Originally posted by: Balh2fan
I think he just senses there is something not right, he senses her as a threat to him and Priya being together. It’s the sixth sense… like we say at times .. we have a gut feeling but nothing to substantiate… or for that matter most of the times one is not even conscious about such a feeling… it is just manifested in such gestures… and that is the passive aggressive behaviour he has with her these days.
This is since the Kangan kaand, where he could feel there is something more than that meets the eye, but again I don’t think he gave it a conscious thought. Hence he is wary of her and anyways even before the Kangan kaand he was never comfortable sharing his and Priya’s relationship with her… may be because her constant pestering about how his marriage with Priya is an arrangement of convenience. She always made him feel uncomfortable about it, to the point that he felt guilty about holding his wife’s hand in front of her… ( in the hospital)
So when Priya made the promise he was reminded of the annulment track… and that gut feel or fear about Nandini struck him… again I don’t think he is self aware of this as yet.
Btw regarding his EQ, yesterday’s bepisodenwas the first time when I really appreciated it, when he said how embarrassed she must have felt when she realised it was her father who was trying to harm her husband… loved the way he reads her now.
Very nicely put. I will just put my two cents on Ram and Nandini's relationship, going back a little in time.
During the Diwali track, Ram told Priya that his father asked him not to treat N as his stepmom and to ensure that the family never breaks. I am guessing that VK made the same request to Nandini – not to treat Ram as her stepson and ensure that the family doesn’t break. VK comes across as a wise man who was very family oriented. I doubt he would put such a responsibility on a young boy alone. I think it was his way of ensuring that Ram and N accept one another. So as long as VK was around,N did just that. I doubt she would have dared to treat Ram the way she treats him now in VK’s presence.
But once VK passed away, the scene changed. Ram was forced to grow up. Overnight he became the man of the house with the responsibility of his young step mom and two half sibilings (children at that time). We know then the business was not doing well, probably debts, court cases etc. For Ram at that time the most pressing thought would have been to ensure a running income so that there is always food on the table. This is traditionally a man’s responsibility and I am sure this put Ram under a lot of stress and pressure (It is evident that N did not take any charge and all of it fell on Ram). He started working from that young age. Must have put in a lot of time which kept him away from his family. And when the business was established and he was able to spare time, he realised that the family had forged their own life in which he had no place (not surprising as he was never around). N and Children took him for granted. That’s why the children don’t know him at all and only look upon him as a provider/care giver. At home, the family started to treat him as a Stepany (A Spare wheel which though necessary is still an extra). N did nothing to right this attitude, with no VK, she was answerable to none. We know she is a selfish woman who has repeatedly put her own family’s welfare over Ram. Ram saw all this, but for the sake of the family’s unity, chose to overlook it. And managed it so well that after a while i think he just stopped noticing the apathy around him. He carved his own life and found happiness in work, friends, food, Vedika and buying his family’s happiness (by spending money on them). It became the norm for him so it didn’t bother him and even if it did he quickly suppressed such an emotion. He surely is intelligent, has mingled with the world a lot. Life is a great teacher. Family is his weak point.
Then came Priya and he started looking at things/people with Priya’s eyes. Sometimes fresh eyes are essential to identify what is good and what is bad like the Kangan Kaand. Yes, that was definitely a turning point. I believe all the old feeling w.r.t. N which he had buried in himself must have come to the forefront. It must have been heart wrenching for Ram to be reminded that not all is hunky dory as he had conditioned himself to believe. You never really forget how a person has made you feel even if you forget what he did to you. Hence the attitude change, subtle yet, but getting stronger with each kaand.
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