Footsteps...fading away

Footsteps….Fading Away In The Autumn Dusk

Over the rustle of the fallen autumn leaves

The footsteps slowly fading away in the distance….

She knows it's the final farewell…

Her face is still angelic, but there is no magic in her smile

All he sees is a stranger, and shards of some lost tender moments…

She pines for his touch, but the moment is lost

For love, deeper than the abyss of the night sky, is, but a human emotion

It hurts, it cries and it finally runs dry, after the last tears are shed

So goodbye my dear….'cause I no longer care….

We do not know if Armaan & Riddhima's love story will run a similar course (probably not cause this is a hindi serial!!), but the two remind me of Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler of 'Gone with the Wind'…and how that love story ended….

Just wanted to draw a parallel between the two…

Scarlett – epitome of beauty & brains, pampered, headstrong, childish, scheming, selfish, gutsy and a true survivor…

Rhett – handsome, witty, sharp, a cad (in his own words), womanizer (till he meets Scarlett), opportunist, passionate, sincere and unpretentious…

The two are soul mates and yet the story has an unhappy ending.. or are they

Rhett, sees Scarlett for who she really is – a selfish, scheming lil brat too much in love with herself. Once he observes, my dear, you are no lady and no other man can understand and love you better than me! Definitely not Ashley , of the weak will! He tries hard to wipe off Ashley from her mind, once even succeeding in the moments of passion, but her ego & ignorance come in between, again!!

Scarlett spends a lifetime thinking she loves Ashley, who is unavailable, only to be awakened to the shocking truth that Ahsley only lusted for her (and actually only loved one woman – the one he was married to!); and she was in love with the illusion she had created around Ashley – of them being soul mates. And then her eyes open to the fact that its good old Rhett, who's stood by her through thick & thin who she really loves!

By then its too late…Riddhima seems to be determined to walk that line as well…

'Hell hath no fury as a woman scorned' – she proved the saying so right today… She cannot see the pain she is causing this man…she cannot see beyond the ridicule she is being subjected to because of the bet…she is misconstruing everything he ever did for her…

And today her mistrust did break Armaan's heart…When I started this post I was wondering how does love die….today the look on Armaan's face gave me the answer – it doesn't die – one person just crosses all limits and tears the other's heart apart!! One cud see the cruel blows she was dealing to that tender feeling he had nurtured for her for so long….And all that was left was bitterness and emptiness!

THANK GOD shakira di u made a post.............

Today's episode was very dark n gloomy for me........ i never thought ridhima to be so insensitive...........she just broke armaan's heart without thinking once...........n the cheap she charged on armaan was just enough to hurt armaan badly........ today armaan was most disappointed n frustrated......... THE MORE HE WANTS TO PROVE HIS LOVE.......MORE SHE HURTS HIM............

Yaar when will ridhima will realize her mistake.............she was just so insensitive in today's episode..........her character is just being ruined n more over why was she angry with armaan....... he didn't kissed her...........then watz her problem???? if she is angry then was she expecting a real kiss??????

I m seriously feeling very low......... after watching today's episode i seriously don't wanaa watch ridhima's face again.......... n i want a new loving gal to come into armaan's life.............armaan also confessed that RIDHIMA IS TALKING SICK..............so RIDHIMA u don't know wat u are losing 😡

Armaan made me cry today..............it was so crystal clear that he madly loves ridhima n can do anything for her........ but all in vain...........he got only insult......... for his love......... i don't understand HOW can a gal like ridhima think like that............can't she understand that if armaan was so interested in her body then he wud have used her long back when ridz was also falling in love with him............. but armaan never did anything.............. my head is gonna burst now😡

oh i fink lookin at all da topicz abt armaan bein vry hurt
seemz lyck itz gonno b a harsh, sad, depressin epi
hope i dnt end up cryin in frnt of evry1

oh hpe da luv btween dem dnt die!!
nce topic shakira, it really mkez sense n u can see it da pain n everyfin through our own eyez

Congratulations on your first ever topic!!!! and very well timed at that...we have reached a 'my dear, i don't give a damn' stage!!

will contribute a little later!!

Mehak...did not intend to post but was feeling awful after watching the episode and had to vent it out somewhere...

Riddhima keeps hitting newer lows every week... every time I feel she has outdone her self she proves me wrong. Her problem is that nothing Armaan does can be right for her...had Armaan kissed her, she wud hve still run away crying and accused him of using an excuse to kiss her! He didn't and she felt slighted by his remark - his rejection was like a emotional slap for her ego...so she accuses him of chep motives!

But now she has finally gone too far with him - its time for him to snap ties for good (ofcoures till the next upheavel)

sexysoul...thanks! It is indeed a very moving episode...cause Armaan's hurt was palpable today and Riddhima's insensitivity was infuriating.

Aarti...thanks! as u know did not intend to put it up - but like u said, today was such perfect timing. Even the autumn leaves were blowing in the wind...

Sharika that was well done!!!!!!

What struck as me as the question of the day was when does love die? Or does it at all? I would not like to set limits to love, but it seems like there are some invisible lines that are drawn and when pushed across these lines, your patience wears, never your love. When your intentions are the object of suspect by the one m person you wish honoured them the most, when you are victimized on the gallows of morality, when you reach a dead end as regards you attempt to show your real self, you embrace defeat, diffidently, perhaps, but you do….

And sometimes as it is in Rhett's case, you see so much into the person in front of you that even at the final moments of consciousness, the defeat has bored into every nook of your being rendering you incapable of a thought of a brighter future.

I wrote something long back that may be relevant here….

You and I will forget
What we must
And do what is wise.
Let others die for passion
You and I will not.

You and I will not travel in space
Or surmount Everest
Kill for great causes
Or die for them.
You and I will live long,
Bored, jaded, but sane

You and I will not believe
In genie, ghost or fairy.
We will live rational lives
And die rational deaths
Under speeding motor trucks.

-Aarti

Sharika
I was sad while on the road today knowing i would miss this episode..but now am i glad or what!!And i think i will give this one a miss.Cannot tolerate Ridiculous Riddhima anymore.Maybe i expected a lil too much out of this character much to my disappointment!Let her make merry with her perfect Mr Right and let them ridicule themselves away to glory!

When does love die?!?
I also think/like to believe it doesnt!The tender feelings go deeper into the recesses of the heart to be enveloped with pain and despair.
When love/luck deals a hard blow the only way to survive the heartbreak is to walk away with the love still intact and hidden away like a treasure in the ailing heart!

Very well written. I guess love never goes away but like Aarti put it just accepts defeat and retreats. It was heartrending to see all that Armaan held dear broken to a million pieces. Like a beautiful symphony metamorphosing into cacophony of sounds, lost on a listener who has neither the sensitivity to appreciate it nor the sense to respect its beauty but wilfully dismisses it as unworthy since it doesnt make sense to her twisted and warped mind.

I almost expected her to change into a blood sucking vampire there with a ghoulish face and sharp pointing teeth feeding off Armaan's feelings and emotions and laughing hysterically for having succeeded in destroying something so beautiful and fine and making Armaan like those victims, zombies with their soul lost, anguishing and lamenting. But Armaan will rise yet from the ashes like the Phoenix and have the last laugh.