Anu, I loved your reflective post.
Absolutely, they've come far. It's so nice to see them getting comfortable with each other after all the hatred, fights, fear, etc. Naku, I am happy to see, is stronger and more comfortable with herself and him. The thing about Naku that attracts Dutta is that SHE IS THE ONLY ONE who treats him like a human being, a person. She listens to him, questions him and his feelings, gets to know him as a person. She also holds him to certain standards now. He can't be Dutta Bhao with her...it just won't work.
U said it all GP........ Dutta is or has been in living in a world where he is treated no less than a God (out of fear or love) .......He is used to being treated like that .......and its after 10 long yrs there came a girl who showed him that he is human afterall and he is no diff than others...... In short , she broke the shell that he wove around him . She is his mirror . Till now he used to go to a mirror, look at him and try to understand the Dutta in him .........but now he need not do that, he has a mirror right infront of him , who can tell him what he does wrong and what he does right .......His perfect Reflection .
Anu