Muski, this is your most mature work and I love it so much that it is difficult to explain. I love all your FFs and if someone asks me to choose it becomes very difficult to me. Push comes to shove, I love them all but still on persistence I would say Deewangi and Khamoshi were my favouritest because not only were they fun, emotional, passionate, touching, they were different... unique...one of a kind story. Kashmkash in that respect is just like that...one of a kind...unique and even more diifcult to write. It is easier to write events, things which happen but most difficult to express emotions.
This story has no right or wrong and still painfully has so much shades of reality. Be it time constraints, lack of respect or lack of love and understanding...so many men and women go through this phase in their marriage or at least in part of it. Story demands more drama but fact is so many of normal breathing real couples face this dilemma maybe after having children or maybe when they are old or maybe when they are not able to concieve. Problems may vary but this kashmkash...this lack of togetherness is a very much a reality...
I just applaud you for so much sentivity and attention to detail which brings out emotions. Story started with Geet finally giving up on her relationship which looks normal to an average eye but is anything but normal. Devoid of any emotion, burdened by insenstivity of her own husband.
Then we move into the phase where Maan's cluelessness comes out. In a way I empathise with him. He has shut himself so tight that he has no idea how to feel or show his emotions. Like they say "I don't wish for dreams to come true because I don't know how to dream"
Finally his realisation that maybe he failed his own wife. They both were always faithful but still somewhere they both did not understand with Maan sharing most of the blame because he shut her out...maybe not intentionally but maybe as a habit. He assumed she was happy when she always just wanted his love...bas ek nazar...
Being childless just added to that void though i always believe that even if child was there, she may have filled his time with her child'd love but void of husband's love would have still remained the same...
and now when somewhere deep down realisation is coming, guilt is coming. I hope both of them have strength and belief in their relationship to fight that guilt and talk to each other. Here is a couple who genuinly care...genuinly love each other but need a way to express their love and minimal expectations...
beautiful story and i don't know how you write it muski...just pure emotions. That part about where he remebered gifts she gave him and then he couldn't remember last one because he never showed he cared...she asked him for a gift first time and then did not...how slowly she stopped asking, talking, dreaming and that realisation...Geet Maan Singh Khurana had nothing because Maan Singh Khurana was not there with her...
Ek ladki ki utni hi izzat hoti hai jitni shaadi ke baad ek pati uski karta hai...my mom always used to say it. If husband loves and protects his wife, that wife is protected. If he doesn't then noone outside or within the family does...
Paami never respected her because Maan never respected her...
Only thing where my heart goes out is that Maan never did it intentionally...he is like a child who just never knew what was missing from his own life...he is like a blind person not knowing that he is missing colours.
Geet has suffered so much and all her pain is now making him suffer because he cares. I wish they come together and finally Maan learns to just show that he loves and cares. He is lucky to have a wife who only wnats that. No gifts or luxury can replace that. She is a simple girl who wants to get ready to see appreciation in her husband's eyes...she wants to wait for him in the evening so that she can serve him coffee to reduce his tiredness...someone who holds her close when they sleep...just simple gestures which says I care...
Beautiful and awesome and thank you so much for starting this again. I know you are very busy so I appreciate all the time and effort you are putting in for us...
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