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They spent around 45minutes in the Ashram, had brunch in the restaurant & then headed towards the car. Siddharth drove her to a village close by. The village was adopted by the Ashram. The people of the village took care of various activities in the Ashram. While getting down from his car, he took the box full of chocolates with him. As he got down there were few villagers who greeted him with smile & folded hands. He just went to a small cottage & called out Nikhil…Nikhil… A 6 year old boy came running to him & said “Mummy Siddharth uncle aaye hai.” A woman in her late 30s came out & greeted him. Siddharth asked Nikhil to call all his friends. The lady asked “Aaj kya special hai saab.” Siddharth said, “Aaj mera birthday hai aur aap mujhe special chaas pilana. Bahut pyaas lagi hai.” As she went inside, Nikhil came with a bunch of kids in various age groups. Siddharth took out the box of chocolates & distributed it amongst them. Shreya was just observing all this at a distant. She was just awestruck at his gestures. She knew him for sometime now…but this side of him was completely new to her. After spending some time with them & listening to the kid’s stories, they left from there. While driving back Siddharth asked ,”Shreya how was my bash?” Shreya was speechless….all she could say was -different.