Blast from the Past Thread #24 ** Golgappa Times ** p 113, ep 246 - Page 14

Originally posted by: aarwen

Episode 233

The episode starts of the with the possiblity of Babli actually having done something useful for once. But Shyam's evil plans are not to be foiled still.

Feels like a lifetime ago when a girl sat making a rangoli wondering about marriage..and a boy eavesdropped pretending to work for his di. He fell and she tried to warn him. They ended up mingled in a swirl of hues, shades and tints. She raised her hands to brush away the telling streak from his cheek. He held her arm to show the color was here to stay. The new lovers were a bit meek. Still very new to this. He had been marked as hers and she as his. Days later a festival would bring color back in the air and with it an enchantment now difficult to bear. Finally as husband wife return to the place he had brought her back in his arms the very first time, a rangoli has been elaborately sketched. The colors bring with it the magic as always with a scene that will remain in our hearts etched.

She brought his attention to the colorful vibrant display of affection. He listened for this once. They were actually being civil to each other. A burst of nervousness cleverly masked by "itna hi difficult hai ghar ke andar jana to nai jate hai..wapas chalte hai". But Khushi would have none of it. Like a sprightly gazelle she gracefully skipped and hopped and reached the other side. Arnavji stood in awe. In all other movements his grace leaves us spellbound but today as he put one feet on the first uncovered space and balanced precariously we get a glimpse of an uncertain Arnav. For once he has no idea what he is doing. Ready to blindly follow Khushi's instructions. The thought of disobeying, being done with this childish game, not even crossing his mind for once. It was of utmost importance, and he questioned not why, that he could not spoil the rangoli. So he concentrated and dangled at impossible angles with bags perched in one hand. His wife, known for making the most of a situation, even got him to turn a full circle with his hands in the air before he realized he was being played. Even then "what the.. to hell with this" would not come up today.

She gave him her hand and he grabbed it for dear life. Again that touch which breaks the boundaries repeatedly. Compels them to feel things they keep trying to suppress. Khushi tries to lighten the situation "chor dein?".. But devi maiyya is still not done. She brings them closer, almost in an embrace. And they stood that way unable to break apart.

Finally its time to meet the in-laws. Their daughter on one dark fateful night went away with the rude, arrogant man. They returned as man and wife with no further explanations. The Guptas were angry but with all the love in their heart the daughter was forgiven. Now no one asks why the hurry? why the subterfuge? why the unexpected marriage? Maybe the experienced eyes of all can see the actual simple truth. It is a marriage out of love..a marriage made in heaven. Their return is greeted with dizzying excitement by buaji who has been brave enough to engulf her son-in-law in what resembled a page 3 hug! "Sada khush raho", says Amma with her kind knowledgeable smile.."thanks aunty". Our disoriented what the man is in his best behaviour it seems. And so it begins.."Amma kahiye na".. exercising her right as a wife Khushi wants her Arnavji to accept and become part of her family. As an amused mother looks on Khushi adds a coy smile in for good measure. No one should be left in doubt as to what a happily married jodi they are.

Awkwardness! not just the 6 foot ka aadmi but the whole ASR persona is too big to fit in the Gupta House today. Daughter's father left alone with the man who almost eloped with her. He smiles on.. and the damad leaves behind all his arrogance. The awkwardness again. He asks about his babuji's health. Never good at small talk Arnav bitwa looks around slight lost. What to do next? Where is Khushi?

Khushi and the whole team return from the kitchen with all the food. Flashback to di and mami. Strange eagerness to try out all the food or terror at the impending over feeding? What he didn't add to the equation was the ongoing sanaka revenge. "jaise ki main kha hi na raha hoon" . Again she has ended up playing with his food. When will this sankadevi learn? "Phir se aunty?" . Khushi certainly isn't one to give up easily. Meanwhile buaji is all ready with the miracle worker .. the cooler maharaj. Who wouldn't want such lovable in-laws? But now is not the time for this realization. Now is the time our usually poised, charismatic, debonair Raizada boy is completely out of his elements. Is it the heat? I am more inclined to lay all blame on the omnious awkwardness. He doesn't even get up to help move the table or pull the cooler. Chivalry doesn't stand a chance in front of the awkwardness today. Amma sort of trying to stop buaji but who is listening today! All this fun in just the first 10mins.. Phew.. A half hearted attempt "guys seriously ..I'm okayy.. it's okay.." And the manner he says it, I am not okayy.. Is this the same man who in one swift speech could calm down the hyper mami and sort all the chaos out? Have you ever seen such a charmingly unsure ASR before ?

Quick respite from all the laughter as we move back to Shantivan.. To Payal's credit she does try hard.. mamiji was again absolutely awful today. I seem to keep repeating myself..

Hiccups..reminds me of a girl sitting with her mouth stuffed with samosas after the earth shattering revealtion of "live in.. matlab shadi bina sab kuch kar sakte hai?" Now its nothing so dramatic. Simple cause of Lakshmiji missing ASR and effect we get to see barun this way. Now I know one man who can pull off the angry look even while hic..hic.. His unease isn't unnoticed and when buaji and amma's faces fall amd smiles falter I fell myself going sad. This is not done Arnavji... But he has never been a hypocrite. Never known to say things he didn't mean. Always straightforward is our man and today their is the awkwardness to add to it. The nervousness perhaps making the usually perceptive man not notice the sweet love and effort behind all the bland halwa .

He stands looking at the broken mirror and the often used soiled soap, but behind the apparent shiver that ran down his body I do not see a scorn for the people. He shunned the things but even when Khushi came up he kept his disapproval to himself. He did not insult or taunt or even for once take out the discomfort in the form of anger at Khushi. I think what tipped him over was her excitement to sit and eat karari puriyan. That led to the call to have his stuff sent over. There I have found my answer to his behaviour and am happily going to stick with it! I don't think he had any intention of belittling the Guptas.

Khushi knew Arnavji couldn't have liked the food..not eaten to his full.. it is a new place for him.. and yet this negligence. I feel quite bad for Arnav.

Daughter helping clear the table. Buaji with her own sanak trying to find a pair of glasses safely perched on her head. Amma rushing to and fro from the kitchen. Something very very everyday about this scene. Yes after marriage when you return to your house suddenly you no longer need to be responsible. You feel lighter. For your parents you are still the same small child to be taken care of. Yet you can never go back to being that. You have crossed the threshold and become an adult. A homemaker in your own right. You can enjoy the holiday for now but your home and your heart are in your new life now, as Khushi will come to know.

The door bell has started ringing and can't really blame Vimla masi or Lata. If I had Barun Sobti visiting my neighbourhood I would also be lining up for some milk, sugar, spice and everything else nice...😉

Originally posted by: salooni

dedication to arshi di

if you have time do see

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Originally posted by: ArshiHamesha

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YOU HAVE SEEN MY HUMBLE SIDE. TRUST ME YOU WON'T LIKE THE OTHER...

Arshi's Index

EPISODE 231

Slippery Slopes...

The set up for next phase is placed where evil will have time to set up his next slippery games to make sure Arnav's slip never make him rise up which will make Khushi's slip in his lap...But Khushi's will power which not only stops Arnav's fall but also make Shyam's reach to Arnav's fall imposible. She brings herself in between Arnav and Shyam in such a way that "Shyam's will" surely slip into his own digging grave to make his way out of RM permanently. Shyam definitely has a privilege to cradle this crib in Arnav's absence .😆

PONDERING CONNECTED DOTS: Slippery move of Khushi through which SHyam gets the impression of the key , slippery move of Arnav later for not listening Khushi and leaving for London cradling Shyam's squeaky cradle with slippery oil and gets kidnapped.

perfectly said.

"You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by; but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by."James M.Barrie"

Shyam hides behind a wall is about to enter and sneak away with the key when he gets his first obstruction,Anjali to reach his assets,..."Khushi and Money of ASR"... but he escorts her away smartly by taking the orange juice as a decoy.His search of wallet in which the key is again gets obstructed by Khushi , "an asset within asset" . He takes advantage of Khushi's misunderstanding and irritates her with his filthy lusty ways till juice falls on his precious asset. Khushi refuses his filthy touch of help but paves his move towards his desirous key which will push her into dep trouble.She brings the wallet from her room to Eternal heaven to dry out the content where Shyam uses this opportunity to get the impression of the key on the soap ...

Pause here [Symbolism and connection]:The baby , the cradling sound of this child is the "key" for Shyam as "apni chabbi hum khud bana laingey"...[I'll make my own key]...and he will use it at every step of his game plan and this chain reaction has started since the wedding night.Anjali's best husband will make her move on his little finger the way he wants to move the cards of this game.Khushi whenever, confronts with Shyam, gets deeper into the mess.His smirky touch is going to taint her but her fighting spirit will bring her back and she is the one who will expose him according to this hint"taking out the Rakhsha Dhaga"That shows the deep meaning of it because she says "iss adami keh bare main na hi sochain to acha hai...mitti dalo aur bhool jao" [I don't want to think about that man and just bury and forget"].. while taking it out, meaning She actually digs it out ...So despite her best intention since from the beginning for Anjali and the family , Khushi will bring out the true face of Shyam to everybody as this Raksha Dhaga was given to Arnav by Shyam through Naniji to keep in his wallet.

Next comes the scene where Arnav is searching for his wallet and Khushi brings him the wallet explaining the reason of keeping it out at the Eternal heaven...Arnav searches for his precious key while Khushi mistakes it for his mistrust on her...Love his stammering over her innocent statement,"u can count money"...She loses her control for a second and can't resist taking her eyes off of him and same with him.But the next moment she lowers her eyes.She doesn't want to let him see the mischievousness in her eyes which he knows and couldn't ignore the smile seeing her like that.

But the next moment she lowers her eyes.She doesn't want to let him see the mischievousness in her eyes which he knows and couldn't ignore the smile seeing her like that.

Symbolisms and connections:The wallet with different pockets as members of family and as Khushi was keeping the family out of messy weather[messy cold sticky juice ] ..by her hasty decisions of not letting anyone knows about the mess of Shyam but it will be Arnav's arbitration to set the things in order in family and among them ...

PONDERING CONNECTED DOTS:The movement of wallet to Eternal heaven and Shyam's taking imprint of the key is bringing Khushi back to Shyam later when He wants to use her again to get Arnav's signature of the Will's paper meaning Khushi will complete his task as she brings Wallet back to Arnav...While Khushi again remains oblivious of all the content of the file till the very end.

Arnav's"meri cheezon ko haath mat lagaya karo"[Don't touch my stuff] , his casting his right to tell him and her casting her right to insist on helping him with his jacket.He so loved this small "attention" and "touch" of her that giving in with angry look was a good option for him...Khushi is keeping Anjali's words intact and doing exactly, giving attention despite of his irritation .Her busy schedule makes her Laad Governor more angry and he tries to leave his irritating wife but she keeps him for 1:55 ,115 seconds and he gives her a yummilicious "serious " look in his husky voice...

i absolutely loved this scene. Though Arnav was annoyed, but he was enjoying the little care from his cute wife. A typical husband-wife scene.

Symbolism and connection:She lies down and doesn't want him to leave for time 1:55 ...Which is 11 by adding all and 155 seconds as a time...11 is the # which mixes moon and sun's energy together to bring perfect balance in masculine and femmine aspects by keeping both in their circles.HARMONY...115 is an angel number which means new beginning and changes are ahead of you.

Gupta house visit indeed makes both of them understand the spirituality of emotions ,kindness in hearts along with balance of equality among them."har kaam tum akaile nahin kar saktin"[u can't do all the work alone]...our macho man will show her how to fix everything and our macho lady with make him dance on her fingers..."main har kaan kar sakta hoon"...Simply both are moving forward towards stepping towards each other as shown in the mirror he was walking towards her and she was towards him unintentionally till bang on...👏

There is no question , during this visit Arnav will find out the real "Heart" of Guptas and the ppl who don't do everything for money but out LOVE...
PAUSE HERE:His look seeing her lying on the floor and saying her "cross over my dead body" reminds me Heer Ranjha because no matter what , her going away from her is like asking him not to breath...

Khushi's efforts to annoy Arnav Singh Raizada makes him slip his image in front of his people and angry Raizada calls her up to give her a class speech."Aukat" speech is back after a long time but his comparison of her to Babli riles her up and she takes this class vs heart issue into a battlefield of Gupta house. She accepts Amma's invitation without his consent.

"We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out." Winston Churchill"

PAUSE HERE : The comparison of Bubbli and Khushi ...both orphans and on the mercy of others.While one is mature and sober and the other behaves like a child...Arnav's sarcasm that" you never act as a grown up" implies that Khushi is going to transform forcefully under the circumstances... after Guptas's visit she will be matured and a totally different person.

PONDERING CONNECTED DOTS:After the wedding night ,Amma called for Payal and cut the phone , later she asked her to leave the house after the marriage and today everything is coming to it's place just like wallet and it's connecting pockets.👏

Originally posted by: aarwen

Episode 233

The episode starts of the with the possiblity of Babli actually having done something useful for once. But Shyam's evil plans are not to be foiled still.

Feels like a lifetime ago when a girl sat making a rangoli wondering about marriage..and a boy eavesdropped pretending to work for his di. He fell and she tried to warn him. They ended up mingled in a swirl of hues, shades and tints. She raised her hands to brush away the telling streak from his cheek. He held her arm to show the color was here to stay. The new lovers were a bit meek. Still very new to this. He had been marked as hers and she as his. Days later a festival would bring color back in the air and with it an enchantment now difficult to bear. Finally as husband wife return to the place he had brought her back in his arms the very first time, a rangoli has been elaborately sketched. The colors bring with it the magic as always with a scene that will remain in our hearts etched.

beautiful thought and awesome connection. Uff that falling on rangoli and wriggling in entangled position was sensuous. And this scene was sublime. your description is even more enthralling

She brought his attention to the colorful vibrant display of affection. He listened for this once. They were actually being civil to each other.😆 A burst of nervousness cleverly masked by "itna hi difficult hai ghar ke andar jana to nai jate hai..wapas chalte hai". But Khushi would have none of it. Like a sprightly gazelle she gracefully skipped and hopped and reached the other side. Arnavji stood in awe. In all other movements his grace leaves us spellbound but today as he put one feet on the first uncovered space and balanced precariously we get a glimpse of an uncertain Arnav. For once he has no idea what he is doing. Ready to blindly follow Khushi's instructions. The thought of disobeying, being done with this childish game, not even crossing his mind for once. It was of utmost importance, and he questioned not why, that he could not spoil the rangoli. So he concentrated and dangled at impossible angles with bags perched in one hand. His wife, known for making the most of a situation, even got him to turn a full circle with his hands in the air before he realized he was being played. Even then "what the.. to hell with this" would not come up today.

Very beautifully written. I wonder why lofty ASR just blindly followed his childish wife's crazy instruction. Is the table is turning towards Khushi?

"sprightly gazelle" beautiful metaphor.

She gave him her hand and he grabbed it for dear life. Again that touch which breaks the boundaries repeatedly. Compels them to feel things they keep trying to suppress. Khushi tries to lighten the situation "chor dein?".. But devi maiyya is still not done. She brings them closer, almost in an embrace. And they stood that way unable to break apart.

Finally its time to meet the in-laws. Their daughter on one dark fateful night went away with the rude, arrogant man. They returned as man and wife with no further explanations. The Guptas were angry but with all the love in their heart the daughter was forgiven. Now no one asks why the hurry? why the subterfuge? why the unexpected marriage? Maybe the experienced eyes of all can see the actual simple truth. It is a marriage out of love..a marriage made in heaven. 👏Their return is greeted with dizzying excitement by buaji who has been brave enough to engulf her son-in-law in what resembled a page 3 hug! "Sada khush raho", says Amma with her kind knowledgeable smile.."thanks aunty". Our disoriented what the man is in his best behaviour it seems. 😆 And so it begins.."Amma kahiye na".. exercising her right as a wife Khushi wants her Arnavji to accept and become part of her family. As an amused mother looks on Khushi adds a coy smile in for good measure. No one should be left in doubt as to what a happily married jodi they are.

our disoriented man is actually very nice with elders. In spite of his animosity with Khushi he always respected her family.

Awkwardness! not just the 6 foot ka aadmi but the whole ASR persona is too big to fit in the Gupta House today. Daughter's father left alone with the man who almost eloped with her. He smiles on.. and the damad leaves behind all his arrogance. The awkwardness again. He asks about his babuji's health. Never good at small talk Arnav bitwa looks around slight lost. What to do next? Where is Khushi?

the scene was so natural. Barun was amazing.

Khushi and the whole team return from the kitchen with all the food. Flashback to di and mami. Strange eagerness to try out all the food or terror at the impending over feeding? What he didn't add to the equation was the ongoing sanaka revenge. "jaise ki main kha hi na raha hoon" . Again she has ended up playing with his food. When will this sankadevi learn? "Phir se aunty?" . Khushi certainly isn't one to give up easily. Meanwhile buaji is all ready with the miracle worker .. the cooler maharaj.😆 Who wouldn't want such lovable in-laws? But now is not the time for this realization. Now is the time our usually poised, charismatic, debonair Raizada boy is completely out of his elements. Is it the heat? I am more inclined to lay all blame on the omnious awkwardness. He doesn't even get up to help move the table or pull the cooler. Chivalry doesn't stand a chance in front of the awkwardness today. Amma sort of trying to stop buaji but who is listening today! All this fun in just the first 10mins.. Phew.. A half hearted attempt "guys seriously ..I'm okayy.. it's okay.." And the manner he says it, I am not okayy.. Is this the same man who in one swift speech could calm down the hyper mami and sort all the chaos out? Have you ever seen such a charmingly unsure ASR before ?

hahaha, poor ASR, he was in nonplus. Loved your take here.

awesome edit

Quick respite from all the laughter as we move back to Shantivan.. To Payal's credit she does try hard.. mamiji was again absolutely awful today. I seem to keep repeating myself..

she is too much, so can't blame you either.

Hiccups..reminds me of a girl sitting with her mouth stuffed with samosas after the earth shattering revealtion of "live in.. matlab shadi bina sab kuch kar sakte hai?" Now its nothing so dramatic. Simple cause of Lakshmiji missing ASR😆 and effect we get to see barun this way. Now I know one man who can pull off the angry look even while hic..hic.. His unease isn't unnoticed and when buaji and amma's faces fall amd smiles falter I fell myself going sad. This is not done Arnavji... But he has never been a hypocrite. Never known to say things he didn't mean. Always straightforward is our man and today their is the awkwardness to add to it. The nervousness perhaps making the usually perceptive man not notice the sweet love and effort behind all the bland halwa .

another good connection. Khushi is a naughty chick for sure. I didn't see the episode yet. Did she really mention Laxmi? 😆God she is something.

And yeah our man is too sexy!

He stands looking at the broken mirror and the often used soiled soap, but behind the apparent shiver that ran down his body I do not see a scorn for the people. He shunned the things but even when Khushi came up he kept his disapproval to himself. He did not insult or taunt or even for once take out the discomfort in the form of anger at Khushi. I think what tipped him over was her excitement to sit and eat karari puriyan. That led to the call to have his stuff sent over. There I have found my answer to his behaviour and am happily going to stick with it! I don't think he had any intention of belittling the Guptas.

Khushi knew Arnavji couldn't have liked the food..not eaten to his full.. it is a new place for him.. and yet this negligence. I feel quite bad for Arnav.

and I'm really mad at khushi. how she played with his meal again, whereas he fainted few days ago. This is not the Khushi, I know. this is the Khushi who is the scapegoat of CVS, who are incessantly trying to make her an insensitive nincompoop.

Daughter helping clear the table. Buaji with her own sanak trying to find a pair of glasses safely perched on her head. Amma rushing to and fro from the kitchen. Something very very everyday about this scene. Yes after marriage when you return to your house suddenly you no longer need to be responsible. You feel lighter. For your parents you are still the same small child to be taken care of. Yet you can never go back to being that. You have crossed the threshold and become an adult. A homemaker in your own right. You can enjoy the holiday for now but your home and your heart are in your new life now, as Khushi will come to know.

yet to experience this.

The door bell has started ringing and can't really blame Vimla masi or Lata. If I had Barun Sobti visiting my neighbourhood I would also be lining up for some milk, sugar, spice and everything else nice...😉

Originally posted by: indi52

episode 231

love looks not with the eyes but with the mind
and therefore is wing'd cupid painted blind
~~~ william shakespeare, a midsummer night's dream ~~~

an episode that starts with shyam is bound to not make me too happy. yet, when i look at what i read in it, he does seem to be a good representative of the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection... cupid.

structure wise, everything seemed to be focussed on getting the couple to shift to gh. khushi was back to her let me kill you with love strategy, asr snarled and looked hot and was deliciously rude. all that class talk had to happen i guess, and right in the middle of it of course amma had to call so that khushi makes the connection and takes the classy one for a look see of the not so wealthy middle class world he supposedly abhors and ridicules.

i say supposedly because the least classy of them all mami ji lives with him and gets an inordinate amount of love and respect despite her bizarre ways and tongue... a rather lovely nonjudgmental love there, because he seems to value the core of a person, the essential being, that may not even be easily apparent and missed by the less perceptive.

loved your thought here. he always was very compassionate with Khushi's family. All his grudge was for Khushi, but not for her family. he used to say those insolent words only to hurt khushi.

but with khushi, he must snarl, he must be really really mean, go straight for the jugular. oh i love that. says, she gets under his skin and how... he looks for the choicest words to get to her, make her mad, get angry, and he never ever wonders why he does that.

a girl who according to him is a home breaker, who loves another... he can't just throw her out of his life. he who hates galat and wants to be sahi and never anything else, when he sees the most galat thing ever on the terrace he can't bring himself to cut a tie his faraq has started making...

his many layers come into play. with one he hates her, even despises. with the other he can't help but love her, adore her actually. kaash main tumse nafrat kar pata.

and she, she who has every reason to absolutely hate him. look at how he has demeaned her, dragged her to a temple and set up a "contract" marriage, whatever that is, hasn't given her a single chance to place her point of view, hasn't asked her for one even... if she hated him would that be abnormal?

yet, she frets when he is hurt, stays up nights when he is unwell, asks him what he meant by main hamsha hamesha tumse..., gets mad at him when he doesn't answer... and never ever asks herself why it's important to know that or why she does what she does.👏

the laws of desire, attraction, erotic love, affection are not so easy to understand, for this one needs at the very least a god.

And ASR and Khushi's love is so deep, that is undecipherable, impenetrable.

and so comes shyam with orange juice. making us think instantly of a lopsided smile growing and a girl in tears saying "woh santre ka juice nahin mila na, iss liye." if you ask me, that day, cupid's arrow had found its mark so sharp and right, someone never quite recovered...

the drums beat, speaking of foul play, felony. khushi is approaching... and shyam has seen the wallet, lying open on the table. a very careless tycoon is in the bathroom. 😆

an uncomfortable scene ensues. shyam crosses the line again and again, and khushi is hardly as vocal as you'd expect her to be... at least in this she is consistent. maybe they tried to indicate the sort of pressure relationships bring to bear on a situation. he is anjali's husband, asr's brother in law, the son in law of the family in a culture where sons in law are given a very high and special status. she being at one time just a girl who comes home to teach someone and even now, the bahu of the family, can't really treat him the way she may even wish to...

you are right. or moreover she didn't want to create any scene, after all she had to keep the secret. she also didn't ponder him. "mitti dalo or blool jao." she didn't have any idea how nefarious he is!

however, finally she does tell him off with a stern, "humen chhoone ki koshish bhi mat kijiye..." don't even try to touch me.

and soon after, she tells herself not to think of the man, just bury the thoughts and forget them... this as aarwen pointed out, may be a trait of khushi's. when things are particularly unpleasant, painful... she tries to look away from them. her constant jabber, her eating, both may be signs of that. and her stars may have come about as a result of that as well. the loss of her parents was too too traumatic for an eight year old, she needed something to hang onto, something to just take it all away... and maybe of this need came that beautiful vishwas. a trait can express in many ways, sometimes positively, sometimes just as a weird quirk, even rather nastily at times.

very well said. she is serendipitous for sure. Very few people are like her, who knows how to overcome their grief and embrace the positivity of life.

anyway, this whole drama is about a key. the key to asr's locker that shyam wants to swipe. the first time i saw, of course i had hopes it will lead to some story, now we know otherwise.

but maybe the key has another purpose? reminds me of a meeting in a darga, mannat, even mystery and unlocking... maybe they are looking for the key to each other's hearts, feelings... 👏

the episode is dotted with things that are like little signals and signs, orange juice is such an asr khushi thing... key, from the third episode it means something.

wallet. a place where you keep precious things. what a lot of time the two are shown squabbling over it. and then a funny crazy dhadkane moment.

"what the hell, mera wallet!" now why do i like this man to sound this exasperated and short all the time.

"mera wallet tumhare paas kya kar raha hai..." he snaps what's my wallet doing with you to her very wife like helpfulness with it. and it was interesting the way she ran to make sure his wallet was dry, his money fine, now that was not just to show him... so shyam the cupid did his job quite well.

asr is particular, finicky... lovely. and maybe true to type.

"meri cheezon ko haath mat lagaya karo" don't touch my things... divine love talk is on. you interfere with my frequency, my signal, you unnerve me with your very presence, if you "haath lagao" me or mine, i might melt, so please... hands off! i got to stay mad at you. i hate you, after all.

good point. didn't think that way.

"aap chahe toh paise gin sakte hain..." you can count the money if you like, she says, the way he goes on about anyone touching his wallet, i don't blame her. but he's taken aback. he did not mean that... no not at all... he meant the other thing he he.

she is as sweet as she'd promised to be, he acerbic, irritable, gorgeous.

he looks at her in that slightly lost, genuinely surprised then moving to contrite way... "no no i didn't mean that..." so natural and sweet, how does this girl remain sane after that. she doesn't, thank g.

"main kuch aur dekh raha tha..." i was checking something else, as he says that she looks at him bemused, getting just a little bit lost... but then quickly she comes back to her scheming khushi self.

i love these little escapes into that feeling they can't contain, can't control.

she insists on helping him with his jacket. with an angry look he decides to give in, she prattles on, distracting him... and a hot smart one from asr:

"tumhari kya schedule hai aur tumhari governor se meeting kab hai usme mujhe koi interest nahin hai.!" what your schedule is and when you are to meet teh goivernor is of no interest to me. he tries to put her in her place, but she is irrepressible...

"suniye toh... hamare governor toh aap hai..." listen, you are my governor... with a cheesy look. oh irritattting. he needs to go now.

but she does another natak and lies down in his path. excessive khushiness, more than ott is being reached. yet it reminds me of a story of love from childhood. kali was mad at the world and running around killing all, decimating the earth, everyone ran to shiv and said, do something, get your wife to calm down. shiv lay down on road, knwoing she'd be passing that way. kali came raging down the opath and steped on his chest by mistake, she did not see him. but the moment she realised, she stopped, her tongue out in a sign of oops what have i done. yeah, she was touching her patidev's chest with her foot. sacrilege. and in that pause, her gussa came down. when we bongs do kali puja, that pose is what the idol depicts. to me it has also always meant extreme love... both his and hers. kali is the emblem of shakti, poer, she is also the goddess of time and change... shiva is her eternal consort, the destroyer and transformer of our worlds in the trimurti... together they are a couple suggesting many things at many levels. a sense of dynamism, of timelessness, of essential bonds, and truth.

with that one completely crazy move of khushi's, and even as i was thinking, what the... what have they written and what is she doing, i thought of all that... slight goosebumps.

a hanky is lovingly proffered, angrily taken.

a handkerchief with a lipstick mark and a scent.

very tacky, very silly... and i really can't blame asr for flying into a rage. whenever the guy has a meeting his biwi does something strange, this is a very kkg thing, the amount of times she has barged into his meetings...

this time, such an intimate innuendo. the lipstick is obvious, but the hanky and the ittr make me smile and again wander into the labyrinth of love...

handkerchief always brings to mind othello. some say, that killing a beloved wife because you believed such a flimsy so called proof is ridiculous, and maybe it is... maybe even shakespeare knew that hanky was a thin excuse but it is today a part of a potent tale of love and my subconscious automatically takes note.👏

seems in portugal girls sew handkerchiefs of love for men they like, i know in the old days in bengal, girls would sew the husband's initials onto these patches of fabric, a very wife thing to do... seen in many movies, i am almost sure what charulata sews here is a hanky for her hubs.

and ittr... scent. oh what could be more signal giving between a man and woman. musk dear flitting through my head and all the other thoughts of what perfume does to turn on the lovin'.

sweetly enough, though she has done this to get after him, she is very offended at his calling her trick and perfume "cheap". what, cheap? nooo, she has chosen one of the best ittr from chandni chowk... telltale i thought. you want to somewhere always get the best for him, even if it's to make him go nuts.

as i look at all the cues of love or should i say lovin' scattered through the episode... orange juice, key, wife on floor crossing pati parameshwar's path, hanky, ittr... it's like some sign language is going on between the writers and the viewers' subconscious mind. at the rational plane, nothing really makes much sense, only that moves toward gh are afoot, but at a stage when it is not possible to show the two in deep romance, subliminal messages of love keep coming. we are kept focussed and tuned, while creatives grapple with trp issues and what's to be shown after marriage, and how to handle barun's leave, and other such mundane matters.

awesome perception. lovely thought.

in the middle of that the revelation that bubbly is an orphan. a couple of scenes with the kid i could bear to watch. they were perhaps trying to build a story with her, but nothing came of it. never quite understood ipk's thing for orphans... jung and freud should watch the show, lots of collective unconscious and archetypes there i think and of course dreams that are analyzed but never enough.

todally beyond all analysis. me serious.

how can a guy, in the middle of a most not spectacular scene look like that and say something so gorgeously. angry, irritated, incredulous, hot, very hot, dangerously hot, barun really got asr well 😳.

Originally posted by: Horizon

Rhea, I am amazed at your wonderfully perceptive writing one more time. Wonderful take on all things, I am with you on them. Great job!

Loved your connection to the earlier spicier, colorful rangoli.. it always added extra colors into their relationship/intimacy if we may call.

His ungraceful hesitant moves in the rangoli infront of Gupta house was a sour watch. Khushi enjoyed it thoroughly.. why I wonder! He is totally clueless to whats happening and will happen. This is his FIRST visit as damad to that household. When he entered just as asr, not as Khuhsi's pathi, he was much more poised, responsible, and in elements. Be it Diwali.. Payash shagun, etc. He wouldn't mind taking care of his own stains then. Ofcours there may be lot of symbolic connection here, but he didn't need a brain wash on middle class for sure. He exhibited enough respect for them in actions be it mamiji, be it with helping Khushi financillay, albeit he says otherwise.

But in an enforced marriage, for some one who doesn't even believe in that institution perse, coming to your in laws house in an enforced avatar of damad can be truly grueling. But did he think all this when he was tying himself upto her that fateful night?? Spur of the moment actions means some set backs later on.. Sorry Mr Raizada you had to go through this!

Loved what you said about daughters. Sure, if I have ASR my next door I may even break some doors from behind to peep into..

Loved loved it Rhea.. thanks.

Originally posted by: salooni

goodnight to all 😃