“Mother there is this institute I have received an invitation from. They want me to join as a lecturer there. I was thinking of taking it up,” Radha replied almost in a whisper.
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“This here, please sign the form,” the lady behind the desk forwarded a piece of paper to Radha.
She haltingly extracted the pen from her bag and started to sign the blank spaces. It was perhaps after the seventh signature that she finally allowed herself a smile.
“Is there something wrong, mam?” the lady across asked a little confusedly.
Radha smiled a bit more and shook her head in negative.
Her signature. As a child she was always very fiercely protective about it. Her name did not just mean a way of being addressed to but also a way to announce her arrival to the world.
“But one day this name will change, my princess. Then what will you do? What will happen to the hours of practising this Radha Raman signature?” her father used to tease her.
“Change my name? Me never! Who will want to change my name? I will never change my name I love it so much! It has your name in it dad, its the best thing in my whole life!” she would reply angrily.
Her parents would laugh away. They perhaps had always thought her to settle down to life and its nuances when time would be right. But at twenty seven also, having her name altered just because she has gotten married seemed as stupid as it did all those years ago.
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The first day at her institute had been a strangely familiar affair. She had gotten up, decided to take a walk around in the campus and then by eight she was ready to reach her first class.
She did not know whether there would be many up that early to attend her lecture but then she hoped there would be enough to hold a class.
Just when she reached the door to the room her phone rang.
“Sushant, I am about to take a lecture can I please call you back?” she hurried through her words.
“Yes you can all I wanted to tell you was that I am getting married. Its all fixed up!” he replied excitedly.
to be contd at If it wasn’t for the isolated thought of love in her heart- Part 3
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Nice. . .
thanks!
whata juncture to stop this story at!!!
hehe wait for more…..
Oh ho…ek toh is Sushaant ka kya karein…
Now what is Radha gonna do…Do we get the spilled bean tomorrow now?
lets wait and watch!!
Richa, you are progressing at a breakneck speed to be one of my favorite bloggers of all times.. I love the way you think, you react..your words today makes me want to will the sun to rise faster when it would be the time of the day to read your post..DO you know how restless and fidgety I am going to be in office..secretly logging to UBC every 5 min to see if you have wrote part 4 or not …
awwiiie such lovely words! thank you sooo much <3 hugs to you !
OMG!! he is getting married 🙁 will she tell him about her feelings atleast now???
lets see now whether she does…..
Lets see what happens in part2
Let’s see too 🙂
eh?! you stopped it here?! Sigh!!
Its a good thing that it’s part of the daily blogging challenge, we don’t have to wait too long for the next part!!
I don’t understand the concept of changing names either. I didn’t change my name after marriage and I still have to explain why my husband and I have different last names!!
I know what you are saying. Today when girls are educated and working own official documents in their maiden name changing name becomes a rather cubersome task also.
Cant wait to read more of it….
Good luck for UBC…it is tougher than expected.
Thank you and yes it is tougher than expected 🙂
Ohh no he is getting married? hawww!
btw loved it 🙂
Thank you nabanita 🙂
I am proud of Radha for being proud of her name and for not getting married just because it is time to.
So Sushant is getting married, huh? Please tell me, you’ve got someone a million times better lined up for her.
Cynthia are you ruling out Sushant as an option? He is only saying he is getting married not have gotten married 😀 *wink wink*
You can give Ekta Kapoor a run for her money….ending the episode at the most riveting juncture 😛
hehe thanks ya! So shud I start naming all titles with “k”
khange my name? Ko Kever!”- Kart 1
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I was going to say exactly what Ritesh has said above! Really, Richa! 😛
lol 😀 I wonder what you would say reading the sequel part 😛 😛
OMG!! What a shock on such an important day of her life!! 😐
hehe Well aint that life?
Gosh, that is a great line to end a chapter on!
thanks Ava 🙂
Uh-ho. So Sushant is getting married. Waiting for more. 🙂
lets see where it takes you now 🙂
Richa, I don’t like reading Fiction on blogs. It is not that I don’t like fiction but I am usually inclined towards general writing on blogs. But I am glad I am following this story. It is getting interesting 🙂
I hope you enjoy all parts Reema and thank you so much for following it 🙂