𝘛𝘶𝘫 𝘝𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘪 𝘈𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘪.

★⁠ 𝐂ɦαρ𝗍𝖾𝗋 8 ★⁠

"Devashree! Devashree!" Her mother called her noticing her fixed gaze at Gandhar.

"हा, हा काय झालं?" Devashree asked cursing the person who just broke her romantic eye contact with her future 'अहो'  not realising it was her own mother.

(Translation: Ha, what happened?)

"अगं लक्ष कुठे आहे तुझं?" Her mother asked.

(Translation: Where are you lost?)

Mera chain vain sab ujdaa...... Her heart sang.

"तुझ्या जावयांकडे." She replied dreamily thinking she was saying it all in her mind not knowing she was loud enough for all of them to hear.

(Translation: In your Son-in-law)

"Huh!" They heard Gandhar who was looking at her with wide eyes while she tried to hide her face which was red because of embarrassment and also because of the blush which coated her cheeks.

Getting teasing looks from all, both Devashree and Gandhar sat on the sofa besides each other quite awkwardly.

"नाही म्हणजे लग्नाच्या तारखा आपण काढलेल्याच आहेत आणि साखरपुडा ही घरच्या घरी उरकून घेयचं ठरवलेलं आहे, पण लग्नाचा खर्च आणि रीती भातींबद्दल जरा बोलायचं होतं." Abhijeet stated his point in front of Purvaja.

(Translation: We have already fixed the dates of the wedding and it is decided to conduct the engagement at home, but we wanted to discuss a little about the expenses and rituals to be followed.)

"हो बरोबर आहे तुमचं, लग्नात आमच्याकडून वर सोडल्यास फक्त दोनच माणसं, मी आणि माझा मुलगा चैतन्य. तुम्हाला माहितीच आहे की ताई - दादा (गंधार चे आई - वडील) नाही आहेत आणि त्यामुळे आमचेही जास्त कोणाशी संबंध आलेले नाहीत. त्यामुळे मानपानाचं, काही जास्त तुम्हाला करावं लागणार नाही आणि आमचा खर्च आम्हीच करु. तुमच्याकडून किती साधारण माणसं आहेत ते सांगा म्हणजे त्यानुसार सगळं ठरवायला." Purvaja said.

(Translation: Yes, you're right.  We have only two people from our side except the groom, me and my son Chaitanya. As you are already aware that my sister and brother in law are no more and we have not been in contact with other relatives. So, there no need to do anything more. And we'll handle the expenses of our side. Let me know how many people from your side will attend the wedding so that everything can be decided accordingly.)

"नाही, आमचे कोणी नातेवाईक नाही आहेत. आमच्याकडूनही दोनच माणसं धरा. आम्ही ही आमच्या बाजूचा खर्च करू." Abhijeet said while Aparna gave a slight nod to her husband.

(Translation: No we don't have any relatives. Consider only two of us from our side too. We'll handle the expenses of our side.)

"अरे वाह! हे तर फारच उत्तम. मला असं वाटतं की आपण लग्नासाठी एक छोटा सा सभागृह बघुया आणि त्याचा खर्च अर्धा अर्धा वाटून घेऊ. पण लग्न अगदी देवा - ब्राह्मणांचा साक्षी ने शास्त्रोक्त पद्धतीने पार पाडायला हवे. कुठल्याही धार्मिक कार्यात कसर राहायला नको." Purvaja said.