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S3 ⊰|84|⊱ Rhythm & Tunes

HAPPY DIWALI

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"Yes baby! I know!" Swara packed a box of sandwiches...putting in a sachet of ketchup, while talking over the phone.

"I love you too!"

"You are not skipping any meals today! DO you understand that?...if you don't eat today! I won't eat anything too!"

"No Yash! I will surely eat today! No skipping meals!" She agreed.

"Promise?"

Swara paused for a moment as if processing this whole word that holds a lot of burden.

"I know! You don't do promises...Oh no! she's coming...See you, bye!"

"Bye!" Swara chuckled hearing the chaos on the other side of the phone.

"Be careful from the next time!" She stated looking at the blank phone.

"Vini!? baby? You're ready right?"

Swara turned around...looking at her little one wearing a blue color frock...she wore it for the fourth time this week.

"Vini!" Swara vined.

She knelt in front of her daughter, holding her hands within her. Tucking a strand of hair behind her ears...she looked at her dimples.

"You're just like your papa! Aren't you?...He loved shades of blue...and you love them too."

Vini giggled making her mother smile.

"Here is your favorite porridge, without any Dry Fruits." She lifted her little one and made her sit on the slab of the kitchen, placing a mini table specially built for her and placing the bowl of porridge on it.

"You know? Your Bhaiya! Aaru Bhaiya...also hated dry fruits...So what Mumma used to do is...she used to make him yummy porridges like this without any nuts..."

One thing Swara never deprived her daughter of was the knowledge of her family. She never had the guts to show her daughter who her father was but if asked...Vini knew she was Kunal Roy Chand's daughter.

She was aware of her elder brother, Her chachu, Her Maasi, Her Nani n dadi, Her dadaji and also that she had a Nanaji who would have loved her more than anything.

Maybe one reason why Swara openly educated her daughter about her family was because she knew...Her daughter might never reach a stage where she'd ask her mother...who her father was.

Vini tapped on the table in a certain rhythm that had Swara out of her thoughts.

"Your Bhaiya? He is with your papa...He couldn't leave your papa alone na!"

Vini banged the table again while putting a spoon of porridge into her mouth.

"We'll meet them soon Beta!" She kissed her forehead knowing she just lied to her daughter with a straight face.

Or Maybe I don't want you to meet your father; Swara wondered.

Somewhere she feared if Kunal found out about her whereabouts...He would even snatch her daughter away.

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"Why have you not attended the exam?" Kunal yelled at the boy "You are Kunal Roy Chand's son for god sake...show some enthusiasm."

"Time's up Dr. Roy Chand...I have another class to attend."

"Aarav! Aarav! I'm talking to you!" Kunal yelled but Aarav seemed ignorant to his words.