Written Update 29 January 2009

January 29, 2009

Highlights
Dev wants to prove that Rads is not his imagination before he tells the truth
Devki feels too guilty for what she has done
Brij Mohan judges that what happened was a grave sin and everyone involved is to be blamed.

Dev is about to tell Dadi the truth when they hear a noise and look up to see Vivek skipping down the stairs with his chair. Dev runs up to catch him before he falls completely off and hurts himself. He asks where Mrinu is and Vivek says he didn't tell her before coming out and its his fault. Mrinu comes there and Dev yells at her. Mrinu tells him to stop yelling as she cannot help if Vivek won't stay in his place since he knows he can't move around by himself. She says she cannot stay coped up if his brother is the one who can't move. Dadi tells him that Vivek is her responsibility but Mrinu tells them that he is not only her responsibility but he is their grandson and brother also and they can also take care of him. Then she mentions Choti bahu who was supposed to do some miracle by coming here and where is she and she should be given some responsibility and not just the family jewels. Then she tells Dev to give his wife some responsibility otherwise she'll get lazy and their family won't get their miracle. She leaves and Dev and Dadi are quiet.

Radhika is feeding the cow her food and Brij Mohan comes out to wash his hands after dinner. He sees her and asks why she is feeding the cow at this time and notices that its in a plate. He asks if she was feeding her food to the cow? Devki and Amma also come out and Brij Mohan asks again why she is feeding her food to the cow. Devki looks like she is in pain. Radhika looks at her and says that she didn't feel like eating. Brij Mohan doesn't buy that and he sees Devki keeps looking at Amma. He asks Amma if she prohibited Radhika from eating. Amma says that she did because Radhika went out without telling them and its not a good thing for a young girl to be roaming the streets. Brij Mohan explains that he sent her to the mandir and Amma argues that she should have told them. He says that she was coming to tell you but he stopped her because it was getting late and they were waiting for flowers. Devki looks miserable. Brij Mohan says that she punished Radhika for such a small thing. Radhika makes and excuse that Amma was right because she went to ghaat from the mandir and came home late and there was a lot of work to do. Devki is feeling super guilty and Amma just smiles (what a '..).

Devki comes back to her room and is feeling guilty that she ever thought Radhika could be wrong. She feels too guilty to stand in front of God. She looks at a photograph of Rads and Vish together and thinks that fate has interlinked both their lives and if she tries to do bring Radhika's truth out it will ruin Vishakha. She feels afraid of Radhika's purity and honesty. She thinks that if God weighs her love and sacrifices for her then possibly Vishakha's life will be ruined and she doesn't know whom to pray for anymore. Does she ask for Radhika's or Vishakha's happiness.

Dev is with his brother and he is lost looking up at the sky. Vivek tells him that whenever they are together he never stops talking so what happened. Dev comes back to reality and Vivek tells him not to take Mrinu's talks to heart because she is only irritated by her situation but is not evil at heart. Then he says that everyone in the family has some expectations from choti bahu and maybe Mrinu also had some. Maybe she expected that choti bahu will help her take care of me and it's a simple thing but she might have said it too bitterly. Dev tells Vivek not to worry about him and he understands. Vivek tells him that Choti bahu is new to this family and it will take time to familiarize so Dev should help her. Dev just nods and changes the topic. He thinks that he'll familiarize when the real choti bahu comes. But he can't tell them anything now as they will also think he is imagining her. He wishes he had some clue that would prove that she is real and not imagination.

Devki comes to Rads room when she is sleeping (still on the ground) and she talks to Rads in her thoughts. She asks why she never fights or complains to her. She can't bare her silence as it makes her feel even smaller. She thinks that she has committed a grave sin and she'll have to find a solution for it.

In the morning when Brij Mohan is getting ready to leave he notices Devki worried. He asks and she explains that she is worried about her friend who is in a dilemma. Because she has two daughters and last week was her elder daughters wedding but she went away somewhere and she had put the younger one on the mandap. Amma who wasn't paying attention till now suddenly is alert and furious at Devki. Devki tells Brij Mohan that after the traditional marriage, the older one came back and the family sent the older one with the groom. Brij Mohan is appalled that they sent an unmarried girl away. Amma interrupts and tells Devki why she is worried about other's problems. But Brij Mohan is too angry. He says this is absolute sacrilege and what her friend did was nonsense and why she would do that. Devki says that she thought its better to send the girl whom the family is expecting as their bride. Brij Mohan says that its still against rituals and traditions.

Radhika comes at this point and gets the gist of the argument and she stops by the door. Brij Mohan asks if the mother didn't have any thought towards the younger daughter who actually got married. Devki says that they had no choice at the time as the whole world thought that the girl who got married was the older one if they sent the younger one their reputation was at stake. Brij Mohan says that truth is above all else and this family has disrespected truth and this family will never be happy. He says the girl who went in the doli is committing a sin by living the life of a married woman when she is unmarried and the girl who is living in the house as unmarried even tho she is married is also committing a sin. He says that this girl should not have forgotten that she is the one to get married and he is her husband. Radhika is shocked. He says that if she doesn't fulfill her patni-dharam then all else she does is waste. And Patni dharma is in her husband's well being, happiness and progress. Devki is just looking confused and in pain and Amma is furious and Radhika is shocked. END.