BERLIN GANGELA MILALE

THIS STORY TAKES PLACE IN THE CITY OF HEIDELBERG, GERMANY. THE MAJORITY OF GERMANS, WHO ARE PROUD ABOUT INDIAN CULTURE, ARE LIVING IN THE VILLAGE ‘INDISH STRAUS.’ BY RELIGION THEY ARE CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN, BUT ALL OF THEM ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF INDIAN CULTURE! MANY PEOPLE IN THIS CITY USED TO JOKINGLY REFER TO THIS STREET AS `INDIAN GATEWAY`. IF ANYONE ASKED FOR MUELLER’S HOUSE, THEY WOULD SAY, "MUELLER`S HOUSE IS THE PLACE WHERE PARROTS CHANT HYMNS OF THE VEDAS AND THE UPANISHADS." THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS WAS ERNA MUELLER IN THE MUELLER FAMILY. HER FATHER-IN-LAW, MANFRED MUELLER, WAS A PROFESSOR OF INDIAN CULTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG. HER HUSBAND, FRANZ MUELLER, WAS ALSO TEACHING INDIAN CULTURE AT THE SAME UNIVERSITY. ERNA AND FRANZ MET WHILE STUDYING AT THE SAME UNIVERSITY, FELL IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER, AND GOT MARRIED. AT THE TIME, MANFRED MUELLER HAD JUST RETIRED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG AND WAS REPLACED BY FRANZ MUELLER. THE UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG WAS FAMOUS IN THE WORLD AT THAT TIME. HEIDELBERG HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR CITIES IN THE WORLD SINCE THE UNIVERSITY WAS FOUNDED IN 1386 BY THE FIRST ELECTOR, RUPERT. BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OF THE TRIENNIAL WAR, IT WAS CONSIDERED THE HOME OF REFORMIST STUDENTS AROUND THE WORLD. AT THE END OF THE NEWLYWED DAYS AFTER THE MARRIAGE, ERNA BECAME VERY ANNOYED WITH HER FATHER-IN-LAW AND HER HUSBAND`S LOVE FOR HINDUISM AND THE CONSTANT DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. CONFLICT BETWEEN HINDUISM AND CHRISTIANITY STARTED AT HOME. ERNA`S SON ALBERT AND BHARTI ALSO FALL IN LOVE. THEY HAVE A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP DURING ERNA`S STAY IN INDIA. THEY WANTED TO GET MARRIED; BUT THEY HAD A NOTION THAT ERNA WILL NOT PERMIT IT. NOW ALBERT ALSO HAD A STRONG FASCINATION WITH INDIA AND INDIANS; BUT HE BOWS TO HIS MOTHER`S OPPOSITION. HE REFUSES TO GO TO INDIA ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY WHERE HE WORKS. BUT THEY BOTH KNOW THAT ALBERT`S SHOOT IS GROWING IN BHARATI`S WOMB. ALBERT DOESN’T WANT TO RUN AWAY FROM HIS RESPONSIBILITIES; BUT THE DILEMMA NOW IS HOW TO CONVINCE THE MOTHER. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? DOES ERNA ALLOW MARRIAGE? WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE MUELLER FAMILY?