Katra Katra 3 Grand Finale -Pgs 19 and 23 - Page 10

😳 😳 😳 😳 Loved it

tumtum talk,,,,,,,,,corridor scene ...awesome 👍🏼
guys talk about their life ahead and suraj and suggestion to shaan for khanak ...lovely 😊

two more parts only 😲

i m going to miss it so much 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

but u have real life too apart from forum ,so cant pester u , and cant force u to give update as per ur convience otherwise it will be inconvenient for me , because i will sit and keep refreshing page every few minutes to look whether u have updated or not ,,,, so this risk i cant take 😛😛

thanks for such a lovely FF and such natural scenes and dialogs

love u
suchi

Part 54

Friday 7am..H7 Room 201

Shaan was up and about..he actually wanted to go through his whole submission once over before the meeting this morning..his phone chimes..a message from wifey..

Goodest luck..

He smiles..replies..

Thank you..

The phone rings..Shaan answers..

Shaan: Yello..

Khanak: Aap uth gaye??

Shaan: Hmm..School nahin jaana..?

Khanak: leaving in fifteen minutes..

Shaan: breakfast khaya?

Khanak: (smiles with a safety pin between her teeth): Mmm Hmm..

Shaan: Chai pee ya?

Khanak: (holding the phone between her shoulder and neck): Mmm Hmm..

Shaan: Saree pehna?

Khanak: Busss..almost done..

Shaan: Mai aajao madat karne?

Khanak: Mmm..koyee zaroorat nahin..

Shaan: (bursts laughing): Agar main please boluu tabh bhi?

Khanak: Tab bhee..

Shaan: Khanak..kitne bajje mil rahee ho..??

Khanak: most probably shaam ko..

Shaan: Kyun? Class hai..?

Khanak: Before that..I have to go and book ticket..i don't know how long it will take..and then I have a class..

Shaan: (irritated): Why can't you cancel your class for one day?

Khanak: (ignores his childishness): Main aapke liye bhi book karoon?

Shaan: Kyun?

Khanak: Baroda ke liye..Sunday Monday..

Shaan: My parents are back ..

Khanak: I know..I thought..

Shaan: I know what you thought..but I cannot..

Khanak: You cannot or you don't want to..??

Shaan: Dekho Khanak..I have a few days before I start my job..I want to spend it with friends here..I don't know when I am going to see everyone again..

Khanak: Most of them are leaving on Sunday..

Shaan: Khanak..I think I have said what I want to say..

Khanak: What does that even mean?

Shaan: I cant come this time..you go ahead..I am not stopping you..have I ever?

Khanak: that's right..you have not..how nice of you..!!

Shaan: Khanak..why are you pushing this?..

Khanak: because I think its important..

Shaan: It can wait..

Khanak: I am getting late for school..don;t worry, I will book only one ticket..

Shaan: I will see you in the evening..Khanak..?

Khanak: Jee..

Shaan: I can't bear it if you are unhappy..I have to know you are okay before I go for the submission..

Khanak: I am okay..Shaantanu..aap jayiye..

Shaan: So you are not angry with me??

Khanak: Hmmm..I am putting it on hold..good luck!!

Shaan: (smiles): Bye..

Khanak disconnects and realizes maybe he is selfish after all..or can be if he wants to..Shaan disconnects and knows he was selfish..and she let him be..this little fact appeases and at the same time saddens him to no end..He goes back to his papers..

Friday 1:30 pm..H11 Mess

Mohita: Kya matlab nahin aayegaa..??

Khanak: I think he wants so time..!!

Mohita: For what?..guys are so freaking typical..

Khanak: (laughs): He places as much importance on meeting my parents as I do..I suppose..and I guess he does not want to meet Suraj's father and Gopi yet..

Mohita: Come on..why are you giving him so much leeway??..he is being difficult..!!

Khanak: He is..but I can use it against him elsewhere..I suppose..

Mohita: WHAT???!!!..Khanak sayaani ho gayee..manipulation tum par achaa nahin dikhta..(grins)

Khanak: (smiles): Tumhara sangat ka asar hai.. I cannot be angry with him for too long..

Mohita: and kyun bhala?

Khanak: Kyunki main..

Mohita: usse pyaar kartee ho..

Khanak: nahin..!

Mohita: Usse pyaar nahin kartee..???

Khanak: nahin usse bhi kuch jyaada..

Mohita: aur woh kya hai?

Khanak: Don't know how to explain..

They have finished eating..they start walking to Khanak's room..Khanak switches on the fan..brings her box of jewellery and they open it

Mohi: So I can take anything??

Khanak: Haan baba..anything..

Mohita: I love you for this..

Khanak: Matlabi kahin ki..(smiles)

Khanak pulls the pillow from the bed and hugs it while Mohi keenly looks at the various pairs of earrings and rings..looks up and suddenly..

Mohita: Arrey pillow ke cover mein kuch hain..

Khanak: (turns the pillow..but in the process it slips way in): Kya hai..

Mohita: Pata nahin..something metallic..

Khanak: (separates the pillow from the insert and flips the cover): Uff..

And lo and behold there on the floor is her shinning payal..the very payal she had left for her husband..to remember her..who has..not seen it..because he has sent his bed to her..and has been sleeping on her bed..because he didn't need anything to remember her..he just wanted her to be with him..in any form..she smiles..tears in her eyes..holds the payal ..and says..

Khanak: Main unse pyaar se jyaada kartee hoon..aur kyun na karoon..he looks out for me, yet has never stifled me, he puts my emotions first before his fears, he lets me be me yet he wants me with him, he is selfish about us but selfless in his feelings for me, when he holds me, it tells me he more than loves me..and that is what I feel for him..Mohita..it is more than love..yeh jo rishta hai..shaadi ka..main unki hoon aur woh mere..it is a 50-50 partnership for life..

Mohita: (stares at her friend and has tears in her eyes herself): Khanak.. (holds her hand): Jaa uske paas..

Khanak: (wipes her tears): Meri saari jewellery hadapne ka isse achaa plan aur kya ho sakta hai??

The two girls laugh..wiping their tears..

Friday 2:15 pm..Outside Mechanical Engineering Department

Shaan has just completed an extremely successful submission..he steps out of the building..and is about to call his wife..when he realizes his phone is completely out of battery..he sees two very familiar figures sitting on the bench outside the department..he walks by..

Amit: Hey Shaan..whatsup?

Shaan: Hey Amit..Hi Tina..

Tina: Hi Shaan..

Shaan: Tum dono yahaan?

Amit: Actually Tina came over to help me pack and room mein electricity nahin hai..thinking of catching some cold coffee..

Shaan: Oh..

Amit: where's Khanak?

Shaan: Umm..(looks at his watch): most probably in school

Tina: Oh yeah..she also gives private lessons right?

Shaan: (ignores the condescending tone): How do you know?

Tina: I think Amit mentioned it that day when we met her..

Shaan: Who?

Tina: Your wife??!!!..

Shaan: Yu met her??..where??

Tina: She didn't tell you..few days ago..why didn't she tell you?

Amit: Its not important..

Tina: Oh..of course..she is so cute..must have been embarrassed that I mentioned your mole..

Amit: WHAT????!!!..whats wrong with you Tina??

Tina: Oh come on..its no national secret or something..everyone knows me and Shaan have been there..done that..

Amit: WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU??

Tina: WHY ARE YOU YELLING?

Shaan: (fists and opens his hands): Both you calm down..Amit, stop standing up for my wife..with a girlfriend like this one..you need to learn to stand up for yourself..Tina..I never want to see you again near us..near me..near Khanak..ever again..

Tina: Listen..Shaan..calm down..we can talk this out..

Shaan: I am calm..the only ones yelling are both of you..there is nothing to talk about..

Tina: Shaan..I am sorry..I realize..she is a simple girl..I should have been more tactful..wait a second

Shaan: You know Tina..you don't know Khanak at all..you don't know what is to be simple yet never stupid, what it is to be passionate yet never aggressive, what it is to hold on yet know to let go, what it is to pause and love yet never wait.. you don't know US at all ..Khanak is my wife..and I her husband..this is a partnership for life..50-50..Bye both of you..now I need to go to my wife..because she won't wait..

Shaan sprints off..his jansport on his back..running across to find a tumtum that goes to KV offices..needs to get her before..damn his phone..

Friday 3:30pm..at a tum tum stop..

Shaan has searched high and low for his wife..she was not in the school..not at the KV office..he even stepped into the neighbouring family housing office..was standing there with an envelope from them..they had irritated him even more..he has two options..check at her room..or go back to his room and charge the phone and call her..he gets into the tumtum..decides to try her room..because her stupid uncle must be having chai..

Friday 4pm..on a tumtum enroute to H7

Shaan is frustrated..his wife has disappeared from the face of the bleeding campus..there is no sign of her..he is mad at himself for not charging his phone..he stares outside.. wonders what must have gone though her when that idiotic Tina talked crap..he is suddenly shameful ..remembers her questions that night..he understands it now..he is angry she did not tell him straight up..he knows she did nt want to put him in a spot..why does she love him so??..his eyes smart..with tears as he gets off his stop..she loves him..she was getting over Suraj's death, she was finding a new life in her music for herself..and through it all..she stopped..to love him..back!!

He drags himself up to his room..opens the door..and there on the bed..is his wife..sleeping..resplendent in a saree..with hair strands flying under the air of the fan..and her one hand over her waist and one hand over her eyes..and the book..Agni Rekha..the yellow and the crimson on the jacket of the book contrasts with her bottle green saree..sits on the bed next to her..and on the bed he visualizes sheer poetry..

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Zindagee hain..behne do..

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Review Mandatory

the so vivid imagery that you created at the end...i am in love with it...

so many realizations and revelations in a day...so many changing points...

lovedd her realization and the contrast of what he was and wasnt and what they were and werent. it was brilliantly written. and then shaan mirroring the same...not only in words but in actions...nicely done.

your characters arent short of their own trials and tribulations. yet they have always come across collected and rational. and most of all content.

it makes me sad to know this is really ending in another one or two parts. i hope you eventually come back with it post a break.

😍😳 loved it sooo much

the feeling of both of them about their relationship is so sweet and emotional 😭 i had teary eyes too like mohita

mohita and khanak convo was good 😊

shaan, amit and tina confront's was awesome 👍🏼

amit is such a bad guy , knowing eveything about tina , still he is with her, cant believe it 😲

awesome story ,it imprints in my heart ⭐️

will miss it 😭

thanx for d update 😊

THANKS TO EVERYONE ESPECIALLY

@Ramani: Arrey yaar..sometimes dessert ka luft bina khaye ya bina padhe le lo..hehehe..all your queschens answered in updates and on previous page..

@AG: thanks a lot..I am perfectly fine now..thanks for reading and leaving a comment

@Dish: Thanks so much re..am glad you liked the updates..

@Sweetvidisha: thanks so much for commenting..was wondering if you were still reading at all?

@Deepali: Thanks re..btw, loved your song dedication in the previous thread..loved loved it

@Suchi: thank you maydam

@KIRUCHINA: maydam..you decide to break your silence when I decide to end..hmm..iss picture mein kuch tho wrong hai

@Rooji- thanks for your comments..they are definitely more than friends..much much more..

@Chris- your comments never fail to make me smile..never ever..thank you for being one of the best readers of Katra..thanks so much..sometimes I wonder if I am really as good as your comments portray..you are one of those readers who has always got my shanak from day 1..

@Naveen: keh dena wohee hoga jo man chahe..hehehe..

@Shal: yep it is ending..in fact the next part shall be the final part..love you for loving Katra..extremely amazing couple they are..

@Ray: thanks so much for reading despite all the torment..

@Gaayu: Thanks re..coming from you..thats a compliment indeed

@Purvi: thank you

@Suchi: Hmm..dont be so quick to judge Khanak re..Shaan sulks a lot too..in fact Khanak has manaoed him before..they both sulk..they both make up..as Update 54 says..yeh 50-50 hai

@Chris: DR.Shreela was probably one of the best things after Suraj that happened to Shanak..her stand to not to do traditional counseling but on meeting them let them be and find themselves to each other ..because if a marriage can withstand constant push and pull..it can withstand anything..

@Dish: Shaan comes with his baggage that may not be kosher at all..I am a sucker for writing characters that bring two people together..it is my favorite thing..bittu is one such..it adds so much realisim to the story..and that touch which makes you feel everything is right in the world..becos most times a couple is never alone while finding love..there are others who help in the search..

@Mystory: THANKS for calling it Fresh air..I think someone else said that too..yes, I strive to write stories which are not complicated..subtle in their telling and simple in the sensibility of characters..I shall miss writing it too

@DJ: It is one of my FAVORITE songs..and Sadhna in this song is beautiful and the lines..yeh dil sambhal le zaraa..main thodi der jee tho loon..nashe ki ghoont pee tho loon..are to die for..AND OF COURSE the lines that reflect KATRA KATRA the most..Abhi tho kuch Kahan nahi..Abhi tho kuch suna nahi..

@Kari: Aww cutie..adhoorapan mit jaayega..jo tum usse aur khula choddho..kissi aur cheez pe dil aa hi jaayegaa..

@Roshni: Thanks dear..

@Varsha: thank you maydam

@Candy: Your lines on LOVE..fabulous..just fabulous..

@Sweetshona: Thanks

@Ammu: dekhte hai..I shall be extremely busy next few weeks..am out of circulation completely..shall only be back end of month..so lets see then..

@Ujjwala: Oye where are thou comments??..I shall be back..don't know with what and when exactly..but I never say never

@Jyothi: Dude..dont talk silly..pagalpanti bandh kar..FF ke peeche koyee marta hai kya??..I might start another one but not before end of this month

@Jess: Thanks ga for your comments and that beautiful song..tujha comments majhya FF la chaar chand detat..

@Shalini: Thanks for loving those lines..I want to believe that dialogues are my forte..I strive to write good meaningful realistic lines..I do hope they have gotten better now with my fifth story..

@MadhuTanu: How sweet of you to write this..really sweet..I shall be considering writing..but it shall only happen by end of this month..as for now 55 shall be the final part of Katra Katra..so sorry dear..

@Krithika: thanks sweetie..for being a regular commentator on my story..thanks so much from the bottom of my heart..

@Angel: HAILA..you caught up with all the UPDATES..LOVE YOU LOADS for that..thanks so much re

@Minnu: thanks re..iss aadat ko anaddat kara do..ya phir Katra pehle part se padh lo..

@Annie: Loved your observations..and as for your Amit-tina thing..I do hope Part 54 shall throw light on it..most questions answered in Part 54 and on previous pages to Ramani..come back soon

@Saranya charu: thanks re

@Shalini: You have no idea how much I am going to miss my puntar gang..

@Chris and Mystory: HUGS to you..ab mentalpanti band karo and comment on final two parts..achaa lambaa comments dena

@Soni4eva: thanks re

@Candy: why is a quote missing for 54?..aage se aisa na ho..nahin tho teri khair nahi..samjhi..mwahaha

@Ammu: I LOVE the trio too..they are inspired by my best buddies from college..I hope all of you have such fabulous friends too

@Shal: thanks re for pointing out the joint decision..i was striving for it..thanks so much re

@Suchi: Chal tere risk se azaadi..agla part final walla hua..ahhehehehe..don;t be so hard on Tina or Amit..insecurities emerge in various ways..we all do stupid things..we must learn from them..and in life we will get what we deserve..

@Chris: Thanks my dear..like I said..you get it..everytime..you have been a fabulous reader..if I come back..its my earnest hope you will too..

ALL THOSE WHO PRESSED LIKE: Umm..Arrey yaar jo log 53 parts mein kuch seekha nahi..woh ab kya khaak seekhenge..

PART 55 shall be the concluding part of KATRA KATRA

THANKS ONE AND ALL FOR LOVING IT SO..

Fantastic description of a wife and husband's relationship.

Look out but let go ... pause-n-love but not wait ...passionate but not aggressive ... haaye

Lovely ...

Will Shaan go to Baroda ... Khanak is been asking him multiple times, but when he asks her whether she is angry she says she will hold, as she knows if she says yes, it will bother him in his submission that morning ... hain na?

I hate Tina ... Finally Amit also saw that she was a waste! Good! Shaan's answer to them was so well said ... I hope she stays out of their lives now.

Love this Shanak a lot ... not much demand, just basic togetherness is all that is sort ... no ego hassles, no unrealistic demands ... pure love!

Kash ... (if only I could be 50% of this Khanak ... then may be I would have got 50% of this Shaan ... )

~Cheers,
Dish

glad you are feeling better loved the update!

saaz beautiful update... loved it👏👏

hugs to u 🤗🤗
👏
loved their conv

still confused y he doesn't want to go

the conv b/w mohi and khanak was very shweet

pyaar se bhi zyaada... haye... actually wht i wanted to read😊

finding the payal secne and then these lines

Khanak: Main unse pyaar se jyaada kartee hoon..aur kyun na karoon..he looks out for me, yet has never stifled me, he puts my emotions first before his fears, he lets me be me yet he wants me with him, he is selfish about us but selfless in his feelings for me, when he holds me, it tells me he more than loves me..and that is what I feel for him..Mohita..it is more than love..yeh jo rishta hai..shaadi ka..main unki hoon aur woh mere..it is a 50-50 partnership for life😍... superb... amazing.. i actually read these line 5 times

i wanted to kill tina... is amit really a good guy or a grey shade character

Shaan: (fists and opens his hands): Both you calm down..Amit, stop standing up for my wife..with a girlfriend like this one..you need to learn to stand up for yourself..Tina..I never want to see you again near us..near me..near Khanak..ever again.😃... now i know wht ppl means by THA KAR KE

Shaan: You know Tina..you don't know Khanak at all..you don't know what is to be simple yet never stupid, what it is to be passionate yet never aggressive, what it is to hold on yet know to let go, what it is to pause and love yet never wait.. you don't know US at all ..Khanak is my wife..and I her husband..this is a partnership for life..50-50..Bye both of you..now I need to go to my wife..because she won't wait.😍... hayeela... he's a perfect husband... lovely lines☺️ especially the one in pink... got my mind.

em actually happy that he alwayz proves her wrong

He drags himself up to his room..opens the door..and there on the bed..is his wife..sleeping..resplendent in a saree..with hair strands flying under the air of the fan..and her one hand over her waist and one hand over her eyes..and the book..Agni Rekha..the yellow and the crimson on the jacket of the book contrasts with her bottle green saree..sits on the bed next to her..and on the bed he visualizes sheer poetry... beautifully penned

it was fab...👍🏼 i read the updates to 've a soundful sleep but i dun fink i can sleep now

but surely its a gud nite for me coz i've sumthing beautiful to fink abt😊

continue soon.

P.S will try commenting on the other updates at weekend

Humein tumse pyaar kitna,

Why ending so soon, thode aur details tho dena ... kaise move karenge to the new house, the way they settle down, going to baroda ... thodasa tho ... plzzz

Aur ye family housing ka kya chakkar hain ... that they both keep going there ... bandra mein office and staying in family housing in powai?


~Dish
(Nothing to be cheerful ... hmph!)