Thursday, August 17, 2006

Kabhi Alvidaa Naa Kehna...

Read first part here

Check Has to be me's version here

He was shocked to see Sowmya with her husband and kid. It was serendipity and Sagar could feel that Sowmya could read his feelings.

"Hey Sagar. How are you?" asked Sowmya casually.

Sagar gave her a faint smile and they boarded the flight to Kolkatta together. They sat separately in the flight and Sagar was racing his thoughts as how could he avoid her as they were going to the same conference in Kolkatta and were going to be stationed in the same hotel. Not all went planned for him as Sowmya met him again in the dinner table in the hotel with her 5 year old son Deepak.

"Where is your husband?" asked Sagar

"Sagar. Don’t you know that we have been divorced 3 years before." said Sowmya.

Sowmya described how their professional lives had taken toll in their relationship and when she found that her husband was having an affair with his colleague, she put her foot down and called it quits. The divorce was settled amicably with Sowmya winning the custody of her child. She was working now in Bangalore and was in Chennai for a corporate meeting. Her ex-husband was married now to that colleague and incidentally she had run through him the airport today.

After 3 days of the conference Sagar had become best pal with Deepak who seemed to enjoy his company. Sowmya also empathized with Sagar's life when she heard about Asha. They reached Dum Dum International Airport amidst silence which was occasionally broken by Deepak's banter. Sagar got his tickets and stood staring at his wrist watch as if he was expecting some delay.

"The flight 1710 from Kolkatta to Chennai is bound to leave in 10 minutes. We ask passengers to check in" shrieked the announcement. Sagar looked paralyzed and bade good bye to Sowmya and Deepak. Sowmya too felt as if much had been spoken and still left blank between them. She turned to go her terminal and walked a few steps when she heard footsteps running towards her.

It was Sagar who puffed and panted and said "Sowmya...Will...you...marry...me?"

Fighting her tears Sowmya smiled and hugged him. Sobbing she asked "Why so long Sagar...and why here?"

Sagar "You know it Sowmya. I am sentimental."

P.S: Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. This whole story is based on a real incident that happened in Dubai :-)

25 comments:

prithz said...

Real incident ahhhhhhhhh... woooow!!! i can imagine how damn happy the couple would have been... nejammavae true ah???? Ah... i cant get to believe it... cinema la virtual world dhan irukku nu nanaichen...real world kooda irukkaaaa...

KK said...

Real Incident??? can't believe it...perfect cinema maathiri irunthuchu...wow!!! that's amazing....

Ekta said...

oh wow!
Thats some story...short , sweet and thats what i call a climax!!
and if its a true story hope both of them are happy together!

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Anonymous said...

Now thats what i call..."doing what ur heart says"....grt story and kudos to both of them for having the strength to begin their lives all over again!

Aditi said...

Aww for the real incident and happy ending
=)

Sangeeta Ananth said...
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Sangeeta Ananth said...

This is cool...maybe you should send this story to one of the happening directors of bollywood to make it into a movie! Karan Johar style of course (as he seems to be the flavor of the season)with dollops of melodrama and the regular song-dance stuff :D

Has to be me said...

Wow neat! I cant believe that its a real life incident....its too good to be true! And just out of curiousity, r they happily married now?!

Has to be me said...

Hey atleast the womaniser bit in my story was kinda true!!! not bad eh?!! ;)

Krithika said...

Expected the unexpected!Superb!!!

Krithika said...

Godd!!climax was tooo gudd.and its real..unbelievable! :)

s0ulasylum said...

real incident??? sweeeeet! nice story ;-)

shree said...

real incident?? i thought u guyz were purposely killing people for these two to get married, argh!

Sat said...

oye...un kadhayil pizhai ulladhappa
first part-la sagar see Sowmya with her kid and her husband...indha part-la she's divorced him 3 years back...ye baat kuch hazam nahi hui

Sat said...

real incident...now that was a twist!

Priya said...

A good happy ending!!!! Good one.
Your story says love never fails....

Unknown said...

wow! unbelievable! True storya?

Celia said...

No, I dont really think it is stranger. This seems to be very much like fiction..

Ramya said...

happy ending.very pleasant to hear its a real life incident.long live the couple.

Marutham said...

:O Real incident !??? Neenga idhula any role play paneengala ? ;) Kadhai vida koodadhu!!

Harish said...

@Prithz,KK,Ekta,Anand,Aditi,Sangeetha,Has to be me,Krithika,Soulasylum,Shree,Sat,Priya,Karthik,Ramya,Marudham

I was listening to radio one day when a lady was retelling an intresting incident in her life. She stopped maratting till her lover had proposed. The hostess almost jumped out of the building asking if she accepted or not. She said Yes and told that they were gonna be married very soon.

As many of you said, it was one rare instance when true love truimphed though late in a world where love and lovers change faster than party hopping ministers.

The only part i played in this whole issue is that i presented it as a story to you all and I an happy that you all enjoyed it :-)

Enigma said...

whoa really can't beleve it

KC! said...

on prithz's comment - enaku therinju real life-la nadakardhudhan cinema-ku escalate aagudhu. Good story, and a nice ending.

Heidi Kris said...

Very sweet and glad :-)