TATVA

CHAPTER 1

It was Durgashtami 24th october. The city of Kolkata was lightened up bright and veneration of maa durga could be heard everywhere. It was evening at 4 and in an open ground a crowd was seen. It was a dance area.

In the ground the music started and a girl started dancing . seeing her dance others also joined. The whole ground was doing garba on the ebay of the music . The woman was dancing without wearing any footwear and she got hurt . she fell down trembling.

"Astha, are you ok?" a girl asked the woman .

"I'm ok, we need to continue until jai is here",astha said. She tied a cloth around her wound and again started dancing.

"Hello Jai , where are you?"a girl called Jai and asked him , "what?! More than 30 minutes , come fast here bhabhi has hurt her legs but is still dancing".

Then the girl hung up the phone and joined Astha. While dancing Astha asked the girl "palak, what did jai say ?Where is he?"

"Bhabhi, he needs 30 more minutes to come";palak said.

"Ok we can do it , you may take rest",astha said and continued dancing.

It was 5 from 4 but jai was still not here. Everyone was waiting , Astha and her troop also stopped dancing too. Then suddenly the music started . a boy came there , he was alone wearing a nice blue kurta , charm and shine in his eyes ,glow on his face he was a bit skinny and muscular . When he started dancing Astha joined him and then others also joined. The whole place cheered up again.

"See he took so much time to come but now brought joy and happiness with his arrival",astha said.

"I know but he is late also",palak said .

After the dance the show was over .Everyone appreciated him .Now it was six in the evening the time for aarti.

"Jai you did a good job",Astha praised jai.

"Thank you but i didn't like it, you danced even though you got hurt",jai said.

"So, why did you get late ?''Palak asked.

"Palak leave your anger now ",astha said, " call Garvish ji , it's time for the aarti".

"We are here,"Garvish said, coming with his joint family .

Jai had a joint family, before there were three aunts and uncles and 2 kids of each , Jai's mother is their sister and he was adopted and his parents who adopted them died when he was ten years old,and from then he is staying with his uncle and unt. His cousins are now married mostly;4 siblings are left of him. Jai has been strong from childhood. Jai has two sisters- in-law. The eldest aunt is his beloved and he calls her as maa.

"Now let's go , it's time for the aarti", maa said.

Then the bell started ringing, drums started beating, and jai lit the lamp of the aarti. Everyone started venerating maa durga , the aarti could be heard from miles , the temple was grand and the beautiful idols were glowing.

"Hey maa durga,"jai while doing the aarti prayed in his mind, "i'm worshiping you from childhood, i didn't ask for anything but today i want something, maa is sick and is in serious condition, please save her , i don't want to lose another mother".

Then jai gave the lamp to others . He went out , he was walking backwards but suddenly he tribled and was about to fall when a girl caught her by the arms.

"Siya , you are late pal",Jai said.

"I'm sorry , but we also had puja at our home so i got late",she said.

"Go take the aarti and you may wish for anything, she will not leave you empty handed", jai said and went from there.

Jai went to his old home where he was with his mom and dad .The house was in his name. Now he wants to stay there and that's why he is renovating it. He was doing it alone but with the advice of his family and some experts.