Today's episode was all about battle of the egos and realizations, both on Myrah's part and Rudra's. Diya, thank you again for opening up the thread and Shweta, naturally, excellent collages. I'll respond to all the takes later on today.
We start off the episode with a continuation of yesterday's scene between Myrah and the kids. Rudra is obviously angry when he sees Dhruv interacting with Myrah again. His reasoning here is why can't Dhruv understand that this woman is NOTHING like his mother other than how she looks? He doesn't want him to get hurt, and no matter what he says or does, Dhruv doesn't seem to be listening to him. And you can't blame Dhruv. All his life, he's been dreaming about his mother, listening to stories of how wonderful and loving she was. And she's here now! Why won't Pappa and Maasi let him experience that?
Rudra and Myrah have a war with words here. Myrah is oddly very protective of Dhruv here, berating Rudra for scolding him. I wonder if there's more to her protectiveness than watching out for a boy she's fond of...or is there something else? Motherly instincts, maybe? Rudra, naturally, tells her to mind her own business. Dhruv is HIS son, not hers. If he wants to yell at him, he will. It's his right. SHE is just a guest, an unwanted guest, in his home. She should just do want she wanted to do here and leave. Don't interfere. But then what happens? Myrah gets angry to the point where she verbally insults Rudra and crosses a major line - talks about his Paro. How is his wife enduring him for all these years? She must be so incredibly sweet and caring to put up with his ghussa. Any other woman would have left him or committed suicide to get away from his madness.
And then it hits him.
All the flashbacks of poignant moments with his Paro comes back to him.
"We all do things we desperately wish we could undo. Those regrets just become part of who we are, along with everything else. To spend time trying to change that, well, it's like chasing clouds." - Libba Bray
Rudra realizes how much wrong he has done to Paro when she was living with him and just how much she must have loved him to stay with him regardless. To add upon the guilt that is already present for not saving her in time, now he sees how much of a jallad he was to her initially. If Paro were alive, she would have told him that there was nothing to forgive. Look at how much he has done for her? Protected her, loved her, cared for her, gave her a son. How could she not love him after all this? The good vastly outweighs the bad. All her dreams came true.
I'm going to play Devil's advocate here. It's hard to side with either Rudra or Myrah. Both are wrong in their actions, but both are right for individual reasons. To Myrah, Rudra has been a jerk since the moment they met. He's been rude, insulting and has manhandled her. This is a definite no-no in my books as well. You DO NOT touch a lady in any aggressive manner no matter what you are feeling. So I applaud her for taking a stance. Many will say, "Well, Paro didn't react this way by lashing out." Well, Paro wasn't the modern 21st century woman. Myrah is. She grew up in the USA, sheltered by family. She doesn't take crap from anyone and stands up for herself. Paro did too, but she also grew up in a village where men take the more dominant role. Though Paro was NEVER submissive in her relationship with Rudra - she did frequently tell him when he was in the wrong - she did let him lead and that worked for the both of them. Rudra is the alpha male, after all. And Paro was the nurturer. Myrah, on the other hand, believes men and women to be equal. Her comment about "male-dominated society" sums up her views on India. She's already made judgement on the country and its people. It's kind of hypocritical of her to expect Rudra to reserve judgement on her and her upbringing when she's already made assumptions on them. Her "holier-than-thou" attitude is starting to rub me in the wrong way, even though I know where's she's coming from and she doesn't have the history behind Rudra to know why he's acting this way.
But, as fans of RR 1.0, we tend to lean more towards Rudra because we know his story; his childhood, his adulthood, his marriage to Paro and how he came to lose her. We relate to him rather than Myrah, who is more relatable to us. Why? Because we experienced it all with him. We felt the emotions he felt, laughed with him, loved with him, mourned with him. Rangrasiya is all about Rudra and his journey to experience colours in his dark, bleak life. He briefly experienced those rays of colours for a little over a year with Paro. And though the sun is not shining as brightly in his life right now, rays of light are evident in the form of his son, Dhruv. The only living part of Paro that she left behind.
I have to say that Myrah just lost a supporter in Maithili. She may have had a soft corner for Myrah initially because of her resemblance to Paro and her chirpy, happy-go-lucky personality, but all that is lost now because she hurt the one person, other than Samrat and Dhruv, whom Maithili loves and respects most in the world - her Devarjisa. Maithili knows that her Paro, her little sister, would NEVER verbally hurt someone in anyway, even her own enemy. And because of that, she has also lost the bit of hope, along with Rudra, that Myrah is Paro.
Precap - I can't wait to see Raakshabhandan next week. It'll be adorable to see the little cuties celebrate this wonderful festival. Hopefully, the CVs don't speed through it like that did for Teej.
I'll respond to the other takes later on today or over the weekend.😒 Sorry, I have to go out tonight. But, I know they're going to be fantastic! Toodles!
Edited by ...pinky... - 11 years ago
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