Akaash & Arjun: A step forward.

Akaash and his past are one of the most intriguing aspects of the show for me. I am keen to know how he will overcome Gaurav's death and move forward with his life and career. His acrophobia might not have been as interesting a facet as it is if one of his first assignments to resurrect his career didn't require him to climb a mountain. So far whenever he has encountered the heights in his training, they have been under controlled environment. But today, it was a place where there were no guides, no teachers, no harnesses. A cliff, a man hanging for dear life itself and his three friends who themselves were having panic attacks. I don't know whether or not he would've been able to save Kabir without Arjun's help, but he made it quite far without getting those flashes. With this step forward, I hope it will be easier for him to seek the treatment he left in between before joining NIM.

Speaking of Arjun, we don't know much about him yet except he once left a teammate behind to get to his goal. His theory is that beyond a point, everyone is on their own. I am not a mountaineer neither do I know anyone who is so I don't know how right or wrong he is here. But knowing that he didn't try his best to save someone does haunt him even though that's what he thought was the best at that time. Today, he went back for Akaash. I know he wasn't in a hurry to get anywhere but considering he didn't know about the Kabir situation, it wasn't really necessary to go looking for Akaash either. Yet, he thought of checking up when considerable time passed. So I do see this as a small step towards him learning to work in a team. As Col. Abhiyanker said, 'no one gets left behind'.