting and laughters ...and I was as usual at the snaks corner...doing my work and thinking along with it...

I couldn't get what he was trying to say...didt it mean that I shouldnot give up hope..?but why would he say something that to me unless....

But before I could complete....his voice brought me back from my la la land...

"ok everyone line up...I have an important announcement to make." He said and I had a sudden feeling that something was about to happen.that feeling was weird.i could feel his gaze on me.and that for some reason send a shiver down my spin.

"you as I hand annouced a few week ago about the full dance scholarship which my trust as in BEATS was going to take the full responsibility of that one student who is detemined enough to prove his or her worth it has finally been decided.the results are here.watching all your progress and performances I have decided that the scolarship will be given to ...."

The whole room was scilent.the tension could be felt eaisily in the atmosphere.as I knew that I had nothing to do with it so I was about to trun around to continue my work when the name he uttered made me stop in my track.it was like someone had poured a boucket of ice cold water on me.

"to....miss nandini moorthy...."he said and all looked confused and I turned instantly shocked to the core but I was like frozen to my root....i could hear wishpering very clearly....

But then he said...

"miss moorthy...can you plz come here... "he said looking at me I guess because I heard everyone gasp in shock.and they started wishpering....it made me more nervouse than shocked...I gulped the lump forming in my throat....

I was too much in shock to even react.it was like my brain had stoped working....my legs were frozen on their place.

Then after that I heard footsteps walking towards me....and the scent of the familier colonge increased.....and I knew at that moment that it was manik who was coming towards me...he came to me...and grabed my tiny hand in his...and a sudden electic jolt passed through my veins circulating through out my body giving me gitters .and my mind started wandering....my hand fit perfectly in his big, firm ,strong one.shut up nandini !what the hell are you thinking I scolded my self mentally.

Whith that he draged me with him....and everything for me happened in a slow motion....though I saw nothing but I looked at his direction into the darkness trying to look beyond it....

He dragged me with him infront of everyone and finally stopped.

"so guys...meet your new friend....miss nandini moorthy winner of the BEATS dance scolarship..."he said.dont know why I felt a glint of proud in his voice.

When one of the students said...

"but sir she is not even part of the academey...."said a guy...

"and sir she didn't even give the audition..."said a girl

And the wishpering started....

When he shouted..."enough...!its my decision...and though I don't like to give explations to anyone but still I would like to clear this thing about her auditions....so that she doesn't get blamed and latter you all don't accuse BEATS for partiality..."he said with his voice full of arrogance.

He clicked his fingers and two guards came in with pushing some thing which has wheels....they stopped it infont of everyone....and after sometime I heard sound...then I came to know it was a tv.....i realised it was the same song playing in which I had danced few hours ago...my eyes widden in realisation.....

After the vedio got over....he asked..."now anybody wants to say anything....?!anyone who wants to object...?!"

But the whole crowd was quiet.

"good.."he said.

"now everyone back to practice...."he roared...and evryone went back to practice.....

But I kept standing there trying to recollect and digest what just happened....