1/5 - Epi 89 ... Some Home Truths

1st May Thursday


Maithili jasoos - Maithili is smart, as smart as Paro ... the doctor tells her the report, and she puts together all the pieces ... Mohini refusing to do the SN puja, then her sudden about turn, the laddoos in a separate plate for Paro ... so Maithili knows the identity of the poisoner. Will the doctor give the report to the BSD?

The mandir scene -
Slightly melodramatic ... less melodramatic than I expected, and Sanaya was beautiful in the scene. Loved her acting there.
I think the dear panditji was hinting that Paro give something of value to the temple ... a favourite piece of jewelry, some gold ... maybe if he was lucky, she might even donate some land or somethingHe went on and on about donating 'amulya vastu' ... valuable thing.

Instead poor fellow was taken aback when she donated her husband ... something he had no value forNo wonder he gave her one measly flower as prasad!

For Paro, of course, Rudra and her relationship with Rudra is the most valuable and precious thing in her life ... also the last thing he told her before eating the laddoo was that he wished she would leave him ... he wanted chutkara from her.

I loved the flashbacks in the temple scene as Paro thought about what was the most precious thing in her life ... very well chosen, put together, they strung a beautiful tale.

So Rudra will get what he wished for ... always a two edged sword. Paro wished for a husband with Lord Shiv's name, and look what it got her - an active volcano.

I'm very glad this is happening ... Rudra banna had it very easy ... Paro has been fussing around him, and giving him no space with her frequent declarations of love ... and he's been taking Paro completely for granted ... something most men do Good thing she will back off from him, and he will realise what he's missing!

The last PaRud scene - 

Everyone in the family is petrified of Rudra's anger ... but when Paro deal with him so calmly and firmly, his anger looks and sounds like the sulky tantrums of a two year old child ... not scary at all. 

I loved the way she gave him the last of the apple and said, now feed yourself ... I've helped you till here, now you can have to do the rest alone. Wise words ... and perfect truth in those words ... people can shower their love and affection on him all they like ... and they do ... Paro, Kakusa, Dilsher ... even Maithili in her own quiet way ... Aman, Col Singh, Mrs Singh ... Rudra has a lot of people in his life who care about him. Yet he stays imprisoned in his anger and his bitterness, and refuses to come out. That self-realisation has to hit him ... before he takes hold of himself and works to overcome it. And only he can do it ... but he has to WANT to do so. Not remain imprisoned in his cage of self-pity and bitterness all his life, and continue to blame the world, and specifically 'beautiful women' all his life. 

Also he did lose his job, and while he wanted to marry Paro, a fact he will die before he admits, in his current state of mind ... he didn't want to be forced into it. And Paro, ever since she admitted she loved him, has pretty much been smothering him with her frequent vows of eternal love, Shiv-Parvati and they were meant to be tales ... he's already having a tough time fighting his feelings, he doesn't want to be told that yes, he does love her, because he doesn't WANT to love her ... and he's furious enough that he can't control himself. And that all comes out in his roughness and rudeness to Paro. 

Paro is right ... she has lost much more in life that Rudra has ... she has only a single living relative, whom she is not even allowed to see ... she has a husband who professes to hate her, was forced into marrying her, and instead of making the best of it, grouches and grumbles and rants and raves about how he was forced into marrying her to save his job 24/7 ... completely forgetting his own role in the entire marriage drama. She has a witch for a MIL. But she chooses to concentrate on the positives ... she forges relationships where she can find them, builds bridges where she finds a scrap of cement ... and moves ahead.

So I'm very glad that she will step back from him ... very glad that she already stepped back from him today. His surprise was evident when she calmly and briskly handed the last of the apple to him, and told him ... now you manage yourself, I'm sure you can. 

Liked Aman again today ... he was very cute as he attempted to translate Rudra's mumbled words into sense for Paro ... not that she really needed the translation. And loved the way Rudra's gaze zeroed in on Paro's hurt feet, and his demand she see a doctor ... although he spoiled the effect later by telling her that her temple visit didn't mean anything to him, and wouldn't win him back to her. Not realising that she had just promised to give him up.

Ah Rudra ... be careful what you wish for. That social worker Damyanti was very wise ... words spoken in anger can destroy relationships.