My take on the Meera-Rishaan scene in the chapter 31:
This is by far the best scene you have portrayed in the whole story. It has the pathos, an acute sense of loss...of love and hope...yet a very subtle hint of a silver lining at the end. I have neither the ability nor the words to express my appreciation in its truest sense.
I must say, with this scene Rishaan stole my heart completely. I do not know what you have in your mind with this character, but I would love to see him again, not as an intruder in between Rudra-Maya, because that would be too demeaning for his character, but definitely as an integral part of the story. But do not be bothered by my endless demands, proceed just the way you have conceived in your mind, and I am sure I will love it.
It is true that he loved Maya very much, and it was giving him immense pain to know his love was not reciprocated. But the thing that appealed to me more in this scene was how he felt the need to share his deepest darkest secret and pain with Meera, who had so far been nothing but an employee to him. Was it unknown to him or had he been deliberately avoiding this feeling of trust and need from Meera all this while? May be of all the people around him she is the only one who he thinks will be least affected by his outburst of his emotions? I could not decipher, but I felt glad that at least he could open up to her.
I do not know what sin he kept on talking about, and why he thinks himself as nothing but a ghost of the human being he had been in the past. I believe you will divulge that story gradually, but no wonder it has killed him from within and given him several deaths. He lost all hope from his life, so did not have the courage even to accept someone's love like that of Meera and try to revive, in spite of knowing about her love and longing all along.
And for Meera, it was indeed the most excruciating moment in her life. The man whom she had loved from the moment she found a new definition of adventure in her life, was crumbling into pieces in front of her, and she could not do anything to hold him back. She has been portrayed as quite frail all along, but I must say she stood as a very strong person in all these moments with Rishaan, she seemed even stronger than Maya to me at this juncture.
And the dance in the rain! It was like a scene from a classic! And what an amazingly beautiful confession of love by Meera, perhaps the only chance she would get in her life to express it. I am sure in spite of the initial shock, even Rishaan felt it in his heart and could not hold back his pain and tears because of his inability to give love in return. No matter how many times I read this part, I feel a strange hollowness followed by a slight warmth at the end. This beautiful scene will remain in my mind for a long time, I bet!
And then the two brothers' scene. Well, that vacuum was there again. And this time it was more powerful. It is not just Maya, something very deep and dark from their past which pushed them apart from brothers to strangers. Although it was extremely painful, I believe Rishaan's step of leaving the Kapoor mansion was inevitable. I hope somehow this will prove to be more helpful in bringing them together again, rather than being baneful in pushing them farther apart.
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
Mannat Har Khushi Paane Ki
