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The lawn of The Lalit Golf and Spa Resort, Goa was decked up in orange theme décor. The swimming pool was shining with the reflection of the lights while floating in it were some beautiful and handpicked lotus flowers. Tons of flower petals were stocked to shower on the VVIP invitees of Mr. Gupta and 30 Mercedes were racing between the airport and the venue to pick the guests. A guest list of 1800 people, caterers from across the world, celebrity event manager and a destination wedding charged the Gupta family a whooping amount yet the happiness was all worth it. An addition to the family was expected to bring a lot of prosperity and happiness. The 2 business rivals were turning into relatives as their kids were getting hitched, opening up a lot of doors in the business field. Any bit of an inside story was been craved by the paparazzi outside the hotel gate. While the world had their eyes glued at the celebration, there was someone at the venue who was not struck by the happiness bug. Looking at her henna clad hands, Kavita couldn’t restrain her tears to her eyes. Attending the wedding of the love of her life with someone else was not something she ever thought of. While the pre-wedding functions were skipped by her, wedding could not have been skipped.
The lights went dim and a spot light was thrown at Siddharth and Kriti as they walked down the aisle, hand in hand, to the main stage. Both bride and groom were decked up in designer clothes and customized jewelry for the D-day. Kavita kept walking parallel to them, at a distance till they reached the main stage to proceed to the ritual of pheras and seek the blessings of elders. Standing right next to the stage, she recalled the promises they had made to each other and plans they had to get marriage, in a private ceremony, at a famous church in London. But things aren’t as easy and smooth as you imagine them to be. Their respective families would never have accepted them and Kavita, somewhat, knew this well before getting into the relationship. “But love knows no rules and restrictions. It just happens”, she kept saying that whenever the topic of disclosing the relationship to of the family popped up.
Breaking the thought bubble of the beautiful memories from the past, Kavita heard the Pandit Ji asking Siddharth to put sindoor on Kriti’s forehead. Taking a pinch of sindoor, Siddharth came near Kriti and put of hint of it on her forehead & the Pandit Ji pronounced them husband and wife. A tear rolled down Kriti’s eye as she looked at Kavita standing next to the stage. “Good bye Kavita” & “Good bye Kriti”, their eyes said to each other. Loving someone of the same gender was still not accepted by most of the Indian families and all they hoped at the moment was to be with each other in the next life they get.
lovely story!
A bit melodramatic!
Beautifully penned and the ending just took the cake away. #MyFriendAlexa #ShubhraReads
Ohh I just loved the unexpected twist at the end… Didn’t see that coming… A very good post.
Right!! Loving someone of the same gender was still not accepted by most of the Indian families.
A tale with a twist is always interesting. Very well written.
Thank you.
Very True. People need to change their mentality and just let everyone be.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
andd I loved reading it!! amazinggg!
loved the twist in the end! it’s sad that same gender weddings are still looked down upon in our country. nice story!
Great twist at the end… Inspite of the fact that homosexuality has been decriminalized we have a long way to go before the Indian society accepts it…
Now that comes with a twist, we may never know many of such relations got crushed under societal pressures.
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Beautiful story and loved the unexpected twist Parul. Hoping they get acceptance in society during our lifetime!
You should write more of short fiction as you are good at it. keep it up!
Loved the narrative. I couldn’t miss a single word. Very gripping. Sadly for society the meaning of love is still as it was in 1940’s #damurureads #myfriendalexa
good attempt at short fiction
A twist in the end! Wow, loved the words:)
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Nice short story. I liked the previous one too. She broke a vow.
Ahh…Parul that was quite interesting. At the last moment, it was disclosed else I was thinking the couple as boy and girl. Good take.
That was an interesting plot but its sad that she marries a man even though she is a lesbian. Her whole life is ruined. #wordsmithkaurreads #MyFriendAlexa #BlogChatter
beautiful story. loved the twist at the end of it.
The LGBT community had it’s anniversary for its legality within the last few days! And it’s going to take decades for our community to accept that not everyone’s life has to follow the same ideology!
Great story with nice twist! Happy blogging! 😀
What an interesting end amazing story.As a reader throughout the story I was like yeah story must be all about a sad ending if loving couple on the name of caste creed or business deal ,but but but (3times😄) climax left me awestruck, loved it! Still Very hard to accept same gender relation in our society where intercaste relationship is still struggling for acceptance in some part of Indian society( village/state) .
Oohh love the story, felt like reading more, though twist was unexpected.
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Oh I totally was not expecting the twist at the end… Very beautiful and cleverly written
Your twist in the end was not expected. We have evolved however there are many things which still need attention.
Beautifully written and expressed.
I was not expecting the twist in the end. This a very nice piece of fiction. 🙂
What a brilliant story. I was glued till the end. Loved the twist in the tale.
I loved the twist at the end… Amazing story. 💕
The post reminds me recent movie of Sonam kappor “Ek ladki ko…”. you had written it beautifully, lovely write up. #Surbhireads #Myfriendalexa
Omg! That’s so heartbreaking. Yet it’s a sad reality for many. I loved the story. I did not see that ending coming! Great job. I’m loving all your stories!
Lovely, it’s an amazing twist at the end of the story.
Loved the ending… And your are right Indians need to do much better on acceptance front…
It was nice.. A good twist..
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Enjoyed the story! Keep writing #TinaReads
Wow! The story gave me jitters. Thanks for sharing this. #MyFriendAlexa #CloudandSunshineReads
This is an interesting tale with an unexpected twist. And thoughtful.
Nicely written. this is the truth of our country today, and alas, despite the laws changing, people’s mindsets have still not evolved. stories are the only way to create the space for conversations.
Loved the surprise ending.
Best read of the day. Loved these short fiction stories of yours.
Wow!! Lovely twist!! 🙂
I think I have somewhere read this story of yours before too… Just don’t remember where. But I loved the twist before and now too..
What an unexpected twist in the end. Loved it. Love is love but accepting it in any other form expect for love between opp gender is still not happening. It’s a sad reality.
Wow, how beautifully written. So difficult to imagine the emotions if this happens in real life.
Omg, that’s such a heart-wrenching story. It is sad that this story actually tells the real tale of many people across the globe. I wonder when will we understand love and its true call. I was absolutely taken aback by the twist in the end.
Loved the story
This is a heartbreaking story. And it happens so many times. I hope thoughts and times change and people who love others of the same sex can be together.
We have to learn to accept “as it is”. I wonder when our society starts accepting this.