Binding and freeing with LOVE (Ashlok).

Here astha is a very loving and giving and caring person even to strangers so imagine how her true love to shlok binds her to him in a way that nothing can come in between them, his hate, his darkness, his anger, his fear and insecurities and even her own pain, parents and others and also her own life itself.But it's her own true love that is giving her the capacity to love freely that she even brought down all of shlok's defences down and is giving him also the freedom to reveal his love for her through actions and feelings if not direct words.In a way astha's true love itself is freeing shlok who is binded by his past betrayed love into accepting his true love astha and slowly showing her his love.

Shlok, who seems to be a very caring, giving and loving even though a egoist,turned dark(not evil at all)(these kind of people tend to bind the ones they love and demand and dominate their lovers and tend to take over everything concerning their lovers life as per their own wishes and will, without giving their lovers or others a choice as shlok does with astha)because of past betrayed love and trust and the fear of losing again. But whether they love darkly or truly they have a tendency to love to such a capacity that they can put their own life in danger to save their loved ones and go to any lengths to possess them and secure them.In the process they can even be ruthless to the one they love so imagine how they will be towards those they think might harm they loved ones, (as he once did to astha by revenge as he thought she hurt his baba and family, but strangely he also protected her in his own way, but in the process fell in love with her so much that he bound her to him even in hate for lifen but now she has become his main priority and love in his life so now he will secure her the same)..This very realisation of his love for astha will free him from the past and hate but will make him bind her to him more strongly than before by keeping them together for life and by not allowing anyone to come in between them and by withstanding all the problems they still have to face and overcome by supporting and protecting astha.(will be interesting to see how he will deal with kalindi who is a strong contender to him and how he will balance his love for astha with his love for his dear BABA NA. Who he has promised that he will never hurt or go against and who seems to have it for astha to be out of shlok's life in any possible way and astha herself who always is trying to help others and in the process might go against shlok himself by giving importance to others as she did with Anjali and aditi.)

NA 's love is that of evil and dangerous to the ones that go against him so much so that he will go to the lengths of even taking their dignity, their selfrespect and even their life if possible.He binds the people he loves to him by emotionally and circumstancially manipulating them in such a way that they have no option but to do what he says, by using their own weeknessess against them and each other and in the process be the power holding one over everyone.But looks like shlok is his obsession, strength and weekness too as shlok's accident for the first time made NA lose all his confidence and power so much so he had to lean on Anjali and varad, who he always held in contempt and only shlok's presence not only brought him to his former self but also made him so happy that he gave importance to even kavya as if he found a new lifeline in which kavya also was included where before she was ignored completely.So jyoti does have a chance with NA in future.This very love for shlok could free NA from his darkness eeven though late or could jeopardise anyone especially astha more (if she doesn't keep her love for shlok hidden or silent).Maybe that's why shlok wsnts their love to be private and not in the open as astha does as he doesn't want to hurt baba or knows something harmful but keeping silent out of love.

Kalindi's love for astha(is in a way similar to shlok love for asth) even though true is again binding with fear because of past abused experience and which she doesn't want astha to face.In the process by not giving astha the freedom of choice, which astha has already made clear by wanting to be with shlok at any cost and as astha knows the truth about him,. Astha also is different from her mother and is stronger than kalindi emotionally and does solve matters her way.kalindi is alienating astha from her instead of guiding and supporting her as a mother should. Kalindiby not being free from her past fears even though she was given a second chance with avadooth still remains in the past and thinks that shlok and his family might harm astha(she has a point even though wrong person) but she is not thinking that she herself is the wrong person to guide astha and will kill astha's spirit and life if she removes adtha from shlok as now shlok has become astha's life and without him she will be lifeless.So only time and shlok's love for astha might free kalindi from her fear.But till then it's shlok versus kalindi(and the winner is already declared as shlok going by astha's love but there still could be a strong fight worth watching between the two tigers for astha.)