26/7 Dragon Club :Ansh Vs Palak: Finale

Hope you guys are having a great evening...On to my take 😉

Aww Palak took Aarti to her fav place which was Arpita's as well the bench in the garden...Aarti gives Palak a pic of Arpita to motivate her meanwhile Yash & Ansh are praticing on the bridge...Can't wait for the family of five to have a scene sitting on that bridge together someday 😳 😳 😳

(Sorry folks for being erratic on the Forum! The company I work for is in brand management of the London Olympics - and so I am having to work late on most days and I am missing the serial timing! But anyway I am here today ...)

Today's episode was one of the best episodes I have ever seen in all these years of TV watching. I was wiping my copious tears as the two little kids 'Ansh and Palak ' stole the show today. What powerful speeches they both gave about their new mama and papa. Aarti and Yash would have wanted nothing more in their lives than to hear their children wholeheartedly "adopt" them into their little lives.

Seriously, I am very very moved by these two speeches, and can't seem to get over the haunting messages of love and acceptance brimming in the words of Ansh and Palak. (Whoever wrote those speeches deserves a scriptwriting Nobel Prize!)

Today I want to just gloss over all those other scenes of the home, the practice that these two kids went through, the blessings of the grandparents (and the partisan Bua), and the losing of Yash's wallet. I don't even want to focus on the way Aarti found Arpita's photo for Palak.(No doubt Bua has again stolen the Arpita photo from Palak's bag and is eagerly expecting a "dhamaal" after the debate contest, but she is going to lose her battle!)

Today I want to centre my analysis around the theme of this beautiful poem written by a mother and father about their children, - and it seems so true of the way Yash and Aarti feel about Ansh and Palak:

A Mother and Father's words

She is my heart, he is my soul
And without them I am not whole...
She gave me strength, made me grow
And once he came my heart was full...
We gave them life, but, it took them to
Make us live-- there is nothing for those two I would not give...
It is because of them that I have finally learned what love truly is...

Inspired by these words, I want to highlight three things that Ansh and Palak gave their parents today:

Ansh and Palak gave their parents the gift of sharing their pain today

Both the speeches of Ansh and Palak started by their sharing of their intense pain and suffering as children without one parent. Ansh talked of how he would write letters to his absent Papa and never once saw him in person. Palak spoke of the loss of her dear Mama on that rainy birthday night. It was not just so poignant to hear those children speak of their misfortune in such childish but such heartfelt words, but I think both Ansh and Palak have given Yash and Aarti the generous gift of sharing their pain with them. Every parent feels special not just when their child is happy and carefree, but especially when their child trusts them enough to want to share their deepest emotional pain with them. Aarti and Yash got the gift of their children's sharing of the darkest and most hidden parts of their little hearts. What more can a parent ask for as proof of a child's complete faith and trust and love?

Ansh and Palak gave their parents the gift of their whole-hearted acceptance today

Following the tale of how they both had suffered, both Ansh and Palak then completely surprised their parents (especially Palak!) by declaring unequivocal acceptance of their new parents into their lives. Expressing acceptance of your parents at home is one thing, but declaring acceptance in a room full of strangers is quite another thing. Without a trace of reserve, and with the full force of their hearts, both Ansh and Palak literally embraced Yash and Aarti with their words. How sweet it was to hear Ansh hero-worshipping his naya Papa. He always was in awe of Yash, but today he told Yash just how special a Papa he was. And as for Palak, what can I say? The child just dropped all her notions of a sautheli Mummy and gave Aarti the greatest gift of all ' the news that she was hereafter "Aarti Mummy". It was an exquisite scene!

Ansh and Palak gave their parents the gift of approval of their love today

Going beyond just the words of their speeches, there was one more thing to be seen, reading between the lines of what Ansh and Palak said. In their words they were silently giving voice to their approval of love between their parents. Ansh, typically came out with his seal of approval outright. He suggested to all and sundry that his mother was stealing glances at his father because he was so handsome! And Palak, even if she didn't quite articulate it that way, seems to have given Yash the green signal to fall in love with Aarti. She said "My wish upon that star is fulfilled. My mother Aarti is not my stepmother. She is my mother now". Yash has got the message because there was a moistness in his eyes, and with it a definite realisation must have been born that all the distance between him and Aarti has been dissolved by this little child.

I bow to Ansh and Palak today, and cannot think of a single line of their speeches I would have liked to change. Sometimes, I myself have commented that some serials give the child actors some heavy adult speeches that don't sit too well with them. But today I saw not a trace of overacting, or even the slightest hint of artifice. The two kids acted superbly. I am still in tears and I am feeling so very moved today!