An Extra-Ordinary life of an Ordinary Man!!! - Part I

This is a beginning of a long story, a story which will be covered in many posts and many days. But still, keep informing me about your views, beacuse I am still thinking, of how this should progress, so may be all your comments inspire me to land with something creative. :D It may be about introducing an Alien, rewriting a Chak De or may be marrying your dream-man/woman. (:P) Though i must say, the characters of my story are not going to change, but the situation may ;). Looking forward for your words of wisdom!! ;)

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A new beginning, Karan thinks...
Karan has moved far away from his home, family. He always had this dream of doing his Masters from here, the best institute in the world. A dream which will take his career to new heights, from where the world will look at him differently. He will get all the money and fame, he was sure. All during his life, he was waiting for this to happen, the lucky break... He studied for hours and hours. He gave his best to achieve the best.
It was a new beginning for Karan, an afternoon in Autumn, and he was in Cambridge. He was astonished when he looked at the buildings, the roads, the poeple. From a small town of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, he moved to the States. His family was all excited, though only one person wasnt.
Karan entered in the college with a smile, he is feeling so happy from inside, he is all so excited. He has already contacted many of his batchmates, they made a group on yahoo. He exchanged few letters. They were discussing their future plans. They all were so happy, it was a dream come true for many of them, though some of them were really forced there, to continue the legacy of their families. He thought, how small the world has become, someone who is coming from London or Australia or New Zealand, i already know them.
He was looking for Carol, yes, she was the girl she came in contact while exchanging mails over the group. His eyes are all searching for her. She was the girl which made him all the more excited to come to this place. He thinks lucky to know her. She is a poet, has done her bachelors in psychology, she was the runner in a prestigious beauty contest, topped her college, and above all, she was equally excited to know him.
Karan was quite a brilliant student since his childhood. His father died when he was only 7, leaving 3 wards. He was a peon, a goverment servant, so somehow his mom managed to run the house with the help of his monthly pension of 240 Rs. She did a splendid job, though she had to give up a lot for all this. Karan was never happy with all this. He used to see her working for little amount of money, stiching clothes of the nearby houses, making paper bags, not eating well at most of the times, to save that money, not sleeping at all sometimes for days, all for him and his sisters.
When karan recieved the letter from the institute, he did not believe it, pinched himself, he went home running from the post office, crying, laughing, and when he told this to mom, she was stunned, a lot happy and also sad about the fact that he has to go, far off.
Karan always wanted to do something for his family, one day he sat at the railway platform, polishing shoes, wiping cars, and he returned home with his earnings. He was quite happy, he never saw 10 Rs ever before, for him it was the moolah. He was all excited to tell this to mom. He bunked school but earned a lot, a lot... but he wasnt expecting this. When he met mom in the evening, he was so happy, he asked her to close her eyes,and then to open her palm. He was all so happy, to put his moolah into the hands of his mom, asking her to open her eyes...
Karan still remembers the sound of that slap, his mom wasnt pleased at all, she slapped him so hard that the marks were there for days to come, and morever the marks never wiped off from his heart. She cried for hours, after hitting him, she cried too, she wasnt expecting this, she wanted her children to study, she did not want to see her present in their future.
While entering into the college, all this was there in his mind, but he wanted to think about something else, he dont not know what this feeling is, he has no name for it, and suddenly... "Karaaan, Kaarannn...", someone is calling him, a girl, Carol, yes she is Carol... and Carol was calling his name with her UK accent... "U r Karan? R u? Oh my god!!! you look so different". It is all said with that accent Karan wanted to hear, and Karan, he is still thinking, wishing all this to be true, he cant believe his eyes, nor his ears... and then she hugges him... he is unaware and shocked!!!

To be Continued...