SIDHARTH

It has been more than a week since that day although the controversy can't be stopped as of yet but we could just do some damage control for the time being .....

There are people who are believing that they are actually taking advantage of being a woman and falsely accusing me ...... I hope these people believe me till the end ..... I don't want to fight with the society......

Sitting on my seat after fastening the seat belt as the flight is about to take off ..... Well let me tell you where I'm going ....

Flashback

3 days after the twitter incident ....

I was just sitting on the bean bag in the balcony while sipping on my cup of tea when my phone started to ring .....

I picked it up with a frown on my face and received the call without looking at the caller I'd ......

Kaushal : Well bhai I have a good news .....

Sid : Yes Kaushal .......what is it ?

Kaushal: Your projects are going to start and one of them is scheduled from a week and a half ..... we need to leave for Amritsar as the shoot is there .....

Sid : Which project is it ?

Kaushal : Your friend Ranjeet Sharma's
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Sid : Okay ..... let's do this ......

Kaushal : But we really need to get you engaged soon .......

Sid : Yeah .... mom is trying find a girl .....

Kaushal : Well it's not as easy as you think so you need to help her find someone faster .....

Sid : ummmm..... yeah .... I'll try .....

Saying that I disconnected the call .... I don't want to stretch the discussion longer than it should have been .....

Flashback End

And hence here I'm sitting on my seat ..... The flight is about to take off ..... I need to find someone very soon ...... Although my family is trying but this time I need to do so ..... I wasn't understanding the depth of the situation untill I reached the airport this morning and the media started to ask me about my engagement..... Although at first I avoided but later had to tell them it's soon and I'll post pictures to let them know about it .....

Closing my eyes I rested my head on the back rest while thinking how to find someone appropriate for the role...... Either it should be fake or may be real if destiny wants me to meet my soul mate soon .....

Although I want the destiny to play it's game but I don't have so much time .... Please God help me ..... I don't want to do something wrong ......

Soon we landed at our destination...... After claiming our luggage both me and Kaushal went to the Hotel with some of the crew members that came with us .....

SHEHNAAZ

Well at present I'm in my home town in Beas ...... I had a seriously long road trip from Delhi to my hometown ......

But that's not the important thing ...... The fact is that today is my Roka ...... Well it's not engagement...... To be honest we Punjabi's have lot of rituals and this is just one of them...... I haven't met with the groom yet but at present I am getting ready to meet his family and ofcouse him and finger's crossed.... I hope we get some time to talk among ourselves. ......

After doing some final touches I was ready for the day wearing a yellow lehanga with minimal makeup and jewelry......

Sitting on my bed scrolling through the reels I was waiting for someone to come and get me ...... Waiting for more than half an hour I was already frustrated when the door opened reveling Shehbaaz standing there ......

Shehbaaz : Chal moto........ they are already here .....

Shehnaaz : Hmm.....

Taking a deep breathe I stood up and walked out of the room ......

As I entered the livingroom I was astonished seeing so many guest in just a Roka ceremony...... I looked at Shehbaaz.......

I guess he knows what I was thinking because all he did was give me puppy eyes...... I walked towards the stage just to find the groom sitting on the decorated love seat arranged there .....

I don't know why but looking at him didn't give me good vibes ..... May be I'm thinking too much ..... I gave him a tight liped smile just as a return to his big one ......

As mummy made me sit beside him I somewhat felt uncomfortable..... Although I could see happy faces specially my Papa Ji but it made me more restless ......

As the ceremony was about to end we were asked to have dinner ......

Well talking about the Roka ceremony it was nothing special ..... But I could only find his family flaunting the wealth they have ..... Well they gifted me exquisite items as a form of Shagun but they were not what I really wanted ...... I want to have cute and meaningfully things which has a thought behind it ......

Well that's not what is really having in my life .....

Post dinner only the family members were there .....

[ People Present : Parminder Gill ( Shehnaaz's mother ) , Santokh Gill ( Shehnaaz's father) , Sana's Grandpa , Sana's Grandma , Shehbaaz , Groom , Groom's Parents , Groom's siblings and cousins, His uncle and aunt]

Groom's Mother : Well Parminder ji your daughter isn't as fair as you said she is .....

Parminder Ji : Well .... you know about Delhi's Pollution.....

Groom's Father : Well till now it was okay but after marriage she isn't going to work ....

Santokh Ji : Yes ..... yes..... we know that ...

As Papa ji said those words it felt like somebody has dumped a bucket of ice cold water on me .

Groom's aunt : Santokh Ji I don't get it ..... We have call centres here as well then why does she work in Delhi ......

Sana : I work in a call centre ?

Groom : Why are you talking like this..... you haven't studied after 12 th standard...... That's the only job you can get .....

I looked at my papa confused but what I got was his ignorance in return ..... Hearing them talk all nonsense about me and there ideologies I was fed up at this point .....

I stood up from the couch and looked at his family ......

Sana : I'm sorry Aunty but would it be a crime if I talk to your son alone for few minutes ?......

Parminder Ji : Sana .... what are you doing ....?

Sana's Grandpa : Go ahead puttar ..... you both need to talk ......

Asking him to follow my lead we went to the backyard of our house ......

Groom : So what do you want to talk about ?

Sana : Well it's a very common question but I need to know your answer .....

Groom : Well then go ahead .....

Sana : What are your views from this marriage?

Groom : What do you mean ?

Sana : I meant what do you want ?

Groom : Well a house wife who will give me an heir and look after my family .....

Hearing his point I stood there silent for a while before asking him few more questions .... Well the discussion was more of him getting mad at me and me knowing what type of person he is .....

He argued with me for a while before I just left from there I wasn't there to take anymore crap from that person ......

As we came back to the living area they took a leave ....... My father was about about to leave the room and return to his den ......

Sana : Papa ji wait !

I need to talk with all of you and that includes you as well Papa .....

Santokh Ji : What type of attitude is this Sana ?
You are talking with your dad this way ......

Sana : Well I need to ......

What were you guys thinking while selecting him as my groom.....?

How did you guys think that. I'll marry him ..?

Parminder Ji : We found the right choice for you ......

Sana : Really ..... they don't even know that I'm not a mere 12 passed candidate...... I'm a doctor for God's sake ....... I don't work in a call centre in Delhi .......

Their wants and needs are nothing but baseless ideologies.........

In which year are we in Grandma?

They want a house wife .....

Well that's not the problem but how did you think that I'll marry him Papa Ji?

Santokh Ji : SANA !

Sana : Papa don't shout ........ you know me very well .... Well you say what was the reason for me to study so hard if I have to be a mere homemaker .......

Well no offense to those who does that but I don't want to and you guys know what I'm not marrying him at any cost.....

Parminder Ji : Your Papa decided your future and you are going to do as he says .....

Sana : Well no...... I won't...... I did it all these years and I don't want to waste my life like you serving a person like that mummy .....

Santokh Ji : Sana .... you are speaking too much right now and you are going to do just what I want .....

Sana : No .... I'm not ...... I'm not going to marry him ...... You know what it's better to die rather than to get tied down to someone like him .....

Mummy..... you know it very well that I hate people like him then why did you do that ?

Santokh Ji : Well I don't want yo hear a single word as of now you are going to do what I tell you .....

Sana : Papa ...... I'm going away tomorrow and won't be able to marry him next week ..... So please do the needful......

Santokh Ji : No you are not ...... If you leave the house tomorrow then you'll be dead to us ......

Shehbaaz : Papa .... It's too much now ..... You knew that moto won't like that person but you still selected him ...... Why do you want to destroy her life ?

Santokh Ji : Yeah ..... that's what I really do ........ I know what's right for her ......

Grandpa : Well in this case you are wrong.....

Santokh Ji : No papa ji ...... I know what's good for her .....

Sana : No you don't know that...... You just want to control my life ..... ( tears steaming down my face. , with a cracked voice I continued to talk )
Till now I gave you the rights to do so but from today onwards I'll decide what I actually need to do and certainly I don't need to marry a person like him and destroy my life serving a family like their's......

Santokh Ji : If you do such thing I'm seriously telling you that You'll be dead to us ......

Sana : Well after what you and mummy are doing to my life ..... I think the only people I want to be connected to are my grandparents and brother .....

Parminder Ji : Sana ... what rubbish are you speaking....... Apologise to you papa and do as he says ......

Sana : Mummy........ please atleast you shouldn't say such things ...... you know how much I hate people like them and you never stopped papa from fixing my marriage with him ....... Are you out of your mind mummy .....?

As soon as the words left my mouth I knew that I made a serious blunder but what could I do Waheguruji........ I am really angry at these people ....... Why are they so adamant on destroying my life ......?

But the very next moment all I felt was a tight slap on my cheeks...... I looked up just to see my mom standing infront of me ......

Parminder Ji : I get it now why your papa always says you have become a selfish woman after living in Delhi ...... All you say is I I....I I I I...... You'll do as you're asked ....... That's it ......

Sana : No mom ..... I'm not going to do such a thing .......

I have a recording day after tomorrow and I am certainly going away tomorrow itself ......

Santokh Ji : Well then remember to not return in this house ever.....

Shehbaaz : Papa. ..... what are you saying ...? She's your daughter ....... Your first born child .......

Santokh Ji : Well from now onwards you are my only child.....

Hearing this I felt like it was better to die ....although I hate him for fixing my marriage but denying his paternal rights on me was the last twig of relationship that broke at that moment.......

I looked at my brother while tears streamed down my face but I wasn't going back and pleading my father now .... I'm not going to marry that person .......

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