Today's episode was a big question mark for me. When a child makes a mistake as Ansh did, in putting that hairpin on the sofa and hurting Yash, is it right to take the episode lightly or seriously?
Both sides of the question seem to have very variable answers, depending on what the emphasis is laid upon. Just because it was the innocent mistake of a child, should the adults take it lightly? Was it in fact a completely innocent mistake of the child or did he do it with a motive? Was his motive forgiveable?
Should he then be made to apologise in front of the whole household or should he have been told to give his apology in private? Should be lightly let off and the whole thing treated as the fun and frolic of childhood? Or should it be taken so seriously that the child's future is discussed in terms of future "apraadh" and a possible "jail term"?
Should an adult take a grudge against a child in such a way as to then treat him with merciless harshness? Or indeed, should the whole episode be treated as a potential opportunity for deeper family future plans to be plotted around?
How all the characters today reacted to Ansh's pin episode fascinates me ... from some of the characters we saw how to take things lightly (or even too lightly), and from some characters we saw how to take things seriously (or even too seriously).
Pankaj and Pratik of course made a game out of it all to lighten the mood but I am more interested in analysing the reactions of Yash, Aarti, Gayatri and the Casanova ...
Aarti took it a bit too seriously ... it was true that she was aghast at Ansh's disclosure that he had placed the pin on the sofa with the deliberate aim of hurting Yash ... his excuse being that he did not want Yash to kiss Aarti, a right reserved only for Ansh. The child is clearly in the jealous and possessive mode regarding his mother. It was right that Aarti should ask him to apologise to Yash ... but was it right that the child should have to deliver his apology in front of the whole household in the drawing room of the home? Aarti was carrying things a bit too far, in my opinion. Ansh should not have been exposed to the ill-will of people like Gayatri, who Aarti knows only too well by now. I feel Aarti did not do right by the child. It was a bit too much.
But this begs other questions: Why did Aarti react so strongly? Did Ansh touch a raw nerve in her when he mentioned the kiss from Yash? Did that question about intimacy between Yash and herself touch some budding emotions in herself that she did not want to face? Or was she thrown to know that Ansh was so possessive of her?
I suspect the whole episode not only made Aarti acutely aware of Ansh's possessive demands on her, it also made Aarti acutely aware of the question of intimacy between her and Yash. She was unprepared to deal with those feelings and seemed more than reasonably enraged with Ansh ...
Yash took it perhaps too lightly ... maybe too lightly even for Ansh's good. He has had pain and suffering as a result of Ansh's actions and even a fever. Lots of questions come to my mind here: Was Yash trying to tone down things because he saw his mother taking off vehemently, or was Yash really moved by Ansh's apology?
Curiously whenever we expect Yash to become rather angry he surprises us by having a much toned down reaction. Today I expected more anger from him and instead he seemed to just accept Ansh's apology with a small promise from Ansh never to repeat the mistake ... and then he launched into a little joke to ease the child's feelings.
But here come other questions: If Yash had exhibited more seriousness in giving Ansh a piece of his mind a little sternly, would Gayatri have toned down her indignation? Would a bit more disciplining from Yash have led to Gayatri being less antagonistic towards Ansh? Did Gayatri not like the developing closeness between Yash and Ansh that she could not tolerate Yash taking the situation so lightly? Could at least Yash have taken the child to a separate room to discuss it all, instead of in front of the whole household (even if Aarti had made the mistake of thus exposing Ansh)?
Gayatri took it very venomously .. which makes me wonder what the old lady has against the child so much? What hatred is she enacting out? What has Ansh done to her that she feels the need to take cudgels against a child at least 50 years younger than herself?
The sheer vehemence in the way Gayatri first started exploding out at Ansh in the hall (when the Casanova restrained her outburst) and then how she took off on Aarti even saying Ansh may turn out to be an "apraadhi" later in life who had to be "released from jail "... my God, was all this even called for? Was the nature of the mistake so awful that such extreme predictions of a horrible future should burst out of Gayatri?
Something hidden is there in the reason why she hates Ansh. Here is my opinion: I think Gayatri hates Ansh openly because she is unable to actually vent hatred against Aarti herself. What she feels against Aarti is coming out against Ansh. I suspect Gayatri does not like the thoguht of intimacy between Yash and Aarti and has the "motherly possessiveness" about Yash that makes her turn against a woman whom Yash may fall in love with.
Why I say this with certainty is because when the Casanova actually tries to tell her to encourage love between Yash and Aarti, her mind is unprepared to accept that as an idea. She tries to make it sound like Yash may never accept Aarti with any intimacy, but actually she sounds like she is verbalising her own wish that Yash does not fully accept Aarti. Is it only Aarti or was Gayatri always like this about any wife of Yash is something we have to see. Sometimes some mothers are known to favour one son more thqan the others, and then get a bit jealous about his wife ... could Gayari be one of this tribe?
Casanova took it as deep plot ... but what else do we expect from this diabolical man? Look at his reasoning ... according to him by making Ansh apologise to Yash, Aarti was deriving "pleasure". Ansh would help unite Aarti and Yash and so his antics are not to be frowned upon. The naughtier he is, the more Aarti will be beholden to Yash whenever he forgives the boy. And if Aarti is under obligation to Yash, she will get closer to him enough to give him a son.
Yash cannot depend on his daughters as they will one day marry and go away. He cannot depend on Ansh either for that is not his own son. Yash needs a son for his future dependency in old age, so he needs to have physical intimacy with Aarti to create progeny. And for that its better if Aarti is always under obligation to Yash and deriving "pleasure" from it!
My God, what is this man? Is he a human or a computer that churns out chess moves? He is already thinking twenty years ahead and allowing things to happen today with an eye out for two decades later?
The strange thing is that he said the exact thing that is making his wife's blood boil. He thought he was telling his wife that intimacy between Yash and Aarti should be actively encouraged, but to Gayatri's ears that is something she absolutely seems to hate to hear about.
Gayatri in the precap is seen taking her anger, hatred and venom out on Ansh with mercilessness (like locking him up). But this is clearly not just not a reaction to a boy who put a pin on the sofa. Thanks to the Casanova putting other ideas into Gayatri's head, Gayatri's reaction is actually to a boy with the potential to unite Yash and Aarti physically. Gayatri clearly cannot even countenance such an idea!
People surprise us all the time. When they say one thing they often mean another. I wonder why Gayatri got her son married again if she was so unable to tolerate the idea of his growing closer to his wife via her son? I wonder what the dynamics were between Gayatri and the original Arpita ... how did she tolerate her?
Edited by skanda12 - 13 years ago