Oh wow! I want to say this was unexpected, but having read a bunch of your pieces now I feel like I should know better and shouldn't have expected anything less. 👏
For starters, what an apt title!
Tejo gave her all to not only her relationship with Fateh, but also her relationship with his family, and for absolutely nothing in return! A few words of appreciation from her father-in-law don't mean much in my opinion, and I loved reading your insight on why he actually dotes on her. His reasoning is to do with himself, not with her. It's almost as if he's vicariously living his dreams and ambitions through Tejo, but come to think of it, what good of a father is a man to his daughter-in-law when he couldn't even fulfil that role for his biological children? Khushbeer/Khushveer (forgot what his name is) often annoys me because while he expects the world of his kids (his sons, especially), he hasn't really parented them or guided them on a straight and narrow path. He hasn't shown up for them as a parent, but rather a strict teacher. I'd resent him if I were his child and he shut me out for my brother's wife. I'd also be slightly suspicious of his behaviour if I was said brother's wife because there's no way he should be making room in his heart for me when there's barely any for his existing family.
Anyway, on to Gurpreet. Only you could've read into her as deeply as that. Her frustrations, her loneliness, her unfulfilled desires, and most of all, her inability to act as the glue that would keep her family together - Gurpreet was practically a bubbling volcano! On the outside, she had plenty of reasons to be content with her life and her lifestyle, but only she knows of the skeletons she's hiding in her closet. I'm glad she wasn't apologetic for mistreating Tejo. Often times we act out of line as a coping mechanism and I personally think at those times a sense of understanding is more warranted than an apology. Gurpreet understood why Tejo calls her Auntyji, why Tejo had no will to fight against the divorce, why Tejo has to flee Punjab, and why she wronged Tejo. There's no need to issue an apology when the fact of the matter is that if Gurpreet could do it all over again under the same circumstances, she would do it the exact same way.
I LOVED how you presented Amrik's character. I've had the same hunch about him btw, and perhaps that's why I was blown away by how you struck the perfect balance between descriptiveness and subtlety when you added his angle. He is truly and completely pathetic.
I stopped watching the show but I still pop in to the forum for updates and I really appreciate the tags! Your stories have me far more engaged in Udaariyan than the show itself! 😉
Oh my God!
Thank you so much!!!!!!
This is like a bonus over a bonus.
Unlike my other stories, I did not have to think much while trying to determine the title. It was as if it was already waiting for me.
I am glad you picked up on Khushveer. You looked at it in depth to understand my true meaning. A simple reading will paint Khushveer as an ardent Tejo supporter but looking it in depth shows another picture. His reasoning for his affections for her is not Tejo but him seeing himself in her; viewing his dreams and living them through her. After all of all his children, she who is his Bahu is the perfect patterned child he wanted having his own dreams. And he is selfish enough to keep her close.
When we look at it this way, It opens another route to read the reactions of the Virk siblings to Tejo. From Fateh's inability to decide, to Mahi's apparent awe and admiration for Tejo who is respected by the father whom she worships, and Amrik's apparent disdain in the show and my other interpretations; all get a new shade.
I never see Gurpreet apologizing. She did not do anything wrong as per her mindset. She only reacted to the intruder in her home. Her stance was real and she sees no reason to be ashamed of it. So when her stance changes to support Tejo, she doesn't falter either.
I am always suspicious of Amrik and I will always hold true to my stance. You can see it in all my fics.
I am glad you pop in for my fics.
Thank You.
- Niki
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