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I am not going to lie, I have never been in love so you must forgive me if my writing here is blatantly uninformed. I do often find myself pondering though, what love is. We love our friends, we love our family, we love our other half and sometimes we love those who had least expected to. There are many occasions when we don't even know why somebody means so much to us. They just do. People become this requisite habit and suddenly, we don't know how we ever lived without them. This blazing rush of the unknown , the realisation of love, is embodied in the depiction of the central love story of this show. Indeed, love is such that it becomes the sole purpose of our existence. What is life without love?
In exactly this manner, Vividha and Atharv fell in love quickly but certainly. Like all great love stories, it is 'wrong'. On paper, they shouldn't be together. As filmy as falling for the wrong person is, it is true that we do not consider all the things that we ought to. In fact, lovers never consider anything but each other. I can give you innumerable examples from people that I know, telling me that they didn't mean to fall for the wrong person. They just couldn't help it. Even if that means hurting Mama or Baba or Dada or Nani, its love and you can't help it. Even Vividha, she tried to resist but in the end, the pull of love was stronger than Papa's push. She gained such confidence in herself and their bond, that she no longer cared or feared. His love made her grow. He taught her what love is, and who she is. What is more freeing than that? True love, it frees you.
Even when the burden of external pressure feels heavy, belief is necessary. That is the signature of unconditional love though. It does not confine, rather it liberates. Indeed, even when superficial boundaries try to contain what you really are, love reminds you. The more they try to push them away, they closer they will come. They are made in pairs, what can human forces really do to separate them?
Overcoming adversity, thats love. It is only a matter of time for those that love just as it is only a matter of time for ViTharv. Atharv was patient and helped her find her way home. Now she will do the same.
I'm sure the great Fitzgerald can help me communicate the sentiments of their love better than I could ever dream of doing.
"I love her and thats the beginning and end of everything."
(My little interpretation of love and ViTharv. Ideas formed by real life conversations with those that dare to love. Oh, and a bit of literature. Hopefully they're not too far off. Would love to hear your thoughts.)
Naagin 7
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