04/19 Highlights: Prakash learns the truth ; Mowgli Runs Away - Page 2

As I mentioned sometime ago Avni has a lot of insecurities. She has been through a lot but Aeysa and Neela were her "security blanket" her confidant, her moral compass. Neela more so. She lost both as a result of violent crimes. I won't go into all the atrocities she experienced as a child sufficient to say it has scared her for life. Understandable so. Having said that, Avni never should have taken charge of orphaned children nor should she have taken Mishti with her. The idea of devoting your life to any cause is admirable but only if you have the knowledge and experience to undertake the task. More harm is sometimes done with good intentions. Avni, bless her needs help and that was more evident after Neela's death. So the whole Neelangela angle has really been a case where the character can hide from reality. I'm not sure how these writers came up with that story unless they never intended to have Avni & Neil reunite. They could have shown her as a single mother, with a new indentity, struggling to bring up her child. That would have been more palpable that the orphan angle. I have a friend whose mother pretend to be his sister and he died and never forgave her. A mother is a central figure in your life and to withhold that from a child is very, very, difficult no matter the reasons.

Nonetheless, we are at a point were we cannot change what's happened but moving forward this story can only be written by people who have the experience in dealing with physical and mental trauma and the impact it has on your spouse, family and friends. Avni has made poor choices and continues to make them because she's not dealing with her trust issues and the tunnel vision she's developed. We know why she's this way and our hearts bleed for her but listen to her words " she's bad luck, she only causes pain" etc etc. So how can she make sensible choices? What's the answer?

Having lived thru a lifetime of personal trauma, helping abused women and counselling young children, all I can suggest, assuming this were real, is to get professional help or have the people closest to you know everything so they can help you. Honesty is the only answer. The writers could try having Avni disclose everything to Bebe. Shweta's no use, she says she loves Avni, but , as we've seen, not at the expenses of Neil and for the life of me I cannot understand her obsession with Mitali. Her son needs help and some space to come to terms with his life Avni cannot disclose all of this to Neil without the proper support . It just will not work. Again if it were real.

Neil. Neil could handle the grief of her death, because death brings with it a certain pain that cuts so deep that to just wake up each morning takes all your strength, so you focus on all the good memories to help you carry on. We saw that all to well after the 10 year leap.

Now to suddenly realize that it was all a sham is very difficult to accept. That much the writers got correct. Now to know that you have a 9 year old child! I just don't know how they will spin that!

I don't support the view of character assignation because we are all flawed. So to say the character is being "assinated" is saying that they we're perfect in the first place. It means you are putting these characters up on a pedestal and expecting perfection - rise coloured glasses comes to mind!

At the end of the day, this is what makes this show special! We can all relate to a lot in this show regardless of age or nationality. The main characters are beautifully acted and we have them in our hearts. We want them to "work" because that means hope for us.

Mandy, I took this time to respond because you have invested so much into this show and remain upbeat and positive. I respect that and I thank you for your hard work! We know this story will end well but it will break our hearts until that point. I hope the writers can do justice to this situation. Stay positive and bless you dear child for always taking a few moments fior this oldie!