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After yesterday's sweet and savoury episode, today's episode left a bitter aftertaste in my palate.
Yesterday, the episode started bitter but ended delicious.
Today, the episode started sweet but ended bitter...
However, there was nothing that doesn't happen in real life. I can't say what I saw today doesn't happen in society.
But I wanted to see nayi soch in the form of gentle correction. I wanted to see the characters pointing out the flaws in thinking and in mentality, not just keeping their mouth shut and head down as if they are at fault. After all, isn't it what happens in society? Don't we also keep our mouth shut and head down in awkward silence?
Dev calling Sona was so sweet. Sonaria disease was a good one and so was his "Bose Dose". Sonakshi also came up with a good quip on how too much "cheese" are hard to digest... Cute with hidden innuendo...
Dev bought a nightgown for Sona which she will wear while taking care of her mother-in-law.
Then comes the scene where Radha is taunting Neha on her husband's income and what she is giving her brother. This is the lady whose son blows money on alcohol and parties, let alone earning a single penny. This lady has the gal to insult the sister of the man who owns the house they are living in.
I wanted Neha to reply back sweetly: I am giving my brother my love and blessings for a happy married life. Are you giving him the same, mami?
I wanted to Ishwari to tell Radha: The gift that comes from the heart are much more precious than the gift that comes from the pocket.
She didn't stop Radha from insulting Ranveer and his family during Neha's marriage, and she didn't do anything today either.
Ishwari defends Dev like mother lion with a single cub. But the problem is that she behaves as if she only has a single cub. She never defends her own daughters.
Haldi ceremony was again cute. Dida reminded of my Dida.
(For my non-bong friends, Dida is mother's mother i.e. Nani. Father's mother is Thamma or Thammi i.e. Dadi. CVs should have researched that).
She is just like that. She is also the woman who asked me how was my honeymoon and to give her more details and when I refused, her response was she is not getting any decent romance in her daily soaps so she needs to get her fix from my life.
My husband thought it was hilarious that my 70 year old Dida is concerned about my love life.
Anyhoo, moving on from my crazy family to the night of the wedding...
The scenes of bride and groom being ready with their families were heart-touching. Specially Sona and her mother's conversation. What a role model you have, Sona. You have big shoes to fill.
But when the baraat came, I felt both sides were insensitive to other cultures. In real life people always make fun of other cultures, but why not show for once them showing respect to each other?
Bijoy, Elena complaining about the barat making noise and their dance, were as offensive as the Dixits making fun of Bengalis.
Is the noise loud? Yes. But Mr. Bose, you live in Delhi. This can't be the first north indian barat you have seen. So you should have expected that. The dignified and respectful thing would be to keep your opinion to yourself. This is different from your culture, but it doesn't mean you get to make fun of them.
But you were right when you pointed out the garbage they littered behind. That was not an insult to a culture, that was an insult to the country. You should have provided a garbage can and they should have used it.
Dixits looking stunned at Bengali Ulu is natural. Sorry bong friends, I am Bengali too. I am cool with Shankh sound. But that Ulu sound is weird even in my ears. So much so that I told my mother that I will run away from my own wedding if that sound is made. She knew I could do it, so she refrained and stopped the rest of my family from doing it. I have a weird paranoia about it ever since I saw Dushman (Kajol, Ashutosh Rana) where Ashutosh Rana makes similar sound with his finger on his lips.
So for non-bengalis that might sound like native american war-cry. It's that shrill.
However, again when Asha went to put garland on Ishwari, Dadi Bua told her not to because she is a widow. Everyone felt bad, but no one said anything.
No one gently pointed out that this garland is a welcome for new members in the family and widow or married or single, everyone should be welcomed with the same respect.
Dev fights the world for his mom. Today CVs should have showed him saying something, but he didn't. Like I said, he treats his mother like a God, not a human. God doesn't get hurt, human being does.
But I liked how Asha went ahead and in her own respectful sweet self gave a better welcome to Ishwari...
CVs, how did Sona just walk in? In Bengali wedding the bride is carried to the mandap which you are going to show yesterday. Until then the groom and his family are kept in a separate room. They don't see each other until the paan is removed from the bride's face which is called Shubha Drishti.
If they have already done away with Shubha Drishti, what's the purpose of carrying Sona then?
Just to show the confrontation about the lehenga, you made Sona take a stroll to the baraatis? Like I said, show some respect for the culture you are showing.
CVs, I am expecting an explanation regarding the attire.
Was Dadi bua right in attacking a bride in her wedding? No.
But her point was right.
CVs, you better show an explanation tomorrow why Sona didn't wear the lehenga after her speech to Neha.
The lehenga can be damaged, burned whatever in Haridwar, but there has to be an explanation.
Hypocrisy is as unpalatable to me as injustice and unfairness...
The Precap: Wedding goes on. So I am assuming either an explanation has been given or Ishwari swallowed this to be used later.
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