Kunti

KUNTI (NAME CHANGED) IS A TRUE STORY OF A STRONG MINDED WOMAN, BORN IN AN SOMEWHAT ORTHODOX FAMILY. SHE IS VERY MUCH FOND OF DANCE AND MUSIC. HER FATHER DR. GAJENDRAPRASAD IS TOTALLY AGAINST HER HOBBIES. HE DOES NOT ALLOW KUNTI TO GO OUT OF THE HOUSE. BUT DOCTOR HIMSELF IS FOND OF WINE AND WOMAN. HE LOSES HIS WIFE WHEN KUNTI WAS 18. YOUNG BUT SELFISH MANIBHADRA IS APPOINTED AS A COMPOUNDER BY DOCTOR. HE IS ATTRACTED TOWARDS YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL KUNTI. BOTH COME TOGETHER. HE TAKES DISADVANTAGE OF SIMPLE KUNTI. SHE BECOMES PREGNANT. SHE IS AFRAID OF HER HOT TEMPERED FATHER. REQUESTS MANIBHADRA TO MARRY HER. BUT HE LEAVES KUNTI AND FLEES AWAY FROM HOME. REJECTED KUNTI SECRETLY LEAVES HER HOUSE, THINKING TO COMMIT SUICIDE - REACHES THE CENTRAL CITY LAKE. BUT THINKING ABOUT THE CHILD IN THE WOMB, SHE CHANGES HER MIND, DECIDES TO BRING UP THE CHILD. SHE TAKES RESCUE OF MAHILA ASHRAM IN THE CITY. ASHRAM CHIEF SARALABEN KNOWS KUNTI AS SHE WAS ONCE A FRIEND OF KUNTI'S MOTHER, ADMITS HER IN THE ASHRAM. THERE KUNTI MEETS A SAINT NAMED HARIRAJSWAMI. SHE IS HIGHLY IMPRESSED BY HIS PERSONALITY. KUNTI UNDERGOES PREMATURE DELIVERY AND GIVES BIRTH TO A SON WHO IS NAMED AS KARNA. HE IS A HEALTHY CHILD. AS PER ASHRAM RULES ANY CHILD BORN BEFORE MARRIAGE HAS TO BE GIVEN FOR ADOPTION. KARNA BECOMES 6 MONTHS OLD. SARALABEN EXPLAINS THE RULE TO KUNTI. SHE STRONGLY OPPOSES KARNA'S ADOPTION. A SWEDISH COUPLE VISITS ASHRAM TO ADOPT A CHILD. COUPLE LIKES KARNA. SEEING KUNTI'S FIRM STAND AGAINST ADOPTION, SARLABEN SENDS KUNTI OUT OF THE TOWN UNDER PRETEXT TO FIND HER ONLY LOVER. WITH GREAT EAGERNESS KUNTI LEAVES THE ASHRAM WITH HIMMAT. HE IS STRAIGHTFORWARD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT IN SURAJMAL'S MILL. SHETH IS ALSO ONE OF THE TRUSTEES OF ASHRAM. BEFORE KUNTI RETURNS, THE ADOPTION CEREMONY OF LITTLE KARNA TAKES PLACE. THE COUPLE IMMEDIATELY LEAVES FOR SWEDEN WITH KARNA. HON. GOVERNER, HARIRAJSWAMI WERE PRESENT FOR CEREMONY. KUNTI RETURNS TO ASHRAM NOT FINDING MANIBHADRA. SHE IS TERRIBLY SHOCKED TO SEE EMPTY CRADLE OF KARNA. COMES TO KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED. SARLABEN TRIES TO CONSOLE HER. KUNTI IN SHOCKING GRIEF CANT SPEEK A SINGLE WORD. SHE WRITES TO THE GOVERNOR AND ALSO TO THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA. BUT SHE RECEIVES STEREOTYPE ANSWERS. AFTER SOME DAYS ON THE ADVICE OF HARIRAJSWAMI AND SARLABEN SHE AGREES TO MARY HIMMAT. HE, KNOWING HER PAST AND ABOUT KARNA, ACCEPTS HER AS A WIFE. HE ALSO TRIES TO FINDOUT KARNA'S WHEREABOUTS. BOTH ARE HAPPY IN ONE WAY BUT NEVER FORGET KARNA. AS TIME GOES ON KUNTI GIVES BIRTH TO HER SECOND SON ARJUN. THE SEARCH FOR KARNA IS ON. SARLABEN KNOWS THE ADDRESS OF KARNA, BUT CANNOT DISCLOSE IT TO KUNTI AS A PROMISE GIVEN TO SWEDISH COUPLE. SARLABEN MEETS WITH A FETAL CAR ACCIDENT NEAR BARODA AND ADMITTED IN THE HOSPITAL. SHE CONSTANTLY RECALLS KUNTI. HARIRAJSWAMI CALLS KUNTI. BOTH HIMMAT AND KUNTI RUSH TO THE HOSPITAL. KUNTI IS STRICKEN WITH GRIEF SEEING SARLABEN'S HORRIBLE CONDITION. BEFORE TAKING HER LAST BREATH, SARLABEN GIVES KARNA'S ADDRESS IN SWEDEN. ...