The Bride With A Doll...Removed/ A/N on Pg 42 :) - Page 80

Originally posted by: Anamika100

I have been waiting for this update for so long and it was absolutely fabulous. You write so vividly and in such detail that I could visualize the events as if I am watching a movie.

I could empathize with Arnav's inner struggle as he comes of age in is time, caught between the shackles of who he is and who he wants to be and constantly reminded of his obligations and expectations and who he is beholden to...for the privileges he has.

I loved the mango orchard incident the best. Khushi and Arnab both were brilliant...she showing her impishness and devilry and him being amused by it.

The last part was so disturbing to me because regardless of the age and her readiness to be a wife, at the end of the day, that was still Khushi's husband seeking out another woman for his satisfaction...something that is a huge issue for any woman and yet...this girl child does not even know about all that stuff...wonder which she would have preferred had she been given a choice...to be a wife now or to have her childhood and share her man with another woman...and yet in Arnab's defense, he is an adult who is trying to spare his child wife...

This is deep stuff...

Originally posted by: pixiegirl

Hey Jenny, a very heavy duty chapter for sure...

The initial part was really nice to see him argue with his mother for Khushi's doll... explaining quite nicely why she should return the doll to Khushi... Aww that was really sweet of him...

Loved the way Khushi had begun to blossom in her new home & the slow transformation into womanhood... Kid that she is, it was very endearing to see her get along real well with her young BIL & boss over him by wielding her status over him... Thought that was real cute... Even loved to see her being so friendly & frank with Arnav with no coyness or desire at all... Loved the way Arnav said of course, he knew it was her idea for wanting to get the raw mangoes... He knows his wife too well... 😛 LOL All the innocent child sees in him is a friend, & hasn't a clue what her relationship should be like with him...

Arnav's fights with his father was so typical of the youth of those times... Whose patriotic calling made them do things quite contrary to what their fathers had been doing especially of these affluent homes... The heated arguments between father & sons was always a cause of huge stress for the mothers to pacify both husband & son to maintain peace & stability in their homes...

Felt really bad at Arnav's anger at poor Khushi... Who had been sent like a lamb for the slaughter... Arnab's own desire for her are now emerging but he clamped down his feelings in shame or self-loathing for his own carnal desires at lusting after a child...

But the last part was really disturbing... If Arnav found it loathsome to lust after a girl child whom he was married to, where did his code of conduct go when he went visiting a brothel leaving a wife behind?? Isn't he following his erstwhile father's footsteps now?? I really hope he gets repulsed when he actually sees those women & regains his moral compass...

P.S. Once again reading Khushi address Arnab as Arnabji was quite jarring on my nerves, there is no "Ji" in bangla... She should either address him as "Ogo Shuncho" bengali eqivalent of "aji sun te ho" or she should call him Arnab babu... But please no Ji, that is purely hindi...

Also Thammi is granny, to Arnab & Khushi not to his mother... His mother shouldn't address her as Thammi, Thammi should be replaced by shashuri ma equivalent of sasu ma in hindi...

Originally posted by: IPK007

Thanks Geets for your wonderful, insightful comment as usual. Hadn't realized that ji was pure Hindi...will change it:)) And thanks for clarifying about the thammi part too.😊

Originally posted by: pixiegirl

Hey thanks Jenny, hope you didn't mind, trying to make your story as authentic as it can get 😊

Originally posted by: IPK007

No of course...I didn't mind...You and Vandana are my cultural consultants 😊