Tewari & Sons, 23, Chandni Chowk - THREAD III - Page 21

Originally posted by: Anarocksick

Radhika, my fellow Dilli-wali Bengali IF member who also happens to write an amazing fanfic, you are awesome! I'm being a total regionalist here but we don't have many Delhi people reading or writing Ashi fics and we certainly don't have much Bengali Delhi people at it (and we need more of us!!!) So all these Bong jokes that you crack sometimes in your updates are more than welcome. Really Debanjana and Tumpa 😆. Even my name and "daaknaam" has no connection whatsoever. Man, Anjali has turned herself into a complete Bong after marriage. I'm impressed!

The thing with your story is that, I want to read it, all of it, in one go. And I don't mind waiting (because I know that writing a chapter takes a lot of "finding inspiration" and time) but I dread a chapter getting over and me having nothing to do after it. It's the most depressing feeling...I cannot explain. I want it to go on and on and on. It's almost like having a good coversation with your friends, you know.

Now, now, I had a lot to say but so much happens in your chapters (I'm not complaining) that I lose track of where to begin and where to end. But I would really like to point out that I'm seriously beginning to feel for Arnav. I've always understood him but abhi uske liye sad bhi feel hone laga hai. I know it is Khushi I should feel sympathies towards but Arnav ke liye andar se Pyaar aata hai. He's so lost, bechara. I wonder how he runs a business! I've always believed that for running a business, one needs a sweet...smart mouth. And he's so awkward... Of course he needs some assistance!

Radhika, I think I've said this before but I loved the way you've beuilt your characters. Special mention goes to Arnav because he's as real as it gets and hence my favourite hero in your story (not because he's IPK ka hero).

Thank you for this wonderful, entertaining story. I really wish to comment more often and hopefully from now on, I'll get to :)

Originally posted by: CheshireBilli

Ana, meri jaan, you said it all. 😆

I agree 300%. Also, I know a Debanjana. And various people nicknamed Tumpa. Anjali's adoption of Bengali culture is simultaneously howlarious and sweet.

Re: Arnav, I think his issue is that he flounders a little when people don't play to his internalized social script. So he probably does very well with business etiquette and networking and protocol, but puts his foot in his mouth all the time when you take the rules away. With people he is already very close to-- or at least has known for a while, he can open up and be his snarky, dry-humour-wala, nice-guy self.

With acquaintances, he probably just sticks to what he thinks is socially acceptable, keeping everyone at an arm's length.

The problem arises when he isn't quite sure how to categorize people and therefore isn't sure which set of social rules apply. Khushi isn't a colleague. She isn't close family or a friend. She isn't a mere acquaintance either. So his brain can't figure out where to put Khushi. Compound that with his unwilling attraction to her and you have a LARGE foot. 😆

Similarly, Akash is family, but he's never been close to him. So he can neither put Akash in Anjali's category, nor can he put him in the acquaintance category. Stuck again.

And I think he's showing remarkable character development, not only in terms of growing up and introspecting and consciously trying to do better, but also in how he approaches Khushi and Akash and their two steps forward-one step back, work-in-progress relationship.

(There goes my decision to not dissect a favourite chapter like a paranoid fangirl.)

Originally posted by: Anarocksick

Radhika, my fellow Dilli-wali Bengali IF member who also happens to write an amazing fanfic, you are awesome! I'm being a total regionalist here but we don't have many Delhi people reading or writing Ashi fics and we certainly don't have much Bengali Delhi people at it (and we need more of us!!!) So all these Bong jokes that you crack sometimes in your updates are more than welcome. Really Debanjana and Tumpa 😆. Even my name and "daaknaam" has no connection whatsoever. Man, Anjali has turned herself into a complete Bong after marriage. I'm impressed!

The thing with your story is that, I want to read it, all of it, in one go. And I don't mind waiting (because I know that writing a chapter takes a lot of "finding inspiration" and time) but I dread a chapter getting over and me having nothing to do after it. It's the most depressing feeling...I cannot explain. I want it to go on and on and on. It's almost like having a good coversation with your friends, you know.

Now, now, I had a lot to say but so much happens in your chapters (I'm not complaining) that I lose track of where to begin and where to end. But I would really like to point out that I'm seriously beginning to feel for Arnav. I've always understood him but abhi uske liye sad bhi feel hone laga hai. I know it is Khushi I should feel sympathies towards but Arnav ke liye andar se Pyaar aata hai. He's so lost, bechara. I wonder how he runs a business! I've always believed that for running a business, one needs a sweet...smart mouth. And he's so awkward... Of course he needs some assistance!

Radhika, I think I've said this before but I loved the way you've beuilt your characters. Special mention goes to Arnav because he's as real as it gets and hence my favourite hero in your story (not because he's IPK ka hero).

Thank you for this wonderful, entertaining story. I really wish to comment more often and hopefully from now on, I'll get to :)

Originally posted by: _Mini_

Full on with you on the Bong name bit. No connection!😆

I always remember to thank my father for the ordinary daaknaam like 'MINI' (although no connections stands out bright) rather than the Bizarre yet so popular bong ones like Tulo, Pikun ( sibling of U-kun!! 🤣) or scarier still Tumba and Dabloo- wanna- nominate-own-kid-up-for-bullying kinds?!?

But Anjali's zealous 'adoption' to the Bong-ness is something I have yet to see in real life. Havnt seen much in my household... gotta say its difficult for probashi families where the 2nd-3rd generations themselves are slipping off the mark sometimes.

Hmm...

Originally posted by: Anarocksick

Wow. That is one very good dissection. I agree with you. His mind really can't place Khushi but he's warming up to her and slowly opening up. Same with Aakash. Besides, how to escape family? He's usually only chill with NK and Anjali because they are the easy-going and talkative types and he doesn't have to make an effort. With Khushi and Aakash, he usually has to.

His character development is the reason he's my absolutely favourite and gets special mentions from me from time to time :)