Tuesday 30th July
Chhanchhan rebuts ... Umaben refutes, retreats ... but refuses to bow. Is this new move a retreat? Or is it a counter-attack?
There is a story about at oak and a slender birch. The oak was proud of its strength, its height, its stature, and mocked the slender birch. She was weak, he told her, she swayed with every breeze, while he stood tall and upright, not bowing, not bending to anyone or anything.
Then came a fierce storm. Winds raged and roared. The birch swayed with the winds, while the oak stood tall and firm. But the storm was too strong ... and soon the oak felt his roots being torn out of the ground. Uprooted, he crashed and fell. The birch swayed with the changing winds, and when the storm had passed, she stood firm and upright again.
Umaben is like the old oak. Standing proud and firm, confident that her roots give her strength, she is unbending. After all, she has withstood many storms in her life and survived them ...even more important, she has led her family through the storms safely.
But has she really? Or has her unbending nature actually weakened the roots slowly over time? Does she need to emulate the birch ... a slender Chhanchhan, who is willing to move with the times, because she knows that in life, the only constant is change ... and to bend is not always to admit defeat. Chhanchhan is willing to bend to the rules in her new home, to go along with them, because this is her home, her family and she wants to keep it safe too. Her roots are as strong as Umaben's, but she can move with the winds of change. Or maybe because her roots are so strong, she is able to move safely and withstand all the storms that come her way.
And Umaben, the old oak does not like change ... her roots are weakened by constant attack, and are pulling out from the ground. She fears that one day they will be ripped out totally. Before that happens, she wants to divert the storm along a different path altogether ...
Episode starts with Chhanchhan showing Umaben proof of her perfidy ... Umaben sheds crocodile tears and tells her she can show the proof to the family and shred her image to pieces ... Chhanchhan tells her to wipe her tears as she is the one not seeing clearly now, while she has seen Umaben's thinking ... have you really, Chhanchhan? Am not too sure about that one ...
Chhanchhan tells Umaben that yes, she wants to fly, yet can stay grounded ... the mind boggles at the mental picture this conjures up ... she doesn't want control of the house, but neither does she want the freedom of others to be curtailed ... their fight is not personal, but that of two different streams of thought ... however she will neither let Umaben's image be sullied, nor will she let her be separated from the family, especially not from her son ... Chhanchhan deletes the video ... WHY, CC, WHY??!!!
Umaben has to respect Chhanchhan, although grudgingly ... but feels that Chhanchhan's new ways can never keep the family united ... for that, it needs her rules and regulations.
Left alone in the gazebo, Chhanchhan disagrees ... a family needs not rules, but love to stay united ... and the freedom to find their own paths in life ... the freedom to try their wings to fly ... and she will prove that to Umaben.
Manav finds Chhanchhan alone in the gazebo ... since his life is on even keel, with mom and wife both happy with each other, he gets back to his primary aim in life ... romancing his biwi ... who is quite happy to oblige!
Next morning, Kaumudi takes Mansi, Chhanchhan and Sanjana to the temple to do some rituals for their fast, they all wonder where Umaben has disappeared early morning.
Return home, the men are hogging breakfast ... this family eats a lot! Dadaji stops Kaumudi from rushing to the kitchen and decrees that the men will feed their fasting wives.
Dadaji is an example of tradition bending to the needs of the family and its members ... to hell with tradition if the women's health gets affected!
Manthan's face was a picture ... he was like ... hey, I was with the women, I'm fasting too!
So the men feed their wives ... Manav and Manthan happily, Mukut with very bad grace ... is this man just a male chauvinist pig of the highest order, or is there some other reason for his perpetual disgust with his poor wife?
More discussion on where Baa has disappeared ... does this woman not even tell her own husband what she plans to do?!
Umaben reappears with vrat gifts ... why did Sanjana get the smallest one? Manthan was the keenest for his wife's gift.
And Umaben drops her bombshell ... Manav and Chhanchhan are to move out of the house.
Umaben makes it clear, fairly subtly, that she doesn't think Chhanchhan is adjusting within the house and family ... and that's why she's giving her her freedom. Both she and Chhanchhan know the real reason ... is this another challenge? A counter-attack?
For once, the family does not agree ... except for babuji, who really is without any mati of his own! And the cracks start appearing ...
Dadaji is worried that history is repeating itself ... there will be another division in the family ...
Manthan is worried about the same thing ... division ... added grudge, the division is unfair ... he is getting shaded. Sanjana is happy with the gold sikka ... No wonder Umaben chose a simpleton for Manthan ... given a smarter wife, he would have demanded his share years ago!
Ranjana is frankly envious of the good time Chhanchhan will have alone in her own house ... lots of privacy, lots of freedom, lots of romance ... Manek is only worried about his anek bimaris, and that his brother is going to live separately ... how will he manage?
Kaumudi is more worried ... but about Chhanchhan. How will she manage alone? And how will they manage without her? Mukut is a grouch as usual ... his wife only worries about family and food, never about him ...
Manav and Chhanchhan equally worried ... CC decides to confront Umaben again ...
So Umaben, in her quest to keep the family together, is actually driving the members further and further apart ... will Chhanchhan manage to stem the rot?
Chhanchhan rebuts ... Umaben refutes, retreats ... but refuses to bow. Is this new move a retreat? Or is it a counter-attack?
There is a story about at oak and a slender birch. The oak was proud of its strength, its height, its stature, and mocked the slender birch. She was weak, he told her, she swayed with every breeze, while he stood tall and upright, not bowing, not bending to anyone or anything.
Then came a fierce storm. Winds raged and roared. The birch swayed with the winds, while the oak stood tall and firm. But the storm was too strong ... and soon the oak felt his roots being torn out of the ground. Uprooted, he crashed and fell. The birch swayed with the changing winds, and when the storm had passed, she stood firm and upright again.
Umaben is like the old oak. Standing proud and firm, confident that her roots give her strength, she is unbending. After all, she has withstood many storms in her life and survived them ...even more important, she has led her family through the storms safely.
But has she really? Or has her unbending nature actually weakened the roots slowly over time? Does she need to emulate the birch ... a slender Chhanchhan, who is willing to move with the times, because she knows that in life, the only constant is change ... and to bend is not always to admit defeat. Chhanchhan is willing to bend to the rules in her new home, to go along with them, because this is her home, her family and she wants to keep it safe too. Her roots are as strong as Umaben's, but she can move with the winds of change. Or maybe because her roots are so strong, she is able to move safely and withstand all the storms that come her way.
And Umaben, the old oak does not like change ... her roots are weakened by constant attack, and are pulling out from the ground. She fears that one day they will be ripped out totally. Before that happens, she wants to divert the storm along a different path altogether ...
Episode starts with Chhanchhan showing Umaben proof of her perfidy ... Umaben sheds crocodile tears and tells her she can show the proof to the family and shred her image to pieces ... Chhanchhan tells her to wipe her tears as she is the one not seeing clearly now, while she has seen Umaben's thinking ... have you really, Chhanchhan? Am not too sure about that one ...
Chhanchhan tells Umaben that yes, she wants to fly, yet can stay grounded ... the mind boggles at the mental picture this conjures up ... she doesn't want control of the house, but neither does she want the freedom of others to be curtailed ... their fight is not personal, but that of two different streams of thought ... however she will neither let Umaben's image be sullied, nor will she let her be separated from the family, especially not from her son ... Chhanchhan deletes the video ... WHY, CC, WHY??!!!
Umaben has to respect Chhanchhan, although grudgingly ... but feels that Chhanchhan's new ways can never keep the family united ... for that, it needs her rules and regulations.
Left alone in the gazebo, Chhanchhan disagrees ... a family needs not rules, but love to stay united ... and the freedom to find their own paths in life ... the freedom to try their wings to fly ... and she will prove that to Umaben.
Manav finds Chhanchhan alone in the gazebo ... since his life is on even keel, with mom and wife both happy with each other, he gets back to his primary aim in life ... romancing his biwi ... who is quite happy to oblige!
Next morning, Kaumudi takes Mansi, Chhanchhan and Sanjana to the temple to do some rituals for their fast, they all wonder where Umaben has disappeared early morning.
Return home, the men are hogging breakfast ... this family eats a lot! Dadaji stops Kaumudi from rushing to the kitchen and decrees that the men will feed their fasting wives.
Dadaji is an example of tradition bending to the needs of the family and its members ... to hell with tradition if the women's health gets affected!
Manthan's face was a picture ... he was like ... hey, I was with the women, I'm fasting too!
So the men feed their wives ... Manav and Manthan happily, Mukut with very bad grace ... is this man just a male chauvinist pig of the highest order, or is there some other reason for his perpetual disgust with his poor wife?
More discussion on where Baa has disappeared ... does this woman not even tell her own husband what she plans to do?!
Umaben reappears with vrat gifts ... why did Sanjana get the smallest one? Manthan was the keenest for his wife's gift.
And Umaben drops her bombshell ... Manav and Chhanchhan are to move out of the house.
Umaben makes it clear, fairly subtly, that she doesn't think Chhanchhan is adjusting within the house and family ... and that's why she's giving her her freedom. Both she and Chhanchhan know the real reason ... is this another challenge? A counter-attack?
For once, the family does not agree ... except for babuji, who really is without any mati of his own! And the cracks start appearing ...
Dadaji is worried that history is repeating itself ... there will be another division in the family ...
Manthan is worried about the same thing ... division ... added grudge, the division is unfair ... he is getting shaded. Sanjana is happy with the gold sikka ... No wonder Umaben chose a simpleton for Manthan ... given a smarter wife, he would have demanded his share years ago!
Ranjana is frankly envious of the good time Chhanchhan will have alone in her own house ... lots of privacy, lots of freedom, lots of romance ... Manek is only worried about his anek bimaris, and that his brother is going to live separately ... how will he manage?
Kaumudi is more worried ... but about Chhanchhan. How will she manage alone? And how will they manage without her? Mukut is a grouch as usual ... his wife only worries about family and food, never about him ...
Manav and Chhanchhan equally worried ... CC decides to confront Umaben again ...
So Umaben, in her quest to keep the family together, is actually driving the members further and further apart ... will Chhanchhan manage to stem the rot?
Dia, loved your analogy. How I wish your vision came across the screen. Sigh! Loved the expressions on Manthan, Ranjana and Manek. Was hilarious. The cast is good. The story has potential. Why O Why does it feel like a different story is being told?
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ReplyDeleteDia, beautifully written post...however the concept is getting lost in execution...though wait and watch will be my mantra for now. After yesterday's high octane confrontation today was confusing...what does UB have in mind? Does Chhanchhan have a plan at all?
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