| The 'Little India', Singapore was much crowded | | | | on wedding and is never removed in life time. If |
| that evening. It was almost like an Indian metro | | | | you need it, shall I tie you the knot?" he joked. |
| flooded with people all over. Karthik and Humairah | | | | To his shock, Humairah blushed "yes". What would |
| were walking very close to each other. The gap | | | | a London girl know about Indian life style? They |
| must be as little as an inch. The unmatchable | | | | again stopped near a tea stall to have 'Teh Tarik', |
| artistic silver ware, brass ware, crafty ethnic | | | | a hand pulled cup of tea. |
| jewellery, silk saris shop and other Indian works | | | | April 14th evening passed very sooner than it |
| dominated the scene. | | | | actually was. Humairah is now seriously attracted |
| "If Vaishu accompanied us, you can shop a lot. I | | | | to Karthik. She turned her diary in the night. April |
| am not good when it comes to jewellery or saris." | | | | 14th was already filled with 'Little India'. On April |
| "Vaish has to look after aunty, isn't it?" As | | | | 15th page, she wrote 'China Town', on April 16th |
| Humairah was telling this to Karthik, her eyes and | | | | page 'Geylang Serai' and on 17th page 'Kampong |
| mind targeted jewellery. Karthik understood that | | | | glam'. She assigned a 'question mark' on 18th and |
| and took her to the shop. Humairah enjoyed the | | | | wrote "How will I manage to leave Singapore. I'll |
| artistic beauty of that 'gimmicky' (earring). Karthik | | | | miss a lot", on 19th of April page. Now her diary |
| settled the shop owner before Humairah could | | | | has gone crazy. |
| even think of buying it. Humairah pretended to be | | | | How can one change in an evening? It is not this |
| angry "How much is this, Karthik?" Karthik walked | | | | evening alone that changed Humairah's mind. It |
| out of the shop silently and Humairah followed him | | | | started long back in London on Shelvi's apartment. |
| with packed earring. | | | | Even before that, fate has fixed its plot. Karthik |
| Karthik stopped near a flower shop and bought a | | | | and Humairah are born for each other. It is |
| jasmine garland. "Humairah, most of the traditional | | | | 'Nature', who is the superior ruler in this world. |
| south Indian girls especially 'Tamil' girls wear this on | | | | Vaishnavi and Humairah had long chats during the |
| their head" Karthik said and gave it to her. | | | | night. The topic was 'Journalism Conference' at |
| Humairah smelled it "Fabulous. How to wear this?" | | | | times, 'Countries and cultures' at other times and |
| she asked. She tried to fix it on her hair and it fell | | | | 'Karthik', most of the times. Humairah was eager |
| on Karthik's hand. He fixed it on her hair. Karthik | | | | to know more and more about Karthik. But she |
| later felt sentimental about that, since only a | | | | was intelligent in sourcing inputs from Vaishnavi |
| husband can do that to his wife. But that | | | | without revealing her intentions. She understood |
| absolutely had no impact on Humairah. Then they | | | | Karthik and Vaishnavi had common interests. Both |
| moved on to the Henna Tattoo centre and | | | | of them loved Illayaraja's * and yanni's music. |
| Humairah's hand and palm were glorified there. | | | | Both of them loved South Indian Vegetarian food. |
| Humairah was excited about her hand being | | | | Both of them had spiritual mind. Karthik loved |
| decorated. | | | | cricket and Tennis, but Vaishnavi doesn't know |
| "It's more famous in Pakistan and India" said | | | | much about sports. Humairah started analyzing |
| Karthik. | | | | what is common between Karthikand herself. |
| Humairah enjoyed every second in 'Little India'. | | | | Humairah always fancied Winston Churchill's |
| They had a vegetarian dinner in a south Indian | | | | speeches, David Becham's Manchester United, |
| restaurant. Humairah, in a jewellery shop, took a | | | | Bernard Shah's critics, Maurice devareuh's |
| piece of crafty ethnic jewellery. | | | | Researches on evolution and earlier Pink Floyd's |
| "Karthik, this is fantastic." Karthik smiled "This is | | | | music and heavy metal crashes and the recent |
| 'Thali' worn by Hindu women in the marriage knot | | | | addition to this is 'Karthik'. |