Kurukshetra – Episode 429

The next day… Aksh is busy working in his office when Rajind walks in.

Rajind: Good morning.

Aksh: Hey, come on in.

Rajind:Thanks. How’s work going?

Aksh: Well it would have been a mess without you here but thankfully Geet has got everything under control

Rajind: He’s a smart boy.

Aksh: So what brings you in and how is Krithika?

Rajind: She’s fine… but I’m here to talk to you about Rauktima Di.

Aksh: Oh?

Rajind: Yea… you know… you never told me how she managed to find Shastra and Ashvini Bhabi all those years ago.

Aksh is a bit puzzled to hear this.

Rajind: I mean, we all spent so much time trying to locate her after Ashvini Bhabi kidnapped her. And then one day out of no where, bam, Rauktima Di finds her.

Aksh: Actually what happened was…

Aksh is about to say how Rauktima found the baby when he has a flashback…

Urvashi: I’ll tell you what I’ll do with you…

 

Aksh is tense.

 

Urvashi: Nothing… Absolutely nothing.

 

Now he’s surprised.

 

Urvashi: Consider this your lucky day Damad ji. As you know, I’ve taken care of every single person that has come in my way. Rauktima, Nakshatra, Kartik and now Krithika. We don’t want the same thing to happen to you now do we? So let’s make a deal you and me.

Aksh: What sort of deal?

Urvashi: I’ll leave you alone to pine over the loss of your wife… but in exchange, you will keep your mouth shut about all the things you know.

Aksh: But…

Urvashi: Did I say there was room for compromise? I don’t think so. You do as I say and I’ll leave you alone, try to break your boundaries and Geet is not going to be very safe…

End flashback…

Aksh: So what happened was… Rauktima suddenly told me that she had a lead but she didn’t want to tell anyone anything until she found out for sure. Then on the day of Kartik Chachu and Choti Ma’s wedding, she suddenly honed in on her discovery and went over to Ashvini Bhabi’s hideout. After that we never really asked her how she managed to find Shastra because it seemed irrelevant.

Rajind looks disappointed.

Aksh: Is there a particular reason you wanted to know about this?

Rajind: Well… never mind, it’s pointless I guess.

Aksh: Rajind, I think that you should focus all of your efforts into making Krithika well again, don’t go digging up the past, there’s only heartache to be found there, for both you and me.

Rajind: I suppose you’re right. I have to be headed back home now. I’ll see you later.

Aksh: Alright.

Rajind leaves and Aksh thinks to himself…

Aksh: I’m sorry I had to lie to you my friend. It’s not been easy for me to keep these secrets to myself all these years but I’ve had no choice. I haven’t fallen asleep properly in the past twenty years knowing that our family is being ruled by the same woman who hurt Rauktima and killed Nakshatra and imprisoned Kartik Chachu and proved Krithika was insane. But I’ve simply had no choice.

And outside the office… Rajind is still not convinced. He thinks to himself…

Rajind: This insanity in Krithika has to have sprung up from somewhere, there has to be some basis to why this happened to her and I refuse to believe it had anything to do with her losing her baby. There is more to this story and I will not rest till I find out what it is. Aksh may not have the answers to my questions but there is someone else who might.

Meanwhile… at Chandra Mahel…

Nachiket: You wanted to see me Choti Ma.

Urvashi: Yes Nachiket have a seat.

He sits down and Urvashi looks all business like.

Urvashi: I’ve just received a very impressive offer and I’m inclined to take it.

Nachiket: Really? What is the offer?

Urvashi: You know how much we’ve invested in the Amsterdam project don’t you?

Nachiket: Yes.

Urvashi: And you agree it’s a large sum.

Nachiket: Of course.

Urvashi: Would you believe me if I told you that someone is willing to pay us thrice that amount for the Singhania Group of Companies?

Nachiket doesn’t know how to react.

Urvashi: Isn’t that… impressive?

Nachiket: It is Choti Ma.

Urvashi: Then you agree that we should sell.

Nachiket: Choti Ma, that sort of money may never come our way again.

Urvashi: I knew you’d agree with me on that.

Nachiket: But we’re talking about Mom’s company.

Urvashi: What’s your point?

Nachiket: My point is, she spent her whole life building that company and she left it to me when she died.

Urvashi: And now you have the chance to benefit from something she’s left behind.

Nachiket: I don’t know Choti Ma… Knowing that I have that company with me makes me feel like I still have her with me.

Urvashi: You must not attach yourself on to things like that Nachiket. You have her memories and all the good things she’s left behind for you. You should consider this a blessing from her that someone is willing to pay so much for a company that’s not really worth the amount. Don’t you think?

Nachiket looks disturbed.

Nachiket: If you could just give me some time to think this over.

Urvashi: Of course. But make it fast. Offers like this don’t last a lifetime. They come, they go.

Nachiket: I promise I’ll let you know soon.

Nachiket walks out of her room looking deflated. He walks through the house aimlessly and in deep thought. Finally he has arrived near the dining room and Poornima is just walking out of the kitchen when she sees him. She walks over to him.

Poornima: Hey.

He looks up at her.

Nachiket: Hi.

Poornima: What’s going on? Why do you look so upset?

Nachiket: It’s nothing.

Poornima: Come on Nachiket, something must have happened.

Nachiket: Well… Choti Mas has got an offer, someone wants to buy Mom’s company off us.

Poornima: What?

Nachiket: Yea. And they’re willing to pay three times the amount we’ve invested in the Amsterdam project.

Poornima: Is that a lot of money?

Nachiket: More than you can imagine.

Poornima: So why are you upset then?

Nachiket: How can I not be Poornima? My mother and shared the closest relationship a parent and child could have shared in this house. She was not just my mother, she was my best friend. There was nothing in this world she wouldn’t have done for me, so much so that she went looking for you when we found out you were pregnant. This company was her life both before and after her time at Chandra Mahel. She put all she had into this company and I can’t part with it just because someone is willing to pay a lot of money for it.

Poornima: Nachiket, life goes on. I’m not saying that you should forget your mother but I know that if she were alive today she would want only what was best for you and your family. She would have wanted you to take this offer.

Just then Drishti walks by and goes over to them.

Drishti: I see Urvashi ji has told you about the offer on the Singhania Company.

Nachiket: She did.

Drishti: You look really unhappy for someone who’s about to make a lot of money.

Nachiket: I just don’t know how to react to selling my mother’s company; it’s the one thing that I have that keeps me close to her memory.

Poornima: Memories will always remain in our hearts Nachiket. But we must think about the future too.

Drishti raises a brow and then gets her vicious face on.

Drishti: You should listen to your wife Nachiket ji. I mean after all, it’s not like the dead are going to come back to life.

Nachiket looks up when he hears this and so does Poornima.

Drishti: I mean the people who’ve left us have left us, what’s the point of holding on to their memories. The only good those memories can do for us is help us make some profit. And you stand to profit quite a bit out of this deal. Who cares whether or not your dead mother’s memories are attached to this company? You should consider yourself lucky to be inheriting off her even after she’s gone to the great beyond.

Nachiket is angry now.

Nachiket: Drishti ji, you’re a guest in my home so I would prefer to refrain from saying anything out of line to you but I would appreciate it if you didn’t talk about my mother that way.

Drishti: Oh I’m sorry did I say something I shouldn’t have? You seemed to have no problem with your wife saying you should sell the company.

Poornima: What is that supposed to mean?

Drishti: It means that your husband is alright with his wife saying that he should sell his mother’s legacy but when it comes from an outsider, he suddenly feels bad.

Poornima: I only meant that…

Drishti: Relax Poornima ji, relax. I’m on your side here. I’m in total agreement with you. Of course he should sell. He can buy another mother with the amount he’ll mint out of it.

Nachiket: DRISHTI JI!

Drishti: Please don’t raise your voice at me Mr. Nachiket Agnihotri. I may be blunt and direct but at least I don’t have double standards like you. If I were in your shoes I would sell. You know why? Because I believe that money makes the world go round and dead men tell no tales. But you… you can’t seem to decide between selling your mother’s legacy and keeping it. Your suffering with a question that you should be able to answer in one breath. I may be a bitch but at least I’m principled as such and I don’t change like the weather for anyone or anything. You can’t decide between what is black and what is white. Sell if you want or keep your company if you wish, doesn’t make a difference to me, not like I’m making any money out of this.

Drishti scoffs and walks away.

Poornima: Are you alright?

Nachiket: No I’m not alright! Who the hell does that woman think she is to talk to me that way? How dare she!!! This company is not just another business deal for me. It is my mother’s blood, sweat and tears! I will not part with it just because I can make a quick buck off it.

Poornima: Nachiket…

Nachiket: That is my final decision and I sure as hell hope you will support me on this.

Poornima: I… well… if that is what you want.

Nachiket: It is.

Poornima: Ok.

Nachiket walks off in a rage and Poornima looks confused but she is also angry. She decides to go after Drishti who has gone to see Urvashi.

Drishti: Any luck with talking to your nephew about the sale Urvashi ji?

Urvashi: He seemed a bit skeptical but I’m sure he’ll come around.

Drishti: He does seem rather attached to the company doesn’t he?

Urvashi: Well it was his mother’s company and the people in this house are so based on emotion sometimes it kills me.

Drishti looks to her side and sees Poornima approaching. She thinks to herself…

Drishti: Now’s the perfect time to play the same game you played with me all over again Urvashi.

Not too far away from Chandra Mahel… Rajind pulls up outside Chopra Mansion. He looks at it as he gets out of his car and he thinks to himself….

Rajind: This is the only other place I could come to in order to find the answers I’m looking for. I only hope Ashvini Bhabi will be willing to talk to me about what happened all those years ago. Well… here I go.