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AIMING TOO HIGH?
Fiction disguises our desires; our desire to live in a good society- the kind we inherently know should exist, our desire to have perfect relationships, etc. As viewers of fictional shows, we often get attached to those fictional characters and that further results in a desire to have that certain fictional character part of our life. Among those few desires, rarely do we see a desire to actually become one of those characters; to inherit the characteristics of that particular character that we emulate them for and at times aspire to be like them.
Now, where am I going with all this?!
Well this concept of emulation in context to this show becomes a tad complicated, well for me atleast. Focusing on just the sisters, I wonder whether it is possible to emulate them?! Being, fictional characters and slated to be extra-ordinary, one (I) can still easily fall in love with their chemistry and relate to their portrayal of sisters relationship; I accept a story of sisters where one aborts her child to save her younger sister, story of a sister who forsakes her physical & emotional pain to donate bone marrow to the other while barely having a chance to process that grief, a story where one challenges the other in the court to stop her from saving her life, a story of sisters who argue over the fact who got more love from the other, story of sisters who regard each other as their God, story of a sister who readily enacts the role of a brother and a mother as if she already doesn't do enough as a sister, accept their OTT dialogues & their Khoon Ka Rishta! Again, perhaps we are able to relate because of our desires; our desire to see relationship of sisters like these two- A 'Jeevika & A 'Manvi'! I, for one, would love to have an older sister like Jeevika & World would look better wouldn't it (well atleast my home will for sure with that much love)
But then I think, despite the fact that I believe it all to be real and feasible, why is it hard to become like one of those sisters in real life? Can one really become a 'Jeevika' or a 'Manvi'?! When it comes to having a desire to actually become like one of the characters, I think Jeeman have raised the bar where even our imagination fails to reach! In some cases, siblings naturally tend to bond very well whereas in some relations, one has to make attempts to gel well with each other! Jeeman are naturally bonded & one simply just wonders where does all that affection come from?! Being an older sister to a brother, I sometimes think I stand nowhere near sister like Jeevika; Jeevika's bonding with her brother, Dabbu, is also something else whereas they don't share the blood relation, but I don't even see myself up to that level! I would love to be a sister like her but I just stop wondering can I ever be selfless like her, affectionate like her? Jeevika does all that she does for Manvi without any expectation of something in return whereas one like me expects equal respect and love back from the other side and when that doesn't happen, I think why should I be the one doing everything? Clearly with this kind of thought process, I can't even begin to take a first step let alone become the Jeevika that I love! Can I ever consider my sibling as God (just the thought of that made me laugh in my head so imagine), can I ever give a meaning to our "khoon ka rishta"?!, Can I become a mother in need?
I can make attempts but looking at their relationship, I just wonder if I am just aiming too high?! Perhaps its just easier to have a desire for a sister like Jeevika than to actually become one or perhaps we just need to make an attempt to rectify our existing relations that may have gone sour instead of wishing for 'Jeevika' or 'Manvi' in our lives?! As I conclude this post, I happened to notice today's day being the "Thanksgiving Day", I never thought of it while I wrote this but guess this a sign to be thankful for all the relations we have that we, myself included, take for granted!!
**EDIT: I don't know why & how this opinionated post became more like a philosophical lecture instead?! That's what boredom does to you & like always, I don't execute my thoughts well enough before writing them down so ignore it doesn't flow very well and of course, my work is never edited so ignore those grammatical errors :)
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