The Taming of the Shrew.

'Have you seen an unhappier man', I ask myself.

Have you seen an unhappier man? I want to ask you.

Grief drowns me. How do I explain it to you!

My soul has been battered into a pulp of rejection.

Insignificant me!

Does it even matter to her that I exist! Does it ever occur to her how my heart yearns for her?

Does she know the despair I feel when she doesn't see me!

Foolish me! I cannot empty my heart off this burden. It fills me, devours me- the astounding, scary depths of my feelings for her.

In spite of everything she has done.

In spite of everything I have done to save myself from her.

It doesn't go away...EVER!

I told them the truth- both her and my father.

It really doesn't matter who I marry. Because no one can fill this void in me. Least of all, she who is the one responsible for it.

It is just not in her, isn't it? She doesn't have it...The warmth to embrace me, the love to breathe life into me, the depth to feel for me or the wings to soar high with me.

All she has for me , is Indifference...and selfishness- the same she has to offer anyone.

And the power to hurt- that is all for me. Ignore! Scoff at! Mutilate!

Tears sting my eyes.

I will not be this desperate man. If she has the power to hurt my feelings, I have the power to destroy her ego.

I will shred her pride and wear her down...until she feels the pain I feel today.

And then she will know what devastation feels like.

PS: The episode showcased the contradictions in the reactions of two people pining for love. Both felt betrayed, but they chose to express it in two different ways. I have always felt for Suman. Yesterday, Shravan's conversation with his father and the way he expressed his pain was beautifully portrayed.

Is it Kamini or Nanaji or Ramnaath.

Shravan has married the right girl for all the wrong reasons.

Suman has married the wrong guy for the right reasons.

Comedy is based on the absurdity of human behavior.

Tragedy is based on the inevitability of loss.

So how would you classify this drama? I signed up for a romantic comedy I think. But this is becoming a comical tragedy!

I for one am at a loss to understand the motivations for this marriage.

He marries her because he cannot bear to see her with anybody else. He is going to bring her 'inline' with his dad's expectation of a daughter-in-law to justify his flimsy reasons for marrying her. While the real reason for it are his insecurities. Which aren't going anywhere anytime soon.

She marries him because she believes deep down he loves her. Is that a reason to marry anyone? Just because they *might* love you? I wouldn't know. I had an arranged marriage.

For Suman this marriage will be a comedy of errors. She will just shake it off and get on with her life.

She did that when her parents died, Shravan left etc.

He asks her to leave PCT? No problem she will agree. Within a couple of days Preeta(or whoever manages PCT) will call with an emergency and she will beg him to attend to this one problem. And to help her he will let go.

He asks her to align with misogynistic tendencies? He will not let her pay for her food and or expenses. No issues. She will be the cook/maid at their house justifying her cost of living.

Bottomline he or Ramnath will NEVER have the kind of hold of her that they hope to have. She is a survivor who swims along with the tide.

So the real tragedy here will be for Shravan. He is so deeply soaked in misery and self-pity that I am not sure a self-centered person like Suman can help with. Nothing wrong with being self-centered. Just saying. I think he is a good person beneath all those acidic layers. But who cares nowadays about what lies beneath? Suman sure as hell won't!

(On a side note: I don't want to bash another show here. So I will not name it. But this story has strong parallels with a season 2 of a certain very popular serial. I watched this season 2 serial for exactly 3 episodes. I was shocked into giving up due to the misogyny. The story is so similar that I am sure these two serials have a common writer.

The story for that serial goes as follows: The FL is forced to marry a guy who is a sick psycho. Surprisingly he happens to have model parents. A very understanding friendly cool dad and an ice queen proper mom(who happens to be Nirmala here!). But once the heroine marries and comes to their home she comes to know everybody's true colors. The ice queen proper MIL behaves that way because the cool dad is actually a horrible misogynist sociopath underneath. He controls the entire family with a stranglehold. Even his own daughter(ML's sister) is not spared from the misogyny. I just couldn't bear to watch the horror show. )

Hi Chick...

sixer pe sixer 😆

Shravan's redemption won't take long as all it needs is him knowing that he's loved by Suman but Rammy is almost (leaving a tiny space) impossible for redemption...

@chicksoup,

loved your writeup... nothing much to say

@glassdoor,

Take a bow girl!

And here I thought you were team Sumo!

Silly me!

You brought out shravan so well, heck I felt my heart clench!

Beautiful!

🤗

Amazing post girl..

Take a bow.. 👏

Shravan yesterday personified pain..

I have nothing more to add here... Except that I felt for him.. My heart again broke for him...