Hey all, great discussions on the past few pages. I have been taking a small break from writing because, like many of you, the last two episodes confused me quite a bit. The overall story was just what we predicted but the really juicy bits were in the details, and it took me a while to see that. As @timbarucha said, we are constantly expecting to see this huge confrontation between Dev and Ishwari, where he declares in an echo-ey voice that she is no longer his god, but is just a human woman who has her own desires. We also anticipate this big break down from Ishwari where she confesses all of her sins and begs forgiveness from Dev and Sona. And in waiting for these big, obvious moments, we miss the small ways in which these changes are indeed taking place.
Ishwari's dialogue to Dev about sorting through difficult issues instead of throwing a blanket over them was one such detail. This has been one of Dev's key flaws through out the story. Instead of confrontimg problems head on, he tries to ignore them and move forward. While this attitude worked perfectly for survival mode, when they couldn't afford to look back, it became a huge issue when Dev attempted to transition out of survival mode into, let's call it "life" mode with Sona. As DQ often says, the Dixit family hadn't yet learned how to work out their first world problems before they were thrown into them head first. Ishwari is pointing this trait of Dev's out now, and I have a feeling it is going to play a part in how the precap unfolds. Ishwari herself has thrown a chaddar over her problems in the last seven years, which is what has allowed Mami to take over the household. Something tells me Ishwari has begun to "samet" her affairs and take charge of her life once more.
I have said before, Dev echoes Ishwari's behaviour to a great extent -- when she is strong and stands by her principles, he is able to as well. The more she is weak, and falls prey to her insecurities, the more he is lost and unable to face difficult situations. I am hoping that she provides the example he so badly needs from now on.
Dev saying that he doesn't have to forgive Ishwari? On the one hand, it can be read as Dev brushing Ishwari's mistakes aside again, but in another sense, it's Dev telling her that it isn't his forgiveness that matters. From his perspective, she acted only for his benefit and he did benefit from her actions. She didn't wrong him in any way, so his forgiveness is irrelevant. And that is precisely when the relevant party walks in. As for Malti touching Ishwari's feet, it was melodramatic, but she did just realise that she might have killed someone who didn't actually ruin her life. This is what I meant the other day when I said you can be a victim and a perpetrator at the same time, and one doesn't exempt you from the other. Malti felt that had Ishwari died, she would have had blood on her hands, so she asked forgiveness for almost killing Ishwari. Ishwari and Dev could have taken advantage of this relief and goodwill and left it there, but they insisted on making Malti and Kajal their responsibility, thereby accepting the consequences of their actions rather than hiding behind the intentions.
Same with Sona. Instead of just lamenting that her interference had caused so much turmoil when she had such good intentions, she followed through and made the attempt to "samet" the issues she had opened up and caused to scatter, with devastating ripple effect. And I kind of liked the fact that she relied on Jatin and Saurabh for support, thereby allowing Dev to be there for Ishwari. Much like Dev didn't need Sona to take care of him when he was sick, Sona didn't need Dev to literally be there as her bodyguard. They need each other on different plane altogether and more importantly, they want each other; that is what they need to realise. In order to deal with this Khatri issue, properly, Dev and Ishwari needed someone who cared just as much as they did but wasn't as emotionally involved, someone who didn't collapse/go into a fit of blind rage in the face of these issues. My super-optimistic prediction is that soon, Ishwari and Dev will be there for Sona in the same way when she faces her Baba's fears and, hopefully, Mrs. Mandal's as well.
Yup, that is my answer. Blind optimism, because, why not? 😆
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