Episode 8
First day at work and couples manage work and home
In the previous episode the couples were informed about going to work. But in the night baby Rudransh wakes up in Sachin ' Juhi's house and Sachin gets up to take of Rudransh. Early morning the letter arrives about informing the couples about leaving for work on time and women are told to take their child to the temple. Rakhi refuses to go to the temple as she has converted to Chirstianity. Juhi wakes up and is grumpy about having to manage so much in the morning. She makes Sachin a cold sandwich and says that if she's not ready she'll go to mandir in her night suit itself. Morning reality in all houses as they all struggle to get ready for work and manage household chores as well. Mouni is sleeping while Gaurav gets ready and packs his own dabba. Elesh is upset that he's not getting any feedback on how to manage Jay- he thinks she only refers to Rakhi because Rakhi's the celebrity. He preferred she would tell him also on what to do. Rakhi informs that in India it's a woman's job to take of the child no one expects anything from men. Elesh leaves for work in a huff. Men arrive at work where they are given instructions about their job. Gaurav learns to make dosas and Elesh learns how to make egg preparation at the breakfast counter. Sachin and Gurmeet start with ironing the laundered clothes. Sachin gets pulled up by his supervisor for not buttoning his uniform shirt. Gurmeet comments that he had never ironed so many clothes in his entire life like he did in one hour. Sachin is pleased with his first ironed shirt and refers to it as his first khari kamai. Juhi find it difficult shuttling between a crying baby and cooking in the house. Shilpa gets visitors in her house. Mouni- Shilpa discuss Rakhi's struggle with Jay but are impressed when Rakhi lands in and they find that she has managed to connect with Jay. Juhi and Debina go to the temple and Shilpa takes one of the twins with her while Apurva takes care of the other. Sachin- Gurmeet struggle with the housekeeping job where they have to make the beds- as they struggle with it they get delayed for lunch and are left with lesser to finish it. Rakhi does make up for Jay and tries to make him a Krishna. Mother is upset that he's not wearing enough clothes and has not been given a bath either. Elesh cuts his finger while trying to chop vegetables.
Rakhi cries as she misses Elesh while at home. Parental intervention at Apurva Elesh's house for not giving them their medicines as mentioned in the manual, one twin not being given a bath, letting the kids sleep all day as they would be troublesome during the night and dressing the kids up properly. Debina makes a blunder by leaving the sleeping Veronica alone in the house and going to Mouni's house for a chat and inviting her to come over for tea. Mouni refuses saying that her baby is sleeping and she can't leave him. In the meanwhile Veronica wakes up and parents are upset as they don't think leaving the child alone in the house is acceptable. Debina refuses to accept her mistake and is confrontational with the parents. She thinks that she has not done anything wrong. Men return from work and are happy to get home. Gaurav shares happy moments with Mouni and the baby. They play with baby Shaurya and discuss the day at work . Juhi hugs Sachin as soon as he enters and hands over the baby to Sachin as soon as he arrives. Romantic moments between Rakhi-Elesh as she is happy to see him and they discuss hi day at work . Rakhi says "when she saw Elesh, she realize how much she had missed him". Debina discusses the day's events with Gurmeet. Gurmeet agrees that she should not have left the baby alone and it's not a responsible behavior. Debina realizes her mistake and says she'll be extra careful from now on. Debina and Juhi get an invite for the spa. Juhi says if she went then their won't be dinner to eat. Sachin tells her to go as Rudransh can only be with her. Debina tells Gurmeet to wash the utensils while she's gone. Both women head out to the spa. Rakhi- Elesh try to entertain Baby Jay- they dance and sing songs. Rakhi makes efforts to entertain him and put him to sleep but he refuses to sleep. Rakhi tells him that she's upset that she cooked in the house while he ate at work. This was obvious as he's saying that he's not hungry. She says unlike in Canada where couples do their own thing separately - eat on their own - in India you must assert your presence in each other's life and therefore he should have asked for food when he came back from work. They share food together and engage in an amusing banter about doing things together in the house, eating food together and swapping responsibilities.
Edited by starry.phoenix - 15 years ago