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Shanky was at his vulnerable best today even though he tried to hold on to all the strength that he has. It is easy to judge our parents in the boiling hot-blooded youth but it is a different ball game altogether to be a PARENT and try and do your best to envelope your child in pigeon feathers when you know that you can give your child all the happiness but you cannot live their life for them.
As Shanky reflected on whatever had happened in the recent weeks - Sid, Riddhima , his trust on Sid , Billy's warnings about Riddhima's dangerous psycho-emotional state and the ultimate shredding of Sid-Riddz' dignity because of the two youngsters' immature hatred and sensitive egos. He seems to be losing control and he doesn't know what to do. Both Sid and Riddhima have slipped out if his hands and his world is fast crumbling.The family's name and honour has been ripped apart by the public in Sanjivani - Sid and Riddhima have no idea the kind of damage they have done to each-other, Sanjivani ,. their families and the very necessary evil - HONOUR , DIGNITY AND PRIDE.
As Shanky wondered what the future of his daughter Riddhima would be and what was he going to do about it , Sid , always the first one to stand up on his faults and try to rectify them made an entry here. He was apologetic and didn't know what to say and where to start from and Shankypanks blew his top on him - what am i going to do now? Who will marry my daughter? Riddhima's honour is lost and i cannot shut up anyone. I can handle Sanjivani but what about Riddhima's life ? How am i ever going to settle her? And YOU.... You, Siddhant Modi are equally responsible for whatever that happened. Tell me , who is going to marry her?
It was here that the agony of a father and the magnitude of what Sid and Riddhima have done in their blind fury hit Siddhant. He realized the damage that had been done.He cannot undo what has happened and his feeling guilty is not going to help anything or anyone. It seemed as though he solely felt responsible for Riddhima's state and Shanky's helpless situation. He told Shanky what any man of honour would say when confronted with the crime of dishonouring a woman.
Fine. If Riddhima's future is your concern , if Riddhima's marriage is going to solve everything , every problem ... then, I will marry her.
Sid's proposal hit both Riddhima and Shankypanks like a thunderbolt. Riddhima looked at Sid with a shocked but expected reaction. There was no anger or hatred - just plain shock that Sid was capable of saying or doing something like that.
Sid was not thinking at that moment. He just felt responsible for Shanky and Riddhima's state and he could not take their dishonour. It just instinctively came out of him - I will marry her. He is not thinking of the future - his only concern is to put the lids on this constant vaporizing of honour and dishonour. He just wants to end it - for himself, for Riddhima , for Shankypanks.
Riddhima was of course not ready to let Sid do anything of that sort. Without going ballistic , she handled both her father and Sid , or at least that is what she thought. Marriage is no solution. People will stop talking sooner or later. I know I have hurt both of you a lot - you both have wanted nothing but the best for me but my marriage with Sid is not going to help either of us. Sid just nodded at her - i am just trying to find the best solution - but whatever you say is the last word - i just want you to be happy. Riddhima just looked at him.
Shanky has foreseen what Riddhima has not. He has seen the world and he knows that once a girl's honour is lost - it is not coming back because the society makes sure that a shredded shawl of character is never stitched back.
The Noor-E-Khuda sequence was a beautiful capsule of how Sid and Riddhima look at each-other now. While Sid feels completely responsible for Riddhima's state , Riddhima only remembers his kindness and his humane compassion towards her. Sid , on the terrace watching the train pass by and Riddhima cooped up in the fire escape - it reflected a sort of loneliness and an introspective and retrospective view of what has passed between them. I think it should become the signature song for them. Good editing in here.
Later, as Stella, symbolizing the ruthless society, brings down the whole name of Gupta family - starting from Paddy who had a child out of wedlock to Riddhima who is having some torrid clandestine scene with Siddhant. It is understandable - Paddy never grew out of the shock of what Riddhima's biological father did to her - abandoned a pregnant Padma and to listen to that disgrace all over again was too much for her. I really felt bad for Shanky and Paddy .... for Sid and Riddhima as well.... The society barbed wires of honour have dug into their skin and there is no solution except covering everything with honour again.
Riddhima is at cross roads and no , her psycho-emotional state is still not normal. She has only calmed down - her vulnerability is still as dangerous as ever. It showed in how she sees suicide as an end to all her problems. She is only listening to her senses.... not her sensibility. Her death is not going to change anything. It will finish her family - dishonour and destroy them forever. They won't even live another day and Riddhima will be dishonoured even in death.
You cannot run from what life confronts you with. You have to walk through the tunnel that you have knowingly or unknowingly set up for yourself. Cowardice kills not only you but everyone. Courage saves not only you, but everyone else too.
Noor-E-Khuda stands for ' Light of God' and there is so much darkness surrounding these characters that I had to name this post by that title.
Love and luck always,
God bless everyone.
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