15/8 - Epi 320 ... Mirror Image

Wednesday 15th August

Mirror Image - Dadi-Buaji talk through Garima's eyes ... a mother scornfully denigrating another woman for being of loose character and entrapping her innocent son ... out for what she can get.
Was Garima the other woman?

Mirror Image - Dadi-Buaji talk through Arnav's eyes ... a reflection of another arrogant, obstinate person, who accused the innocent and let the guilty off scot-free ... and the innocent continues to suffer for the sins of another.

Loved Buaji today for standing up to Dadi and breaking off the rishta ... of course that was what Dadi wanted X( ... loved that Buaji and Khushi between them told Arnav what had happened, including Dadi's role ... loved that Arnav took immediate steps to rectify matters ... and told DD he knew what she was up to and that it wouldn't work ...  

Loved that Arnav finally started to realise slowly what he had put Khushi through for the last so many months ... and how she had returned all the hurt he had given her only with trust, caring and almost her life ... realisation dawning slowly, he still has a long way to go ... but in the precap, he at least made a start ...

VLR is already back in RM? X(  Can't we deal with one villain at a time? :(

Thoughts:

Redemption = Realization + Regret + Reparation

Reparation already started, probably as early as the day after the forced wedding, or a very few days later ... after saying he would not acknowledge her as wife in public, Arnav proceeded to do exactly that, in front of family, neighbours and society, and even in front of random public at temple.

But realization of what exactly he had done to Khushi, how badly he had mistreated her, and how unjustly, never really registered in Arnav's mind. Arnav is a just and righteous person at heart, he always does what he feels is right, so he has very little occasion to regret ... but when he realizes that he was wrong, on those rare occasions, his regret is instantaneous and huge. The way it was the first time he apologized to Khushi about those unkind remarks about her parents.

Yet so far he never really realized what he had done to Khushi by the forced marriage, how completely he had ruined her, how much hurt, pain and humiliation she suffered because of that one unthinking, unjust action of his ... without waiting to find out the complete truth, he acted as judge, jury and executioner ...
Then he realized he was wrong in that judgement, he had made a huge mistake. The mistake of not believing Khushi, the mistake of not trusting his love, of trusting the wrong person. And being Arnav, he took all the steps he felt necessary to correct the mistake. Punish the real guilty party, declare Khushi innocent of all charges laid against her, declare her worthy of his trust and confirm her place as his wife in every sense of the word, in his heart, his home and his family. Balance redressed, justice served, end of story. Now he and his beloved wife can live happily ever after.

But that isn't all he did to Khushi. And so far, he never even realized it. Now comes Dadi, and with her rigidity, her old-fashioned beliefs and her hypocrisy, she levels exactly the same charges on Khushi that he once did, she holds up a mirror to his judgements of the past ... and shows him, to his dawning horror, what exactly he did to Khushi, the extent of the misery he put her through for no fault of her own.
And to his even greater anguish, if he confesses to the enormity of his mistake, it will probably rebound again only on Khushi ... that even he, with all his love and trust on Khushi, was able to misunderstand her so quickly ... surely he had good reason to do so, because Arnav Singh Raizada is always right.
So Dadi levels all the charges on Khushi that he himself once did, and this time, he hurts even more than Khushi ... because he knows them to be wrong, he knows now how wrong he was, and now he can see the effect it had on an innocent girl. He sees her hurting more and more, and he feels her hurt, because it is his own, her pain is his.
And for a righteous man like Arnav, this punishment is worse than anything else. This is his true Road to Redemption Walk ... the journey to forgive himself. His realization, his regret and his reparation ...

The other mirror image today - a reflection of the past ... Garima watches the Buaji-Dadi confrontation with shock and horror ... is it a reflection of her own past, or that of her near and dear one? An echo of a previous confrontation fourteen years ago? Every word that Dadi said, could have been said by her fourteen years ago for her son in place of her grandson ...another time, another place ... another woman standing accused, while the son of the house was absolved of all blame, because men are 'kaan ka kacha' ... what a great excuse :(

Loved both Buaji and Nani for insisting that Arnav was equally at fault ... if not more ... Thank God in front of Dadi's regressive soch, there are some more progressive thoughts also.

Loved the ArHi hug and Khushi clinging to Arnav, finding her solace and her support in his arms ... tumhi ne dard diya hai, tumhi dava dena ... 
Poor girl, was she scared that the marriage would actually be called off?:(
Loved that last look between them as Arnav starts to leave and then turns back to see Khushi looking at him from the door ... she said she would wait for him and wait she will ... and the determination in his eyes says he will make sure she doesn't wait for too long ...

Episode update will be late :)