It was the day of his son's wedding and Nanda Kurambiah was feeling good. He had not felt this good in a long time. His only son Arjun was getting married to a very pretty girl called Kritika. As far as Nanda was concerned she ticked all the boxes as an ideal wife for his son. But that was not all, the alliance was something that Nanda had been planning for years. He actually was quite surprised at his own obsession. But obsession it was.
When Nanda was a young man, staying in a paying guest accomadation in Coorg, working as a lawyers assistant, he had seen her. She was the neice of his landlord. Kaveri was absolutely beautiful, Nanda was smitten instantly. You hear of love at first sight, well according to Nanda it existed. He silently admired this beautiful creature, she did not even know of his existence. Then he heard that she had gotten engaged to a landed Coorg. Instead of his obsession waning, it actually now took on a new form. He was determined that somehow he would be connected to Kaveri. He made it his life's ambition to succeed, after all that's how he knew he would get noticed. He moved to Bangalore, and set up his own practise. Going from strenght to strenght. His parents then found a suitable bride from a wealthy Coorg family and he got married to her, ironically her name was also Kaveri. He was a good husband, but deep down Nanda knew he did not love her or ever would love her. They had two children, his eldest being Arjun and then his daughter Soumya.
Nanda continued to follow the life of his obsession Kaveri. He soon discovered that she did not have kids for a long time. She then had twin daughters, Kritika and Kavita. The next step in Nanda's plan took shape. He befreinded her husband, and got his kids introduced to her kids. Then he told all who would listen, that he would get his son married to one of the twins.
Now these many years later, his goal had been achieved. He was now forever going to be linked to Kaveri, his first love. He saw in her daughter Kaveri, and his son he saw himself.
Monday, July 5, 2010
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