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WHAT THE YOUNG HAS IS ENTHUSIASM , CONFIDENCE AND ABILITY : TO CHANGE THINGS
WHAT THE OLD HAVE IS EXPERIENCE , ACCEPTANCE AND STABILITY: TO SAVE THINGS
ONLY WHEN THE OLD AND YOUNG BLEND PROPERLY CAN THINGS CHANGE FOR THE BETTER WITH THE ESSENCE SAVED TO BE SAVOURED BY ALL ; OLD AND YOUNG ALIKE :
Astha shlok agnihotri wanted to change the old archaic ways of the agnihotri family by hook or by crook, and seems to be following patidev shlok's lessons taught to her by him,
Anjali agnihotri wanted to save the old ways with all her strength , and also seems to follow her sahib's lessons taught to her by him ;
So astha along with vinayak kaka planned to make anjali perform the pooja to be conducted for the peace and happiness of the agnihotri family instead of NA ; to show anjali and others the importance and rightful place of anjali in the household along with giving anjali the confidence to take the right steps forward in future for the well being of the family and herself too ; and so giving the wives and bahus and daughters the right direction to follow as the young also have a nature to follow their elders instictly ;
So astha made mango juice and gave the first glass to anjali to drink , to which anjali reprimanded astha that she could not drink the juice as she was not only making prasad for pooja but also never drank or ate before sahib and so asked astha to give the juice first to sahib ;
To which astha mocked anjali as to how mahaan she was to love and give importance to sahib so much even when anjali suffered and was insulted so much and that astha knew that it was not anjali's love but helplessness that made her listen and follow sahib in all the wrongs done by him , and instead reprimanded anjali that atleast if she could not voice her concerns then atleast she could stop from doing the wrong things , to which anjali replied that her's and astha's thinking is different ;
Strangely what astha was telling anjali was similar to her situation when she in her blind love for shlok did the same things as anjali did as she also suffered and was insulted by shlok but where astha in her blind love for shlok didn't care about anybody even her parents , her in-laws ,the truth and herself except shlok and his love she knew he had for her , so much so shlok himself reprimanded astha many times to come out of her blind love for him and become aware of her surroundings and the people's true nature behind masks and fight for her rights as his wife and bahu without shlok's help as he wanted astha to be strong by herself to deal with all the problems by herself , as shlok didn't want astha to become another anjali ;
So now astha decided to go with her plan of tampering NA's juice sedate him and so met kaka who had got the sleeping powder to mix in the juice of NA , and for the first time the ever confident advice giving kaka got nervous when it came to real action as he was scared whether they were right or wrong and that their mistakes might get anjali punished , to which the all knowing astha said even though she also didn't know but that nothing would happen to anjali , here showing the enthusiasm of youth who never think of consequences but the goal they have to win ,and maybe is in a way right but not always , but still needed to stop anjali and the wrongs she was being made to do by NA ;
Suddenly when shlok agnihotri who seemed to be searching for his dear wifey ,appears out of the blue to their consternation and asks about what mistakes and punishment they were talking about both astha and kaka got the fright of their lives as he was not only the most devoted baccha but also capable of making their lives hell for going against dear baba and so decided to keep him in the dark and told him that they were talking about kaka's marraige as now he was alone and didn't have anybody to tend to him as he was scared of marraige, and to which astha told kaka that every marraige had problems just as she and shlok had in the first but was now happy and asked shlok for confirmation for which shlok who was private in such matters looked at astha like "what" but shook his head hesitantly ,and kaka runs away like hell is behind him;
Now in private shlok turns a naughty lover boy and asks astha shlok agnihotri , his loving wifey, if the juice was for him as he liked mango juice and right away picked up the glass intended for NA , showing his love and for baba even instictly without knowing , to which astha got flustered and told him that the other glass of juice was for him as she had tasted it herself and made it sweet just as he wanted so that their love would strengthen, to which shlok was now happy that wifey too has become romantic like him and was following him and so called her naughty and asked her to come back to him soon maybe for another session of love making ...NAUGHTY SHLOK ;
Shloky now seemed not to care where they were and even tried to romance astha in front of god and before pooja showing how much he now is into astha and loved her as well as his affection for her childlike silly ideas she seemed to follow , not knowing what astha shlok agnihotri was up to but looked like he would protect her in future when needed even though he might get angry on her (or support her maybe as he does know his wifey very well ).
Now astha makes NA drink the juice by saying that she made it for him as he always works hard and so neglects everything else like shlok and so made NA happy that astha was so caring about him and shlok too ; and in the morning when baba doesn't wake up on time even though shlok, anjali , astha and kaka tried to wake him up , and against protests from shlok that only baba should do pooja and anjali's insistence that the pooja should be performed by the males of the house , astha and kaka with the help of the priest who made it clear that after baba only anjali could do the pooja as it was for the peace and happiness of the family , finally anjali was made to take her right place as the wife bahu and mother of the agnihotri family and so performed the pooja at astha's insistence and bappa's blessings ,;
Shlok seemed not happy with the proceedings of anjali doing the pooja(or is he scared of baba's anger for his mother and others who may pay for it is still a suspense)and taking baba's place and her other children's indifference in the matter showed how much anjali had lost out to NA 's manipulations and distanced her from her children by following NA blindly in all his wrong doings ,;as her children also seemed to distance themselves form their mother so as to not being hurt by her actions and words as she seemed to give rules and customs more importance than them and their happiness;
And strangely nobody except shlok had any objections to anjali performing the pooja and also showed that others along with shlok did give importance to their wives as even shlok listened to astha and stayed back for the aarthi , if not for NA 's rules and customs which had to be stopped and for that anjali had to stop following them first and give the right direction to her children as they even though hated her were definitely following their mother to the core especially shlok who seemed to love his mother and wanted her love and affection very much ,was more angry on her for neglecting her children , showing that it was their mother anjali they instictly loved and followed;
BUT NOW ANJALI HAS TAKEN THE FIRST AUSPICIOUS STEP OF PERFORMING POOJA TO BAPPA , WHO IS THE GOD OF NEW AND GOOD BEGGININGS ,TOWARDS HER LIBERATION AND IN FUTURE FOR HER FAMILY TOO ...WITH THE HELP OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION ,FOR PEACE AND HAPPINESS FOR THE OLD , PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS TOO.
