CHAPTER 2 : AMRIT-KALASH
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"Have you wondered that you are Amrit and I am Kalash" asked Kalash as we were waiting in a traffic jam . There were car honking everywhere as nobody knew what excatly was the reason for the traffic jam.
I did not honk rather I started a beautiful song to play . I had a fascination for beautiful Indian classical music. So I started the rendition of Raag Megh Malhar , a sheer delight to listen.
I looked at Kalash a little confused.
"Yes...you are Kalash and I am Amrit...so...??" asked I .
Kalask looked at me and smiled a little.
"The myth goes like this ...that once Lakshmi , the goddess of wealth disappeared from this earth on the curse of hot headed saint Durvasa.
The whole earth was having no prosperity anywhere. The earth was drowned in darkness . Then Devguru Brihaspati (teacher of the Devata ( heavenly beings) ) suggested to start churning the great ocean for bringing the Goddess back as she is the daughter of Ocean.
But the churning of the great ocean was an uphill task . The Devatas could not do that alone. So , the Asuaras ( demons) should be dragged in. Their cooperation became important, a beautiful example of team work.
The Asuras accepted and the churning of the Great Ocean took place.
Many precious and semi precious things came out of the ocean bed . One of the most precious thing was the Amrit -Kalash . Amrit means the Elixir of Immortality and Kalash means the pot containing and protecting the Amrit.
So I was suggesting that our names matched like a jigsaw puzzle. They made each other complete.
Amrit-Kalash....The pot of the Elixir of Immortality. "
I looked into Kalash's deep blue ocean eyes.
In those eyes...in that moment I could see the Devatas and Asuras were churning the great ocean . The Amrit-Kalash came out of the ocean . Two things that could not be separated from each other. Kalash was meant to protect the Amrit in it and Amrit was to stay in the Kalash forever protected.
Was he suggesting that he , Kalash was meant to protect me , Amrit ?
Was he suggesting that we were made for each other?
Was he suggesting that we should not be separated ??
Was he suggesting that the co-incidence by which we met was divine and it was a cosmic conspiracy ?
I smiled at him .
I smiled back at me .
In the background of the melodious Raag Megh Malhar , he was looking like Lord Indra , the king of the heavenly beings.
Kalash looked at my lips . I looked at his plum pink lips.
Kalash leaned a little forward .
I also leaned a little forward.
We were close enough to feel each other's breath.
Then suddenly there was a loud tap on my car window.
The moment that was at the cusp of forming...broke like a glass.
Kalash moved apart composing himself.
I also composed myself and looked at the source of the noise.
There was a man standing outside my car window .
I opened the window.
That man looked at me and said " Are you deaf or blind or both. The traffic eased minutes ago...we were honking like crazy behind you and you were having your mind under you a** , you bl**dy sh*t ...."
I looked at him with amazed eyes.
So many cuss words at a go.
I was about to reply nicely to that person when a deep loud voice startled me....
"MIND YOUR LANGUAGE...you don't have any right to use cuss words for a person whom you din't know..." said Kalash.
"OH...YOU SHUT UP ...BLOODY BAST***D " said the man .
This time blood shot up straight to my head .
Involuntarily my hands went outside the window and held the man's neck.
I said " Say that again " in gritted teeth.
The man was struggling for air.
Kalash held my hands and said " Amrit ...Amrit...calm down...calm down...leave him....please leave him ..."
I was so angry that I could not losen the grip on the man's neck .
I could take up cuss words hurled at me but not on the man whom I love...
Wait a minute ....what did I just thought...the man whom I love ...goodness a few minutes back he was just my crush...my superfast mind.
"Amrit ...Amrit please leave him ...dear ...please leave him..." said Kalash.
This time my hold on that man loosened a little.
No not because I had forgiven that man rather because a word made me to melt.
"Dear" ....the word "Dear" from Kalash's tongue that too for me.
That was it.
I was on cloud nine.
I losened my grip on the man's neck .
I did not say anything to him .
I looked at the man and smiled and said " Thank you !!!"
I closed the window and ignited the car's engine and gave a good acceleration. The car whooshed and we were out of the area of the commotion.
Kalash looked back through the car's rear glass.
I smiled and said " What are you looking at ???"
Kalash looked at me and said " I was looking at the expression of that man whom you just said a Thank you after giving him a good strangle on his neck . "
I chuckled a little .
Kalash looked at me and asked " Why did you say a "Thank you " instead of "Sorry" to that guy. ???"
I looked at Kalash and then looked at the road in front.
"Because he made me to hear what I wanted to hear. " said I .
Kalash looked at me confused.
I smiled a little and said " When I was strangling that guy ...someone was desparately trying to calm me down. In that desparation he said ,'Amrit "DEAR" calm down'....I wanted to hear that from him.. so I said that asshole a Thank you..even though he used cuss words for you. "
Kalash looked at me.
I could see the blushes on his cheeks from the corner of my eyes.
He smiled a little and said " Oh..I see !!"
"Then I should have thanked that asshole too..." said Kalash.
This time I looked at him surprised.
"Why ??? Because he had used that bus**** word for you .....Roychoudhary scion ???" asked I a little amuzingly.
He said " Yes...exactly for that. "
I was really surprised then ....
"What !!! Are you out of your mind ...??" asked I.
Kalash smiled a little and said " No...rather now my mind , head and heart all are falling in line...."
I looked at him confused .
He smiled at me and said
" Well , when that asshole used cuss words for you , you did not react. You were really calm and composed. But when he called me Bas**** then you lost it and you held his neck . You were so enraged. Rather I must say you were behaving protective . You were protective towards me....I wanted you to be ....protective towards me...so should have thanked him " said Kalash explaining.
This time I could feel blood shooting up to my cheeks . I knew I was blushing and my cheeks were giving away my liking for him.
He looked at me and chuckled and said " Oh...you are adorable....!!!!"
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