Originally posted by: CottonWorld
Who is this?
Neha is Ishwari's 2nd child ( after Dev) & eldest daughter.
I hope the makers/ writers explore Neha's side of the story this season. Neha's character was the most interesting one in S1 but they abruptly ended her track post leap like they did with all the sisters' track.
Neha was the only one who could upfront tell Ishwari whenever she did something wrong. She would often point out Ishwari's favouritism towards her son & the way she always neglected her daughters. She was understandably bitter due to Ishwari sidelining her and always giving importance to Dev. When it came to a choice of educating her kids, Ishwari gave preference to Dev as she thought Dev would be the one who would bring them out of poverty while poor Neha had to drop out of school & look after her younger sisters when she herself was a child of 8 years or even less. She was like a mother to her younger sisters & they always looked up to her & shared a great bond with her unlike with Ishwari & Dev. It was like within the family, there were 2 families:-. one consisting of Dev & Ishwari & the other consisting of Neha, Riya & Nikki. The entire family's connect with Dev was the money/ good lifestyle he provided them with, once he became a rich businessman. There was no real emotional attachment or bond between them hence during Devakshi's 7 year separation, they weren't there for Dev. Though Dev always felt guilty that he got the love & preference from Ishwari while Neha had to sacrifice her childhood, the fact is neither Ishwari nor Dev ever acknowledged her major though indirect contribution in bringing the family out of poverty. Both mother & son would only talk about their own sacrifices. It was natural for Neha to feel bitter & frustrated with them & with life in general. She used to feel a sense of inferiority complex due to lack of education especially whenever her younger sisters would correct her when she used to mispronounce a word in English and finally one day after much hesitation she joined an English speaking class where she fell in love with her teacher & wanted to marry him. He lived in a small house with his middle class family. Dev & GKB were skeptical about Neha being able to adjust with Ranveer & his lower middle class joint family while Ishwari was all for it. Finally they did get married but got divorced after a short period as Neha wasn't willing to make adjustments or sacrifices in her life anymore & preferred a good wealthy lifestyle over love. Once she left Ranveer & returned to the Dixit house, she used to be jealous of Devakshi's happiness & love for each other. Initially when Sona was only a nutritionist to Ishwari, Neha had warmed up to her but after her separation with Ranveer, she was jealous of Sonakshi getting both the love of her life as well as the lifestyle which she craved for herself & Ranveer. Post leap, when she came to the Dixit house during Raksha bandhan, it was shown that she was happily married to a rich guy.
With Arjun ( the actor playing Ranveer) also apparently in the show, I hope they show their side of the story too as I always felt there was much more to their story which the writers wanted to show but didn't, maybe because they wanted to concentrate more on Devakshi 's story due to the main lead pair's immense popularity with the audience. I would have been pretty excited with their comeback if the original writers were still writing for the show but with the new writers I don't really have much expectations.
CID
