At the start of their relationship they showed Ayesha as the more mature one, having weathered the problems associated with growing up alone without any emotional support and taking care of an unbalanced mother. She was the one Prachi looked up to. Prachi herself being raised in a protected environment where her father or her childhood friend always took decisions for her, did not have much scope nor willingness to exhibit her independence.
After the death of her father and the catastrophe it unleashed in her life, Prachi has grown from strength to strength, even as Ayesha kept slipping. She took the decision to give up everything to Ayesha inorder to fulfill the promise to her father and was willing to face the consequences of her acts. She decided to break her ties with Neev for his own good. She decided to marry Milsi for the sake of protecting her family from financial ruin. She faced the challenges of being married to a brute who was quick to judge her without giving her an opportunity to explain herself. But she never gave up on him or her relationship. She was even prepared to go to prison to save him from disgrace. She worked hard on a relationship which appeared to go nowhere and eventually turned it in her favour. In the case of Suki's elopement, she withstood Milsi's wrath, but was determined to bring back Suki to the right path even as she ensured Suki's happiness by insisting Milsi accept SS relationship. In the case of Suki's baby raaz, she was willing to put her marriage on line to save Milsi from heartbreak, although many may not agree with her methods. In all these cases she exhibited tremendous strength of character and stood by the decisions she took. This shows she had really matured over the past months. She has turned from a young carefree daddy's girl to a mature woman who knows and honours her responsibilities.
Ayesha, on the other hand, degenerated from the strong character she was initially to an unbalanced immature and childish character. Ayesha's single minded revenge agenda brought about her ultimate downfall. Having won everything from Prachi including her lover, she gained nothing because she lost the only person who loved her as she was. She never realised Milsi's worth when she had him. She was way too stubborn to admit her feelings for him and always felt he will come after her, however much she gets away from him. That arrogance and her failure to see beyond her revenge agenda led to her losing Milsi slowly yet surely forever.
In her anxiety to win him back she again went about with a single minded determination to prove Prachi was a fake. In the process it was she who came out smelling like a cesspool and she lost even the bond of friendship that Milsi was willing to extend. In short, she basically ruined her own lifeWith every act of hers she established that she is an immature fool who thinks that she can win back what she lost by force. She failed to realise that love cannot be forced. Now she is reduced to taking advantage of the memory loss of a man who once loved her but no longer does. She foolishly thinks that if he ties the mangalsutra around her neck he will be hers forever. The fact that both of them are still married makes no difference to her. This only goes to show the extent of her childishness and stupidity.
So at the end of the day, while one sister has grown and matured into a woman, the other has regressed into a wilful, stubborn and pig-headed child, exhibiting the tendencies of a juvenile delinquent. It is indeed sad that it had to come to this.
Bindi
Udne Ki Aasha
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
