Intertwined by a Promise

A chant of the sacred Moon Flower Hymn

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Love Ekta
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"When an illusion is no longer a shadow but a prayer answered through the embrace of an lost friend"

A few days later Sanskaar had finally managed to make his way up to Sargam to meet Aman as promised... It had taken several hours and all of Sanskaar will power to convince Swara to stay behind for she had become adamant that she wanted to join him on his journey.. Unlike him Swara had been missing the children dearly and insisted on seeing them just like he was getting to meet his old friend... He knew the children meant the world to Swara for Sargam was not only home or work for her but it was the life she breathed for daily... It was her haven just as Karma was his solace..But Sanskaar also knew that as Aman had asked him to come alone it must have been important and private and wishing to respect his friends wishes he looked at Dida for an escape as he lay his final luggage in the trunk...

As luck would have it Dida was at hand to help him out, as she walked up the patio to join the two... She tried to reason with her Shona that her bhaiya needed her to help with the arrangements of the engagement they had planned... As hesitant as Dida may have felt she was forced to remind Swara of her responsibilities at home... It was one of those rare moments where she had to tell her granddaughter that she also had a brother whom missed her terribly.. It was in shear reluctance that Dida then had to play the ultimate trump card where Swara was silenced in no clear terms by the reminder of the promise she had made already to Nakul of staying home for his engagement... Hence as Swara was reminded of all the work that needed to be completed before the main event there was no scope left for her to head out for another spontaneous trip... For as she reflected back on her conversation it was on her insistence only that the elders and her bhaiya had agreed to hosting a small private function for the happy couple at home...Although Swara had sulked at the reminder to the very end... Yet it had only infuriated her more when she had seen Sanskaar twitch his eyes at her mist folding his arms at her defeat that she finally stormed away from them both for she could neither deny or begrudge the fact that she did have a lot of work to do... But Swara was adamant that she would never admit it to him that he was right once again...

She sighed as she ran off to carry on working on the preparations not before making both of them promise to take her up there as soon as they had been done with all the social gatherings.. Not being able to see the tears forming in her eyes Sanskaar moved forward only to embrace her in reassurance that he would definitely take her up there soon... So as they parted Swara watched him drive away only deep in thought for she knew this day meant a lot to Nakul and Kavya and she knew she did not want to disappointment them either... For she knew her only reconciliation price was as both Dida and herself settle on the patio to sort through the invitations that her Maa would be joining Sanskaar back upon his return... As Dida carried on to explain that neither he would have been allowed to go by Nakul if it had not been deemed important..

Sargam Foundation - Banaras

The following morning as the children played away in the gardens Aman was seen trying to catch hold of the children as they tried to play there favourite game... It was during yesterday's evening dinner where a spontaneous Aman had made a silly bet that he had lost terribly with the children... In the spur of the moment he had been tricked to play chase blind folded if he lost the task they had wanted him to complete... Aman knew it had been silly but Rahul had made him feel that his pride had been somewhat at stake as he recalled him mention the challenge they had in mind..