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The Navratri night air hung thick and warm, saturated with the scent of frying pakoras and the sweet, constant jingle of countless anklets. Strings of marigold and delicate fairy lights flickered above the swaying crowd, casting long, dancing shadows over swirling lehengas in every imaginable hue. In the center, the Garba circle pulsed with a primal, rhythmic heartbeat—the sharp clack of dandiya sticks building into a percussive symphony. Rohan stood frozen at the edge, his suited frame a stark, silent monument against the festive chaos. His dark eyes, usually narrowed in calculation over spreadsheets, had gone soft and distant. They had found you in the whirl of color. Her maroon and gold lehenga was a controlled storm of fabric, her silver jhumkas catching the light like captured star…