Sunday, February 10, 2019

Shikarpur days (Parvati's return)

She could touch them and hold them. her mind is still fuzzy from the morning blue but she was definitely holding the toy. She could sense the texture, shape and pressure of the object, which came to her as a surprise. The kids were looking at Parvati with excitement as they knew how much it bothered her.

" I can't believe it,"  Parvati told with tears in her eyes. She hurriedly got up went to wash her face. After splashing a mug of water into her face, she came to her senses. She put the mug back but it falls to the ground.
" May be I am getting nervous, I must calm down." Parvati thought as she went back to Lata's bedroom.
"Parvati, good morning again. How are you feeling? Congratulations !" Lata cheered her.

Parvati went back to the bed and grasped the toy to show others. The toy went up but in her excitement, it slipped from her hand. Again she tried holding it, but this time her hand went through the toy.

"Why?" Parvati shouted in confusion. A panic spread in the children's mind.  They were back to the square one. Parvati couldn't hold anymore. Lata was there, consoling Parvati while holding her hands while other kids returned to their home to get ready as they had to return back to Parvati's home. They decided to not speak about it for some time so that Parvati calms herself and things get settled. A new hope had brought this morning as they saw Parvati could touch the objects.

Its was little later in the morning, when they started their journey back. Everyone were silent and were only focused on reaching the valley and then to the caves. As soon as they entered the cave, a gentle and warm wind blew as if it's embracing and welcoming them. Goddess knew what happened and she wanted to bring back Parvati's smile. And thus, they reached the valley of illusion, Parvati's home.

"Parvati, are you alright?" Dhanush asked with a tender voice.
"hmm, I think so." Parvati said in a small voice. She was puzzled and didn't knew how to react. The visit to the village gave her both happy and sad memories and this morning was a big surprise for her.

"Parvati, don't worry, you will surely touch them again." Sambhu added, " We just have to find out the way to do it."
" Yes, yes....you did it in the morning." Lochan said with a serious voice," we will help you."

Lata just held her hand and said nothing. They had their lunch and had some random talk.  After the food , Dhanush went to Parvati.

" Parvati, do you remember about yesterday?" Dhanush asked, " When was the first time you realized that you could touch them"
"It was only in morning, after you told me so." Parvati replied,
"Then why were you holding it in first place?" Dhanush questioned.
"Why, I don't know. " Parvati thought for a while. She had no recollection of it. The last thing she remebered before waking up, was walking to the veranda, to see the moon and then returned back as she was feeling sleepy.
"May be, when I returned to bed, I might have caught it but I don't remember. I was drowsy."
"That's it!" Dhanush had his eureka moment." you did it subconsciously. It means you can do it if properly trained in the right way."

"But, how will we know the proper way??" Lata queried as she was listening to their conversation.
"Yes, how will we know that?" Both Sambhu and Lochan said in an unison.
"That, we had to discover," Dhanush said with a big smile." We will try all the ways."
 Parvati couldn't help but laugh at the comment.

------ to be continued-----

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