Wow! The steam is back in this forum also! 😊 GREAT DISCUSSION! Chalo you made me ramble for the second time today! Heheh 😆🤣 DD! Kya baat hai! I was just finishing my magnum opus and yours is already up there!!! 😛 Very well said! 🤗
The bond between a brother and a sister is an unbreakable bond that grows stronger just as the love between them with passing time. However, in many cases, this bond gets neglected as wishes, desires, jealousy and even influences come into play. This relationship is also one of the most delicate human relationship as we all know – the fact that each of the siblings will have their own independent families – ties that would bring in more responsibilities, need more attention and thus, push the 'sibling-love' slightly to the back-seat. Most often, the reason why many siblings part in reality is because one or both of them end up moving apart and ahead with their own 'partner'/family. Yet, I have some very fond memories of my brother as I'm sure many of you do. This scene would definitely be one of those dedications to them 😊.
Treasured memories are an incredible gift that can never be taken away – thank fully, human brain NEVER erases any memory, even if it gets stacked away in the deeper cells of the brain 😆. Roops just got a jog down memory lane, almost involuntarily! Roopvati is the youngest of the siblings and has always lived a protected life, even in days when meeting ends was difficult for Dutta – who donned the role of the man of the house. No matter what the financial crisis, Roops was never made to feel deprived nor was any financial burden ever pushed on to her. Her mother and brother ensured that she got everything she wanted (whatever they could manage). She knew that they weren't particularly well off too, and not that she made any extravagant demands on them, but being a bubbly teenager at that time, she did make requests for smaller things that she thought she could be given 😊 Roops has always been close to all her siblings – her sisters and her only brother, for whom, she was the cynosure of his eyes! Dutta would lovingly call Roops, 'beti' – so it goes to show how much he cared for her, felt protective about her and also thought of himself as being the 'provider' (The kind of provider a father is to his children). When Roops wanted something, he made sure, he brought it for her whenever he was in a position to do so – even if it meant compromising his own needs. And though she was young and immature, to an extent, Roops noticed this fact about him and also acknowledged, appreciated, understood and felt his love for her. He was the best brother in the world – and she knew it!
Then one fine day, something in life changed him completely and her brother broke all worldly ties (read: emotional) and embarked on a path that brought them all the world's luxuries – albeit through unlawful means. He was still there for them – he still cared, was perhaps more protective than before, loved them all as much as before and was the ultimate provider for everything – but Roops had lost her "brother" – the one she adored, had fun with, look liberties with, went out shopping with and even quarrelled with – these emotions (of course, these actions are a way to express emotions) ceased to be a part of his life for a very long time! And, though he tried his best to be the brother that he was, he had stopped expressing his love, stopped having fun with her – perhaps even skipping conversations for days together. She was completely left to share her mind with her two sisters – the eldest being someone who never really loved Dutta as much as Roops. And this, at a time when she was passing through an age where a person begins to make his/her own opinions and chooses a direction in life. Under Kala's influence, Roops couldn't be saved from thinking like her – believing Kala when she was told that her brother would turn into a stranger if another woman enters his life. Of course, for Kala, Roops and Leela were pawns for her own ulterior motives – yet Roops was tenderer than Leela. All through this while, Kala has been forceful, opinionated and dominating. It was only natural that the two sisters, whom she perhaps was a second mother to since a young age, got influenced and saw things from the glass she showed them. So as long as she is not influenced by someone, she can get her bearings right and hopefully this time, see things in proper light before getting swayed again!
Now that Kala's gone away – Roops is analysing her relationships with her siblings. She has been very fair. Initially, she felt miserable for having let Kala face the consequences of their collective deeds and got angry with Dutta. But, his concern for her even in this anger has given her the opportunity to rekindle the lost bond between them – his constant reaching out to her, comforting her and wanting her to be around the family has made her rethink whether Kala's words were indeed true. For now, it is amply clear and Dutta has stated this vocally too that Nakusha is an integral part of his life – the centre of his world and his family. Yet, having that woman in his life has not changed the brother in him – his love, concern, protectiveness and affection for his sisters is unchanged, despite Nakusha's presence in his life. Roops has realised this – that the basis of Kala's evil plans – to not let another woman enter his life was unfounded and that Dutta's sisters can coexist and be as important as the woman in his life. [I hope I am making sense] This realization has also made her see how much Nakusha loves Dutta and how much Dutta needs this woman – those flashes she had in her mind about their wedding and Dutta torturing Nakusha – holding her by her neck and dragging her to the wedding mandap as well as Nakusha's concern for him and the way she saved his life are pointers to another guilt in her mind – that of being unfair to Nakusha. Of course, she always knew Nakusha was innocent and really, really cared for her brother (which later turned out to be her love for him). She remembers Kala blaming Nakusha for helping Supriya – but Roops KNOWS the truth and also the fact that this blamed, that wedding and the distorted lives of Nakusha and Dutta are their (the sisters') doing! Roops is certain now that Nakusha is not bad at all – she never was – it was only that she was under the influence of her sisters. Perhaps this new-found perception and self-reproach will impel her to make amends for bringing so much pain in the life of her beloved brother. And, the only way she can seek penitence is by giving her brother a gift that he yearns for. A gift, that can bring peace back to his life. A gift that he needs to complete himself – his Nakusha – with all the truth, love and affection – in the same manner that he has always given his kid-sister!! 😊 This is her chance to be the sister he has never had! 😊
Let's cheer for Roops (and, in turn for Dutta and Nakusha!)!
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
Indian Mythology
Chakravarti Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan
Shiv Shakti
