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First Things First, I admire the passion, insights and finer intricate points elucidated by all three of you regarding the Dev Ravi Shiva angle.
I agree with all your points and somehow fall short of words to even reply to these wonderfully Articulated posts.
I want to say here without being the devil advocate that Dev, as a personality, has always been a very calm and non-passionately attached person. His bones with his family are tremendous, but he knowingly or unknowingly ends up hurting them because of his lack of expression and stands in his life.
Similarly, with both the women in his life, neither he was highly attached to Ravi as a friend, nor he is blindly in love with Rishita as a lover. He was ready to leave Rishita for the family; he was prepared to go family. For Rishita, he left Ravi for Rishita and now can also not take an excellent stand in front of the family when Rishita insults them.
Characters like Dev exist in the real world. He represents a breed of men who are good-natured, well-bred, educated, soft-spoken and can be seen as suitable marriage materials. Such men Are not meant to be heroes or villains. They exist as a dream man for women As charming and secure options.
With such minimalistic layers to Dev’s character, it’s unexpected of him to give a heartfelt detailed apology. There is a rekindling of Dev Ravi friendship; I meant that the simplistic bond between two childhood friends was revived after a whole emotional turmoil. They both have moved on. Ravi, more so as she is no longer the little girl madly in Love with a delusional dream. She is forgiving, innocent, and childlike, and forgiveness comes naturally to her. Rebirth is not without conditions. The soul may be reborn, but you assume and acquire a new physical body. The same analogy applies to relationships as well. They may be reborn, revived but the offence changes over time.
Ravi is at peace with a man who was her friend. Nothing more, nothing less.
Edited by Transference - 4 years ago