• Chapter 1 •

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The story commenced in a temple of Lord Ganesha, where Jaanvi was praying with both her hands folded and eyes closed, standing in front of the idol of the deity. After a while, she opened her eyes and gazed straight at the deity with pleading expression 

Jaanvi: Hay bappa, please mujhe jaldi se jaldi koi job dilwa do. Acha mere liye na sahi, at least nanu liye hi please.

Mujhe unke liye kuch karna hai, kuch banke dikhana hai. Bachpan se lekar aaj tak unhone meri haar ek wish puri ki hai, ab meri baari hai.

At that moment, the priest of that temple came and asked her 

Priest: Jaanvi beta, tumhe ab tak naukri nhi mili ?

Jaanvi: Nhi na pandit ji, interviews toh mai haar baar acha deti hu par pata nhi kyu mujhe select hi nhi karte. Aur jo karte hai unke toh alag hi nakhre hai

Priest: Chinta mat karo beta tumhe jaldi hi naukri mil jayegi 

Jaanvi: I hope so 

Saying this she came outside of the temple and noticed a man, who was probably in his mid-70s, about to faint. She quickly rushed toward the old man, helped him sit down in a shady area and asked someone to bring a bottle of water for him 

Jaanvi: Yeh lijiye uncle, pani pijiye

She then helped him drink some water. After a while, when she saw he was fine, she asked him

Jaanvi: Uncle itni dhoop mein aap bahar kyu aaye ? Dekhiye agar mai na aati toh abhi aap behosh hoke gir jatey na

Man: Sorry puttar ji par ghar mein bethe bethe bore ho raha tha toh bahar aa gaya, phir raaste mein yeh mandir dikhi toh socha ek baar darshan karlu 

Jaanvi: Par ek baar bhi apni tabiyat ka khayal nhi kiya aapne 

Man: Ab aapko kese pata ki meri tabiyat thik nhi hai ?

Jaanvi: Woh kya hai na mere ghar par already ek aapke jese hi ek bacha hai toh pata toh hoga hi na mujhe

That man gave a bemused look to Jaanvi and asked her 

Man: Bacha ? Woh bhi mere jaisa ? Mai kuch samjha nhi puttar ji 

Jaanvi: Haa, mere nanu. Woh bhi aapki tarah hi hai. Tabiyat thik nhi hoti phir bhi bahar nikal lete hai 

She replied that man with a smile 

Man: Arey waah, wese kya mai itni pyaari si ladki ka naam jaan sakta hu ?

Jaanvi: Of course jaan sakte hai aap, mai hu Jaanvi, Jaanvi Sethi 

Man: Aur mai Samir Malhotra 

Jaanvi: Umm kahi suna suna sa lag raha hai aapka naam 

Samir: Kaha suna hai aapne ?

Jaanvi: Wohi toh nhi pata 

Samir: Acha puttar ji, ab mai chalta hu. Mera pota ghar aayega aur agar mujhe nhi dekhega toh tension mein aa jayega 

Jaanvi: Arey uncle aap mandir akele aaye ho aur aapki tabiyat bhi thik nhi hai, phir se chakkar aa gaya toh ? 

Ek kaam kijiye, aap mere saath mere ghar aaye. Paas hi mein hai aur phir aap udhar se hi apne potey ko phone kar dijiyega

Samir: Arey nhi puttar ji 

Jaanvi: Ek taraf puttar bula rahe hai aap aur dusri taraf puttar ki baat nhi maan rahe. See I am a harmless girl, kuch bhi nhi karungi mai aapko 

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