ADITI ISHAN:Unexpected Love

1 ~ADITI about her life~

"ADITI,please listen my friend...you are not only a Princess but also a daughter.You need to fulfil your duties as an obedient daughter too.Do you realise that?Above all you know that you are a girl right!! One day or the other you will have to get married,become a queen of some kingdom,have kids,nurture them and that is the order of nature which you can't deny....are you getting my point..Adii..!!??" said Leela with utmost concern and affection brimming in her friendly eyes.

Leelavati,my cousin has always been my wellwisher and a best friend to be more accurate.

Though we are of the same age...she had been married a year ago and bestowed with a baby boy...Princess Leelavati has now become Queen Leelavati..and here she is to convince me on the subject of my marriage proposal,which I have been trying to avoid for quite sometime now.

It's been a while since I acknowledged this fact that 'yeah I am a girl indeed'.I had always been engrossed in improving my skills in various fields,be it a sword fight or archery or chanting hymns or seeking knowledge in literature or other chores which barely remind me of my gender.

No matter how well versed and self reliant a girl is...that doesn't give her the freedom to live all alone sticking upto her rules and dreams her entire life???!!!.This is the question that has been haunting me ever since my childhood.Are women only tools to extend the generation of men?Don't they have the right to decide upon themselves?

At least not in my case I guess,playing the role of Princess Aditi Parvan,the daughter of the mighty King Rutwik Parvan and Queen Nayani Parvan.

To be clear,I now have three desires in my life or missions or whatever they can be called so.

1) NUMBER ONE

I need to spend some time in solitude with Nature...especially I yearn to visit the famous "Charm of Chanver ",a glorious garden one can ever visit in a lifetime..admired by many visitors.....

This seems insane and impossible too since we Parvans have enmity with the Chanvers and even a mere thought of Chanvers would be considered as betrayal on my part.

2) NUMBER TWO

I want to spend my life all alone instead of investing myself in a man.

This sounds lunatic but this is something which I always dream of and can't deny.I know that I can't keep the idea of marriage on hold for a long time but the idea of marriage scares me.

Seeing my mother suffer her entire married life with lack of love and knowing that it is normal for a king to have many wives....these thoughts just prick my poor heart.

Though my parents have issues between themselves they never really deprived me of the love I deserved from them.In fact they succeeded as parents though being a failure couple.

3) NUMBER THREE

I want all the women in my kingdom and elsewhere as well to know their worth and lead a respectful life.They should learn the basic self defence to assist them in their protection.I want them to live a life of their choice but not a compromised one.They should be able to survive on their own being independent and strong.

This again seems impractical.Me,being a Princess cannot live my life on my terms then how can I expect the ordinary working women to implement such ideas.I just realised that I was being too greedy.

"Adi....Aditi???.....Are you there? In which world are you lost while I am being this serious here?? " ,Leela brought me out of my overanalyzing thoughts and gave a break to my busy brain that has been heated up with the heavy hypothesis of my life.

"Yeah,Leela....I do understand your point...but I don't think this is the right time for me to get married....I want to live my life to the fullest before entering into a marriage...Since there is no love in real life marriages let me spend my time experiencing the love spread by our MOTHER NATURE...

The lovely lavish fields and the blooming flowers are so alluring right?!,the melody of the birds is marvellous,the dazzling of the daybreak followed by the smooth setting in the evening,later when it's time the Moon peeps from the skies spreading warmth despite being distant...the trembling and the twinkling juvenile stars invading the sky will then coax you to sleep...."

Before I could finish Leela interrupted.."Oh,Aditi....not again Princess.Please stop the drama.I am not dumb.I can see where you are trying to take this by diverting our topic.But Adi,consider the feelings of your mother as well...she has been trying since ages to convince you...Your parents have even given you an option to choose any Prince of your choice which is a boon on your part.Don't force me to such a point that I give up convincing you as well.Please do consider this topic seriously.....".She finished with a tone of impatience and despair in her voice and rose from the bed and left my chamber compelling my companionship with the desolation of my chamber as well as my heart.

If only I knew what was in store for me that night...I would have never let Leela leave my chamber at any cost.

WELCOME ANGELS....
Thanks for stopping by.
I feel blessed to meet you all.Please accept my affection.I have always wanted to write but doubted my ability.Finally hoping that there would be someone out there who can accept me and encourage me...I started to write.

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