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In today's delightful episode the CVs drew us up the roadmap to love. As per their checklist, you know you are on the right track when you:
# Feel Real Concern: You can't have love without real concern. Like we saw in Rudra's eyes and manner while he bandaged up Paro's cut. Peppered with "Are you okay?" "Is it hurting?" and refusal to let her near objets d' hurt. Even hurriedly thought-out excuses of his concern being fake in order to prevent Paro's cut from making the cut in the news, did not cut the mustard, when weighed against his grave voice and sombre demeanour.
# Need to Trap the Rat: Who's gnawing at the bonds between you and your love. Rudra used counterfeit notes as bait to trap Sumer, the rat, who'd put Rudra's job and life on the line with his greed, and driven a wedge between him and Paro. And had the joy of thumping him in the face and making him squeal.
# Fake the Rage: You need to fake the heat because you can't make yourself angry with the object of your affection. No matter how hard Rudra tried, today he couldn't work himself up into a convincing rage against Paro. There was no current reason to hate her so he fell back on well-worn excuses. She'd neither heard, nor understood, nor obeyed what he'd told her. Disagreed when he'd told her Tejawat was wrong. Disbelieved him when he'd told her her trans-border groom would have killed her. Disobeyed when he asked her to sign the confession. And dismissed his orders to leave when she proposed marriage in public.
Paid him no heed at all. Except for that one time he'd asked her to stand in the courtyard. And then she'd promptly heeded him and gone and stood like a stork on one leg. And therefore was at the root of all his trouble. Rudra tried to inject heat into his voice, but it must have sounded hollow even to him. Which is when he pulled out that old reliable - the one about unfathomable women - and thanked the stars that Paro was convinced.
# Have to Distract Your Body From its Real Purpose: Which might just give away your state of mind, and body, for that matter, before you are ready. Like Rudra grabbed Paro's soft upper-arms real hard, when what he really wanted to do was to hug her tight and kiss the guilt, hurt and puppy-dog look right off her face after his talking-to.
# Listen to Advice That Will Make Him Yours: Usually from an older and wiser sister or mother figure. Like Mythili. Paro drank in Mythili's words of wisdom about the three attributes that made for a good husband. And the two that Paro needed to focus on. Rudra was already her protector. Now all Paro needed to do was to fight for him to be her friend and lover.
# Play Dress-up and Knock His Socks Off: A failsafe that requires no explanation. Just reaction. Restless eyes and restless mouth being spot on. Like Rudra's free-wheeling gaze and unguarded: "You look good!" Which couldn't be covered up even with the very plausible: "I mean, it's good that you look like a new bride."
# Forget Everything At Her Promises: Like where you are and why you are there and fly away on a day-dream that's more attractive than saving your job and your life. It took his CO's interruption to drag Rudra unwillingly out of reverie he'd fallen into when Paro asserted that she'd wanted to be married to him and promised to make their marriage work as long as she lived.
So, after the Suhaag Raat, the CVs are giving us the honeymoon. Today's delicious episode, filled as it was with many honeyed moments, marked the start of the romance track. And with the social workers keeping an eye on the newly-weds and Kakisa's efforts to shatter the rose-tinted image PaRud will be at pains to project, we are in for a treat. At least for the next few days until Rudra is reinstated into the BSD and back on active duty.
Today's RR cued such sweet romance that we'd have been forgiven for thinking it was Valentine's Day. We had soft words, warm looks, tender touches, hidden fire and inner glow well-matched by sumptuous sets, wardrobe, lighting and screenplay. Acting was on-the-ball as usual. And Ashish and Sanaya were a joy to behold. đđđ to the cast and crew for today.
Waiting for more romance tomorrow!
Jhanak
Shiv Shakti
