Rishton mein yeh Kaisi Dooriyan???

Its soo difficult for a daughter to see her own father at her feet & yet stand still.

if it was some other situation, whr a father might have tripped, koi bhi daughter waha apne hath aage badathi to lift her father...but here Indira had to keep all her daughter feelings aside & stay strong...tht clenched fist was depicting tht thing, holding her heart against her daughter feeling...and as she told woh behcare bhi nahi rahe. She couldnt evn pitty or sympathise with her fathers conditions. But she had to let him knw & realise his condition, and through tht she let out all her feelings & pain at the same time too. The dialogues she told were soo heart touching. It told all tht pain she had within her coz of wht her dad did to her & to the family, and also those feelings she felt seeing him in tht condition. But somewhere she still considers him as her father, and loves & respects him too..though little. On the other side Inder wasnt evn able to look into Indira's eyes, but his own eyes were filled with tears of guilt, shame & helplessness...may be he repents for all tht happened too.

I really wanted to comment on the introductory and ending paragraphs

Pehle, I really really agree with you...the family had no real depth of relationship between each & still really dont. Other than Ishan, who openly admits that his Bua isn't all "sweet sweet - meethi meethi tpyes" is still his favorite, almost as if she is his mother. his bua is the best and when either become upset at the other its because they are hurt and their love is shining through. but all these other family members, they're just living together ..but not really apanapan between any of them. Each do whatever they want for themselves only -they do not think how their actions affect another person, their own blood, because they are only looking towards their benefit. Honestly, ishan is too young for indira to totally unburden her thoughts, worries and emotions upon. in fact, she is really really great in the way that she does not make ishan aware of her troubles, whatever he learns is through his own eavesdropping.

"Saare Apne sath hoke bhi ek dusre se kithne dur hai. Sath hoke bhi sath nahi. Yeh kaisi dooriya aagayi hai inn sabke beech mein.." totally totally reflects the current state of indira and reality as well.. reminds me of that song "ajeeb dastan hai yeh, kahan shuru kahan khatam. yeh manzile hai kaunsi, na voh samajh sake na hum..."

It's such a sad reality, but sometimes you could be in room full of people or have the best of things, but be so removed. This is the reality of HD that I love, the loneliness, the suppression of self and thought, and the manifestation of having to always protect one self without being bitter or negative. Indira has a family, parents and siblings etc, but only in name. She has a job, a work place full of people and visiting dignitaries - but she is stressed and so far removed from it all...all of these are in name but do not fulfill her. there is that emptiness in her life that she has yet to fulfill & whether that distance needs to met together with everyone else or she must come to a realization .. her contentment is yet to be found. i think we all, in our own lives, struggle with finding purpose and belonging, too.