Epilogue
4 years later (they are back in Lucknow and Kotnis General Hospital)
It was Ashutosh’ birthday and as was their ritual, they had gone to a orphanage to spend some time with the kids there and distribute sweets and clothes to them.
Nidhi looked thoughtful while coming back.
“Kya soch rahi ho Nidhi?”
“Main soch rahi thi ki… aap… shayad kissi bachche ko adopt karna chahenge, hai na?”
She knew! They had never talked about it, but she knew. Ashutosh replied, “Tum sab jaanti ho mere baare mein Nidhi. Lekin ye bas mere man ka ek khayal hai. Koi faisla nahin. Faisla woh hoga jo tum chahti ho.”
“Mere dimaag mein ek plan hai.”
“Batao.”
“Achchha ye bataiye ki aapko ek bachcha chahiye ya do?”
Ashutosh laughed. He had expected the discussion about kids to be slightly awkward, but Nidhi was in some other world. She was excited about the idea and was discussing it as if they were making a plan for the movie at night.
“Hans kyon rahe hain?”
“Mujhe poori cricket team banane mein bhi aitraaz nahin hai. Lekin hum log doctors hain. You know – women and child health ko le kar aware hain. To woh thoda zyada ho jayega.”
“Aapko mazaak soojh raha hai?”
“Okay, okay. Sorry. Tum apna plan batao.”
“Okay,” Nidhi was excited again, “Then we will have one baby and then we will adopt another.”
“Do you think that is a good idea Nidhi?” Ashutosh was also serious now.
“Why not? In fact ye to perfect idea hai, ek balanced family ke liye. Mere hisaab se ghar mein ek ladka aur ek ladki hone chahiye. So, have a baby first. Aur phir agar woh ladka hai to ek ladki ko adopt kar lo, aur ladki hai to ladke ko adopt kar lo. Ekdum balanced and happy family. Nahin?”
“Lekin Nidhi. Ismein complications hain. Our relationship with the adopted child, the relationship between the two children.”
“I know,” Nidhi also spoke seriously, “Lekin mujhe lagta hai ki agar rishton mein pyaar ho, aur honesty ho, to complications nahin aate hain. Waise abhi decide karna zaroori nahin hai. Aap soch lijiye. Aur agar aapko ye idea comfortable na lage, then I will go with adoption.”
“Nope,” Ashutosh replied immediately, “This is a great idea. And this is precisely what we will do.”
“Sach?”
“Bilkul.”
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Another five years later
Ashutosh and Nidhi were proud parents of a four-year old daughter and a one-year old son, named Riddhi and Paritosh respectively. A complete, balanced, perfect and happy family.
– The End –
5 thoughts on “Dhoop Kinare (Adaptation) – Part 45”
It was good reading this masterpeice again!! I love Ashu – Nidhi’s teaching sessions n also love Col. Verma n Ashu’s relation in this version.
Looking fwd to a new story!
Thanks Ruchira 🙂
It was Fab…
so dis is wat happend in REAL DK???
bcuz in KTLK….xcpt frst few episodes…i dint realise ki dere was any Adaptation
🙂
anywayss..it was grrt readng dis ultimate DK FF..of 45 parts..
thnks..
Thanks Harsha 🙂 No. It isn’t a replica of DK story. There was no marriage and post-marriage story in DK. Baba’s heart-attack and house-mystery revelation were in a single track there. When Baba’s losses were revealed, Zoya (Nidhi’s character) decided to sell the house. She contacted Ahmer’s (Ashu’s character) lawyer. Ahmer didn’t know who the seller was. He happily told Zoya that he is getting his lost treasure back and took her to the house. When she told him that she was the owner of the house, he was mad and decided not to buy it and cut off all ties. But when he was told by the lawyer that Zoya and her family were in financial trouble, he did buy it to help them. Personal reconciliation took a little longer. Once that was done the serial ended. The ending felt abrupt to many people, including me 🙂 Giving ample chance for an adaptation to build upon. Alas! KTLK did not take up the opportunity.
ohhk..thnks alot for telling..