Batkha's obsession - Page 3

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Originally posted by: londonkababu

Berkha's behaviour - my understanding.

Berkha and Nikhil are locked in a destructive dance, for her it's about her eldest son, his life cut short, her broken dreams for him, Nikhil's broken promises to marry Ishana (Berkha's chosen one), does not allow Berkha to let Nikhil have a fresh start where he gets total love from Laajo.

Berkha cannot disengage, she does not believe her psychopath's condition or her inner guilt (why was she not around to protect her son from dying?), and hence cannot let Nikhil out of her life.

For Nikhil, try to imagine a mother who is actively, cruelly unloving, and regularly having shrieking fits and above all seeing Nikhil's life as a fraud, ...why did Nikhil live and her favourite son die?

To think how isolated Nikhil must have felt within his own family, which was only perpetuated by Berkha and her behaviour in consistently treating Nikhil as the other' and alienating him.

Berkha has built a life for Nikhil where she strives to be obnoxious, disdainful and even deceitful.

Being with Laajo and her giving nature and selfless love has made Nikhil forget the years of insults, whining and all the oxygen Berkha has denied him.

Flying into a rage is so much easier for Berkha then taking responsibility. Recognising this will be her first hurdle, the next to swallow her pride and retracing her steps back to the beginning.