A special chapter for Book lovers out there!!!!! It's in a memory of my childhood filled with books. There are no specifics you need to know about the books though if you have read those books you can relate better.
Shaurya-Hey. Anokhi? Aaj?
Anokhi-Har baar puchke aana padega? Last time bhi yehi pucha.
Shaurya-Bilkul nhi. Aao andar. Kya hua? In fact I am glad tum aayi. Aaj chutti hai so tumhe ek baar bhi nhi dekha.
Anokhi-Yeh kya padh rhe ho aap? Famous five?
Shaurya-I know bachon ki books hai but it's great stress relief to reread childhood books.
Anokhi-U stressed?
Shaurya-Not exactly. Therapy pe gya tha toh doctor ne bola ki live your negative thoughts but also embrace fun stuff. And this feels so nice and warm.
Anokhi-Achaa.Waise tum yeh padh rhe ho toh mujhe bhi ek book do.
Shaurya-Tum bhi?
Anokhi-Let's say mera bhi same. Stressed but not stressed and they have a laugh.
Shaurya-Chalo meri life ka ghar ka sabse important, beautiful hissa dikha tha hoon. (Mera I mean FF writer jisne yeh likha uska bhi dil aur jaan hai books)
He takes her to his library.
Shaurya-Pata hai life mein koi bhi dhoka dede. Kitni bhi nafrat ho, kitna bhi pain ho books aapka sath kabhi nhi chodte. Woh bas aapke sath rehte hai. Cliche hai but mera sach hai. (FF writer ka bhi)
Anokhi-Cliche kahan. Though mera nata textbooks se zyada rha hai but padhai hi toh hai. Jisne mujhe sab diya hai life mein.
Shaurya-Toh let me show you around.
U know me and Shitij mera dost yahan hang out karte the. Kitna acha waqt kata yahan pe. Kitabon ki chav ke neeche..... Uske baad yahan kisiko nhi laya. Tum uske baad pehli ho. And thats what you mean to me
Anokhi-I am truly honoured.
Shaurya-Toh tour wahin se start karte hai. Padhi hai 3 investigators? One of the book series I liked.
Anokhi-What about it. I think they take themselves too seriously. Chalk se question mark banake uske code samjhne wale
Shaurya-Haaaawwww. Bachon se aur kya expect karti ho.
Anokhi-Woh bhi point hai.
Shaurya-Waise don't laugh. Mujhe bhi banana tha.
Anokhi-Kya 3 investigators?
Shaurya-Haan me, Shitij and teesra mila hi nhi.Yash chota tha toh.....
Yash-Bhaiya ab banalo.
Shaurya-Ab kaise banega. Ek Shitij US settle ho jayega. And Shaurya gets really sad.
Yash-Anokhi and mere sath bana lena.
Shaurya-Shitij ke bina nhi hai koi point. I really really really miss him. But samjhta hoon uska boyfriend hai wahan. Toh. (Shitij is gay what better character to put in the story in the pride month. Just mentioning it explicitly because in the story gay people are not going to be portrayed any differently from the straight ones. The difference is he has a boyfriend that's it. So explicit mentioning was necessary.)
Yash-Bhai aap. Sambhalo apne aap ko.
Shaurya-Mera best friend. Ab yaad aa rhi hai call bhi nhi kar paunga time difference hai.
She rubs his back to comfort him. And them says to distract him. Anokhi-Baki library bhi toh dikhaiye.
Shaurya-Ok now my next stage of book life is Agatha Christie. Ok try to guess my favourite one?
Anokhi-Itne saare mein se.
Shaurya-I don't read Marple. (A common character in the books)
Anokhi-What a clue? Itne saare Poirot mein se kaise?(Another recurring protagonist in the series.)
Shaurya-I don't care. Try toh kar.
Anokhi-Ok obvious wala hi uthati hoon. Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
Shaurya-Ok obviously one of my favourites though not the favorite.
Anokhi-Towards Zero?
Shaurya-Same I love towards Zero. Remember the opening?
Anokhi-Yup. So true we will all walk unknowingly towards our zero. The end of life. And there are so many parameters to it more often than not.
Shaurya-Achaa mein guess karoon tumhara favourite?
Anokhi-Go ahead Shaurya Sabbarwal.
Shaurya-Ok They came to Baghdad.
Anokhi-How did you?
Shaurya-Simple hai dono bhag jete ho. Woh boredom ki wajah se aur tum family ki wajah se. He realises what he said. Anokhi I am.
Anokhi-I take that as a compliment. Usse better female character koi nhi padhi aaj tak across genres and times and authors.....
Shaurya-Agreed. Fun, vivacious, adventurous!! Waise ek aur coinidencence hai. Usse bhi professor type professor nhi but atleast type insaan se pyar hota hai. Aur tumhe bhi.
Anokhi-Woh archeologist tha. Usko professor bana diya?
Shaurya-Arre tumhe nhi pata after he gets the girl and book khatam hota hai woh London mein professorship leta hai.
Anokhi-Kya aap bhi naa kahaniyan banate ho bas.
Arre tumhe cheer up karne ke liye taj mahal ke eliva kuch bhi bana sakta hoon.
Anokhi-So cheesy you are Shaurya Sabbarwal. Cheese ke jagah ice cream pe concentrate karo.
Shaurya- Wohi karna padega. And he moves towards her lips
Anokhi-Shaurya tum naa. Itne romantic.
Shaurya-Achaa and that is a bad thing?
Anokhi-Nhi magar baad mein.
Shaurya-Moving on mera favourite guess karo.
Anokhi-Woh toh karke rehungi. I want u to never tell me. Ek naa ek din aapki pasand exactly dhoondke nikalungi.
And that day I will know we can come no more closer for we will be in each other truly kyunki aap ka dil aapki kitabein hai naa?
Shaurya-Hmmm. Uss din ka intezar rhega. Jaldi jaldi crack karo isko.
Anokhi-Sure.
Ok so how did you find this chapter?
Did you not enjoy it because of the book references? Did that alienate you? If it did I will take the story forward differently. Any books that you read that feature in my chapter let me know in comments. What books that you enjoyed do you want to see in my next chapter? Do add in comments. I will try to incorporate some of them. For those not into books no worries. We are going to move from book love soon.
VOUS LISEZ
Dating Diaries
Roman d'amourSome fun moments during their dating phase after all the conflicts on Shaurya's side of the family have been resolved. Refer to beginning of Goa diaries to know where things are....( Sabbarwals basically accept Anokhi.)
