DhruvTara- Ek Prem Kahani

Chapter 2: Toote hue dil

Dhruv returned home. He had made up a story on the way to tell everyone else, he knew there will be many questions relating to why he didn't bring Tara back with him. He rang the bell and the door opened, there she was, his mother, tears in her eyes seeing her son after such a long time. She hugged him tight without any word.

Dhruv: Maa..

Susheela: Dhruv! Lalla tu wapis aa gaya! Ab kaisi hai hummari Tara ke bhai ki tabiyat? Aur Tara kaha hai? Woh nahi aai?

Dhruv looked sad, he recalled everything that happened. He looked at his mother with a smile.

Dhruv: Maa aapko pata hai maine Tara ke bhaiji ka ilaaj kar diya aur ab woh swast hai! Accha andar toh chalo! Mai itne samay baad aaya hu! Bohot lamba safar tha Maa.. bohot bhook lag rahi hai.. kuch hai khane ko?

Susheela: Ha Lalla! Tu andar toh aa!

Susheela brought Dhruv inside and the entire family gathered around. They all greeted Dhruv and hugged him. Dhruv kept on dodging any questions on Tara for as long as he could. Susheela brought food for Dhruv and Dhruv sat down.

Susheela: Aare! Jao aur haath dho ke aao! Bahar se aaye ho na, isiliye..

Dhruv: Ha maa..

Dhruv stood up and went to clean his hands. In the bathroom he looked in the mirror.

Dhruv: Ab kya..lagta hai pyar mere kismet me hi nahi..pehle laga tha ki Ayesha se pyaar tha, usse chod diya Jay ke liye..phir aai Tara..uska bhi sath choot gaya, shayad mujhme hi koi problem hai..Tara toh shayad meri kabhi ho bhi nahi sakti..aur ab mai kisi aur ka nahi ho sakta...

He came out and ate dinner with his family. He went to his room saying that he is tired. Nani felt that something was going on, something he didn't want to tell anyone else. Later she knocked on his door. Dhruv opened the door.

Dhruv: Nani..aap yaha?

Nani: Nahi aa sakti kya?

Dhruv: Nahi nahi Nani! Aaiye na!

She entered his room, she looked around, everything felt like normal, his books were open, his lamps were on, everything like it used to be like.

Nani: Kya hua Dhruv? Baat kya hai? Tara kyu nahi aai?

Dhruv was caught off guard. He looked at Nani and tried to dodge the question again.

Dhruv: Nani! Aap bhi na! Accha aapko pata hai waha jaane ke baad maine kya kya dekha?!

Nani: Dhruv..sach bolo..aise doosri baate karke side nahi kar sakte tum iss baar..

Dhruv sat down on the ground next to his Nani, he kept his head on her lap.

Dhruv: Woh nahi aai Nani..aur hum shayad kabhi sath nahi ho sakte..

Nani: Dhruv..aisa nahi kehte!

Dhruv: uski shaadi hone wali hai uss Samrat Singh ke sath Nani..ab aur kuch nahi ho sakta..rasme shuru ho chuki hai Nani.. aur usne khud mujhe jaane bola..

Dhruv started crying on his Nani's lap. She tried to console Dhruv but all in vain. Finally he had a place to cry his heart out. Soon Dhruv composed himself and Nani left and Dhruv sat on the chair near his window. He looked at the moon.

Dhruv: Tum yaha bhi chamak rahe ho, aur waha Tara ke paas bhi..tum kitne lucky ho, kam se kam usse dekh toh paa rahe ho..Dhruv agar Tara ka nahi ho sakta toh yeh Dhruv kisi ka nahi hoga..Tara ke bina Dhruv adhura hai aur adhura hi rahega..

Ayesha was outside when Dhruv was saying this. She heard it and she came inside.

Ayesha: Jhoot mat bolo Dhruv..tumne mujhe bhi yeh hi kaha tha na..par tab bhi Tara toh aai na tumhare zindagi me..aur ab yeh hi baat tum Tara ke liye bol rahe ho? Dekha, tumne mujhe choda tha na, shayad isiliye aaj tumhe Tara ne chod diya!

Dhruv: Ayesha! Please! Apna comparison Tara ke sath mat karo! Tara kaha aur tum kaha!

Ayesha: Dhruv, I'm sorry par mujhe nahi lagta ki woh tumse kabhi pyar bhi karti thi..kyunki pyar..

Dhruv: Yeh tum keh rahi ho Ayesha? Tum? Jisne Jay se shaadi toh ki hai par isiliye taki tum yeh dhyan kar pao ki meri zindagi me koi na aaye! Tum aisa kaam karke mujhe bol rahi ho?! Aare jiske sath jeene marne ki kasme kha kar agni ke saat phere liye uska pyar kabhi dekha tumne?! Tara ne jo kiya woh bhi apne parivaar ke wajah se kiya! Par tum nahi samajh sakti yeh baaten..yeh tumhare samajh ke pare hai! Tara ne apne family ke liye kiya jo kiya! Aur kuch nahi!

Ayesha: Dhruv! Yeh kya keh rahe ho tum?!

Dhruv: Ayesha please jao mere room se!

Ayesha: Par Dhruv..

Dhruv: Get out!

Ayesha left quickly, she had never seen Dhruv in such anger ever! She went down to her room. Dhruv lied down on his bed, tears started flowing down his eyes.

Dhruv: Kaise samjhau inn logo ko? Tara bewafa nahi hai..hummara pyar saccha hai..par bas yeh samay bewafa nikla..

Dhruv wiped his tears and went to sleep, the series of sleepless nights for Dhruv started that very day.

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Tara was sitting in her room, the family photo in her hand, tears flowing out and dropping on the photo and her wiping it away. Mahaveer entered her room.

Mahaveer: Taru..Taru humme shama kar dijiyega..hummari wajah se aaj aap aur Chikitsak Dhruv ek sath nahi..

Tara: Nahi bhaiji..issme aapki kya galti? Bhaiji, yeh toh niyati thi..humne pehle se hi bhavishya me jaa kar dekh liya hai ki humare bhagya me kya likha hai..phir hum usse badal kaise sakte hai? Galti toh hummari thi..hum hi apne aapko nahi rok paye aur Chikitsak Dhruv se prem kar baithe..woh apne sadi me hai abhi aur hum apne..yeh hi vidhi ka vidhan hai bhaiji..

Tara started crying and Mahaveer gave her a shoulder. He tried to console her, he looked at the picture in her hand. He looked how perfect they both looked together, like they were ment to be. Then the dream and the visual showed by Maharishi came to his mind. He shut his eyes and a few tears escaped and fell on Tara's hair. Both brother sister poured their heart out. After some while, Mahaveer and Tara composed themselves and a daasi came to Tara.

Daasi: Rajkumari ji, Maharaj ne aapko aur Yuvraj ji aapko apne kaksh me sheegrh bulaya hai..

Tara: Ji..hum aa rahe hai..

The daasi left and Tara and Mahveer went to meet Maharaj.

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Tara and Mahaveer entered Maharaj's room. They saw that Maharani was also there.

Maharaj: Mahaveer, kya aapko gyat tha ki Chikitsak Dhruv aise bina bataye chale jayenge?

Mahaveer: Woh pita shree..Chikitsak Dhruv ko kisi karan vash shegrh apne rajy prasthan karna pada..unhone humse aur Taru se baat ki thi, aap dono vishram karne jaa chuke the toh unhone aap dono ko nahi bataya..

Maharaj: Oh..theek hai phir..hum toh chahte the ki woh humari Taru ke vivah ke paschat jaate..

Tara: Ji pita shree..aur unhone kaha bhi ki woh aa nahi payenge..

Maharaj: Oh..aa jaate toh accha hota..chaliye ab jo Krishna bhagwan ki ichha..