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The Silent Love
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The silent love
A tale of two heart
Subhansh Sahai,
Rakesh Singh
EDUCREATION PUBLISHING
(Since 2011)
www.educreation.in
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Special thanks
The first few people who come in my mind when I think
of thanking for the completion of this novel are:Kuldeep, Zoya and Priyanka.
No, they were not my best friends till a few months
back, but now I can’t even imagine what the status of
this novel would have been if it was not for them. They
are the staff of Chicago pizza, crown interiorz mall
Mathura road Faridabad.
I want to thank Kuldeep for not throwing me out of
the shop, as all that I ordered in the 8 hours that I spent
there was an espresso. Many days I won’t even order
that.
I would like to thank Priyanka for keeping my
favorite table vacant on the days when I used to get late,
as she knew that I will write only when I am sitting
there.
And a special thanks to Zoya, as she gave me two
things that were most important for me during those
days. The first one is the out of the world espresso that
she used to make personally and the second one is her
smile. While typing non-stop for 8 hours and that to
many days in a stretch, I used to get frustrated and one
look at her ever smiling face was all it took to through
away that negativity.
At last I want to thank the franchise-owner of
Chicago pizza as he has lost a lot of business because I
had occupied one of his tables for 50
days non-stop and not even ones did he ask me to
vacate the seat.
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About The Author
Subhansh as he describes himself is an accidental
engineer and an artist by choice. He says that he does not
know how to imagine a story; he just sees stories around
himself and writes them down in his laptop.
P
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About The Book
What happens when you wake up one fine day and
realise that you are all grown up, like 7-8 years older
than what you think you should be. You don't remember
what has happened in the past few years and you come
across a diary in your handwriting. It tells you about the
only person that you remember. You think that one
might be happy, but what if the series of events that
follow, reveal that you are not who you think you are???
Confused?? Read on to clear your confusion.
P
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31st May 2012
Lying on my roof, I stared at the vast black canvas, stars
sprayed randomly all over it. I could easily relate to the
sky, as my life in itself, was in no way different from it.
Entirely filled with darkness, with few happy moments
with Vani that motivated me to live on and a moon like
glow of a hope, that one day she would walk into my life
and end the loneliness spread over my heart and then
would never leave it. The following lines written by my
younger brother clearly implied my state of mind:
dil k suro k kuch saaz likh raha hu,
Baitha hu tanha kuch aaj likh raha hu,
Soch m hu jiwan kis or ja raha h,
Na soch h yaha, na kuch samajh aa raha h,
Pareshaniyo k bhawar m fir aaj fas raha hu,
baitha hu tanha kuch aaj likh raha hu...
It was 31st may 2013. That day I was alone at my house.
My family was out of station, off to a relative's place and
I was free to do anything that I wished to do. I was lying
on my roof enjoying the night.
The breeze brought with it, the sweet smell of the
Madhumalti flowers planted in front of my house. The
same smell, the same weather that had forced me into
another, not so good state of mind (Wait for 'just love is
not enough') and would have led me to such a state that I
would not have been able to share with you, the story
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which was about to unfold in front of me in the next few
hours.
I laid there looking into nowhere, a cigarette
between my fingers, the smoke making rings as it
vanished in the oblivion, the tobacco casting its spell,
feebly aware of my surroundings, my heart wondering
into the past bringing along with it a familiar and
unbearable pain. It was funny though, that I had started
to enjoy this pain. The flood of memories brought with it
the following lines into existence:
Baitha rahu teri yadon m,
teri yaden he dil ko jalaye,
yaad teri aaye
jab yaad teri aaye...
m usko hardum hasata raha,
mujko tanha koi jo mil jaye,
par raton m tanha he roya karu,
mujhe yaad teri jo sataye,
yad teri aaye
dil ko tanha kar jaaye...
yaad teri aaye...
jab yaad teri aaye...
aankho k aansu bhi sookh gaye,
khushiya bhi raas na aaye,
tu jo ho sang to ye gum bhi hasin,
bin tere khushiya bhi na bhaye,
tu jo mil jaaye...
khushiyan jiwan m aaye...
yaad teri aaye...
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jab yaad teri aaye...'
Deeply engrossed in my past I was dragged into the
reality by the sound of a song:
'ulajhta rahu, jhulasta rahu, teri chahat m jiyu, m
jine ki khwahish m jalta raha, ye kaisi khalish, ye m
karta hu kyu, ishq tere jalwe, har pahar dil m palwe'
from the movie 'Ye Saali Zindagi'.
This was my phone ringing.
Who could call me this late in the night' I thought.
I took my Huawei accent in my hand and looked at
the caller id, which showed 'DEVDAS'.
Why am I not surprised at all?' I smiled.
DEVDAS is the nickname I had given to Rishi, a
friend of mine.
He had this habit of calling me at such odd hours
for useless reasons. For instance, the last time that he
had called me it was 2'O clock in the morning. He had
called just to ask what pneumatic meant, which of course
I did not know.
When I asked him why he wanted to know about it?
He said because there is some company in Noida that
manufactured pneumatic machinery. He had called me
despite the fact that he had a computer and an internet
connection in the very room in which he slept.
My experience with him told me that he was calling
me for some such silly reason. But as always, Mr. Fate
had decided to prove me wrong one more time.
'Hello...' I said as soon as I picked up the call
waiting to hear some stupid question from his side.
'Hello… Akki' he said in a shaky voice.
'Oh My God! Rishi are you drunk?' I asked hardly
able to believe my ears.
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Of all the guys that I knew, Rishi was the last
person whom I could imagine being drunk, but yet, here
he was talking to me on phone, totally wasted, at least he
sounded like it.
'What's up man? What happened?' I asked as my
mind raced up to think of any valid reason as to why he
was drunk, in which of course it failed.
'Can you pick me up?' he asked again in the same
shaky voice.
'What? Like now?' I stammered.
'Yes, is there a problem?' he asked.
'No, not at all'
'But where are you?' I asked as I was sure that he
was somewhere outdoors as I was able to hear the sound
of the crickets and that of crying dogs every now and
then.
'I am outside Meethapur shamshanghat' he replied
in such a casual way as if it was absolutely normal for
someone to sit outside the cemetery after midnight.
'What! What the hell are you doing outside a
cemetery?' I asked horrified by the mere thought of the
thought of being there. Being outdoors at such hours is
another thing but outside the cemetery, Rishi was
pushing me beyond what I could ever have imagined.
It is worth mentioning that Rishi is a very
adventurous guy but he too had his limits.
Mountain climbing and bungee jumping in
themselves were enough to give him the jitters and here
the guy was calling me sitting outside a cemetery at such
an odd hour.
'Nothing…by the way I hope uncle and aunty won't
mind?' he said not wanting to upset them.
'Actually they are out of station and I am alone at
my house' I said feeling relived about the absence of my
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parents, as explaining them where I was going at such
odd hour was difficult in itself but bringing a drunk
friend back with me was more like walking on red hot
coal.
Though they knew Rishi, but they too would never
have imagined that he is into liquor. And even if he is
then too why he wanted to crash at my place instead of
going home that late.
'Good, then come as quickly as possible' he
requested.
'Ok, I'm on my way' I tried to assure him while
preparing myself to go to the cemetery at night. Just the
thought of going to the cemetery was giving me the
chills, I could hardly imagine how Rishi would have
been feeling had he not been high.
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The Silent Love - A Tale of 2 Hearts
01
_____________________________________________
Rishi
(22 may 2014)
„hey RISHI are you all right?‟ I heard someone say as
he kept a hand on my shoulder.
„rishi‟ someone else screamed on the top of their
voice sounding worried.
„who the fuck are these people‟
„where the hell am I?‟
„and why is my vision so blurred‟
„why is my head spinning‟ I thought to myself as I
stumbled.
I was damn sure that I am going to get injured by
this but someone caught hold of my head right before it
was about to hit the floor. It turned out that I was
fainting and right before I could hit the floor someone
standing there had slid below me right in time to catch
hold of my head between his lap and his hands.
„go and inform Menon sir‟
„tell him what has happened‟ screamed the guy who
had caught me.
In the small duration that my blurred vision cleared
I could see some strangers really worried about me.
„he is on his way. We have also called for an
ambulance‟ announced a much matured voice which I
later learned belonged to Arun sir.
~1~
Subhansh Sahai, Rakesh Singh
„move aside, let him have some fresh air‟
announced a much older voice.
„rishi can you move?‟
„do you need us to call someone to help you move?‟
the same heavy voiced man asked supporting me from
my shoulder.
My legs were still unable to hold me up but I got up
and the guy guided me down through a fleet of stairs.
With this everything went black.
P
~2~
02
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„ahh!‟ I growled holding my head as it was hurting
badly.
I was in for a surprise as soon as my vision cleared.
I was in a room that I did not recognize. I was in a
strange room which had only two beds and two
cupboards kept in a corner. I myself was feeling a odd. I
was feeling as if I had gotten a lot heavier and bigger. I
got up holding the wall by one hand as I was still feeling
a bit dizzy. I walked towards the door. Before I could go
out I saw myself in the mirror which was mounted on
the wall just next to the door.
„what the fuck!‟
„how the hell did I grow so much‟ I stammered as
the man looking back at me from the mirror was a grown
24 years old guy. The last I remembered, I was a 15
years old guy.
„Palak…‟ I groaned.
„I had to go to meet palak, she would be leaving for
Allahabad in 3 days‟ I thought to myself.
I moved out of the room into a much bigger hall, it
was then that I realized that I was in an apartment. There
were two more rooms in the apartment, I opened the
doors of the apartment and them to be empty too.
I realized that I was the only one in the entire
apartment so I decided to move out of it.
~3~
While moving out of the apartment I saw a very
peculiar door mat outside the main door. I decided to
look for someone who would know who I was. More
importantly I needed someone who could tell me what
had happened to me. All the apartments on the same
floor were locked from the outside. I took the lift to the
next floor. There I was deciding which door to knock,
when I saw a similar door mat outside an apartment. I
decided to enter that apartment as I had understood there
was some common link between the apartment in which
I had woken up and this one.
The door of that apartment was open so I entered it
without thinking twice. The first door was locked so I
moved towards the next room in the apartment. It was
not locked, so I entered it.
„rishi! What are you doing here? This is girl‟s
apartment‟ screamed a girl as soon as I entered it.
„and anyways Priya‟s room is the next one‟ laughed
the other one
„uh.. sorry‟ I said immediately leaving the
apartment.
I didn‟t know who this priya was, but one thing was
clear that these girls did know me. I had also understood
that I was not meant to be in that apartment so instead of
asking them about what was going on I thought that it
was better to leave. I left the apartment and took the lift
to the ground floor to go out of the building. It was a
really beautiful society. As I moved out of the society,
the security guard saluted me. I had understood that I
must have been living there from quite some time as the
guard knew me. I was trying to decide where to go
standing at the gate when someone kept a hand on my
shoulder.
„where are you going? Come let us smoke‟
~4~
„what the hell does he mean by let us smoke? I am
just a kid‟ I thought to myself. But still I followed him
because I had understood that he knew me and he could
clearly answer the questions that I could not ask the
girls.
As soon as we reached the adjacent shop, the
shopkeeper gave him a large gold flake and me a classic
mild.
„hmm, this means that I do smoke‟ I thought to
myself.
„bro, you had us scared today‟ he said while puffing
the cigarette.
„why? what did I do to do that?‟ I asked him trying
to strike a conversation.
„bro don‟t you remember? You fainted in the class‟
he said looking at me.
„if you don‟t mind, can I ask you something?‟ I
asked him.
„sure‟ he replied a bit uncomfortable as I had had
not replied to his question.
„where am I? who are you?‟
„what the hell has happened to me? How am I so
grown up‟ I asked him giving him the shock of his life.
„I think you should come with me‟ he said throwing
his cigarette and holding me by my arm.
The shock was clearly visible on his face. He
started moving ahead guiding me. I followed him,
thinking that I would get my answers now. He took me
to the next building and we took the lift to second floor.
We stood waiting for the door of flat 204 to open after
knocking it.
An elderly man in his early 60‟s opened the gate.
~5~
„how are you rishi?‟ he asked me as soon as he saw
me.
„fine, but who are you?‟ I asked him upfront now
fed up of waiting to get my answers as palak would have
been waiting for me.
„what do you mean by who I am?‟ he asked clearly
looking tensed as 2 drops of sweat appeared on his
forehead.
„I mean who are you? And how come am I so
grown up‟ I said as I saw the drops of sweat flowing
down his forehead as more drops emerged on his
forehead.
„I am Dr. menon. I am the director of your college‟
„what is the last thing that you recall?‟ he asked
getting tensed.
I told him that I recalled being 15 years old and that
too in Delhi.
„don‟t worry I will take you to the hospital
tomorrow. Go and sleep in your room‟ he told me
indicating the guy with me to guide me to my room.
Menon sir took me to Manipal hospital where I was
diagnosed of retrograde amnesia due to emotional
trauma. I was unable to recall any incident that could
have been emotionally stressful to me. I called my father
to inform him about what all had happened in the past
two days. In the starting he did not even recognize me,
but then after 2 minutes he recognized me. Even he was
unaware of anything stressful that I might be having in
my life. The doctor said that the remaining memories
can come back in due time and he prescribed me Antidepressants.
I was unable to recall anything that I had studied in
that semester hence I was forced to leave my college and
head back to Delhi. While packing my stuff I came
~6~
across a diary which was packed and top of that was a
sticker which mentioned “for my best friend ever”.
„it must be for Akki. There is no other idiot who can
be my best friend‟ I said while unpacking it.
It was clear that I had packed it to give to Akki, but
the requirement of time was for me to read it as it might
help me understand the series of mishaps that had
happened with me. I kept it in my bag and decided to
read it on my way back to delhi in the flight.
„Beta, when is your flight reaching Delhi? I will ask
Akki‟s father to pick you up‟ my father told me when I
was waiting in the guest lounge at the Airport.
„dad, I‟ll book a taxi. There is no need to trouble
him‟ I said.
„he was saying that he will in Gurgaon and that he
will pick you from there. Anyways you are sick and I
don‟t want to hear anything else now‟ he said ordering
me.
I was not left with any other choice but to oblige. I
boarded the flight, which was on time and opened the
diary that I had found in my hostel room.
What unfolded on my way back was my own story
and that is what follows:
A journey of true love that a girl had for a boy, a
journey of the trust and affection that a boy had for a
girl. The journey of a true and purest form of love, a
journey of
SILENT LOVE
A tale of 2 Hearts,
P
~7~
03
_____________________________________________
Rishi
(8 April 2007)
It was the month of April, the temperature was hot and I
was enjoying the so called famous 'Dilli ki garmi'. I lay
down in my bed sweating, a fan running on full speed on
the ceiling, fast asleep wondering into the labyrinth of
my dreams. I was roaming around in a park happily,
laughing my heart out. It seemed that I was very happy.
All of a sudden I felt that someone had called me from
behind. Out of curiosity as to who it was I turned back a
bit too fast and collided with a girl about 16 years old.
She had been holding a flower pot. Due to the collision
the flowers and the pot fell to the ground. After the
collision I gazed towards her face but was unable to
decipher who she was? I kept on looking at her face. She
got angry and said
'What are you looking at? Who do you think will
pick up the flowers?' I was immediately brought to my
senses by this comment, I was embarrassed and I
apologized to her and helped pick up the flowers. With
this, the scene changed and everything became dark. I
don't
know how much time passed, but in the morning I
was woken by my mother at 5'o clock.
„chutti hai to Iska matlab ye nhi ki tum barah bje
take soyege ‟ were her exact words.
~8~
„come on mom let me sleep‟ I begged her to allow
me to sleep for few more minutes. But my mother had
this very strange philosophy that we should get up early
in the morning. If we want to sleep, we can do that after
7 a.m.
I got up as I knew there was not the slightest chance
of my mom allowing me to sleep until or unless I was
sick. I brushed my teeth, washed my face and wiped it
with a face towel. Then my gaze turned slowly towards
my father‟s scooter the famous Bajaj Chetak DL 3SV
0315. Chetak was a two wheeler that had changed the
way that the Indians, traversed. And my father despite of
me begging him to buy a motor cycle since past one year
was adamant on using his old Chetak. And just to be
clear I really mean a really old scooter. What we had
was not the new version of Chetak which was smaller
and lighter than the first one that was introduced in
India. My father was a proud owner of the older version
that was twice as heavy and one-and-a-half-time longer
version, the first and real Bajaj Chetak. It seemed he had
a lot of memories associated with it. He often told me
stories of how his father cried with happiness when he
gave the keys of that beast in my grand pa‟s hands after
a rigorous savings done for almost 4 years. It was the
first real thing that he had bought from his own salary.
Remembering this story always made me promise
myself to buy my father a motorcycle or a car from my
own saving one day so that he too would feel the same
pride that my grand pa had felt that time.
I don‟t know when I had taken a scrap cloth and
had started wiping the scooter engrossed in the memory
of that scooter‟s story. It was a daily routine for me
anyways and I would have done the same even in my
sleep. Ones the wiping was done, I took water in a mug,
soaked the cloth in water and started wiping the scooter
with it till it was shining (at least as much as it could
~9~
have). Then I opened the gate of my house, took it off
the stand and guided the scooter out of the house.
„Don‟t take too long‟ screamed my mother from
inside the house as I kicked to start the scooter.
„I‟ll be back in a jiffy mom‟ I screamed back.
„you always say that but you are always late‟
shouted my mom back.
„ok I won‟t go anywhere‟ I said turning off the
ignition of the scooter and putting it on a stand.
„good. I don‟t know what has happened to today‟s
generation, now their parents can‟t even say anything to
them‟ my mom said looking away from me showing that
she was angry at me.
„God! Mom‟s and their emotional blackmail‟ I
thought to myself before re-starting the scooter and
started down the circuitous roads of my colony to go to
my destination the all so famous
„SHUKLA BOOK DEPOT‟ which could be seen in
almost every corner of Delhi.
Those days it was a daily routine for me. My 11th
class exams were over and every morning I used to go to
the book depot to pick up the morning's English
Newspaper India Express. Usually this was my father‟s
routine but ever since my vacations started, this chore
was dumped on me. This was my father‟s way of
making me a responsible person. Something that my
mother thought was such a wonderful thing as I was
sharing my father‟s burden, as if buying the mornings
newspaper was such a big thing. Anyways I was doing
what I could to avoid a serious emotional drama from
my mother.
While passing a road I saw a man in his mid-40's waving
a hand at me. He was wearing a plain blue jeans
~ 10 ~
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