It hurts...it definitely hurts the worst...when the person who made you feel so special yesterday makes you feel so unwanted today. And if that person is your mother, then the pain is all the more deep. Yet even in that depth of despair, if you let a ray of light enter, you suddenly see a lot of things in perspective...and suddenly the glow gets warmer. Yash's points of nadir and strength presented almost simultaneously. If in one moment his mother pronounced him illegitimate, the next moment she gave him the opportunity to hold her hand and support her. Apparently she took away his rights, but in essence she empowered him more by relying on him to stand by her, by expecting him to bide by the promise she had extended to his once-lost brother. Yash's smile at that point was that ray of light. Gayatri and Yash have a relation that is strongly rooted and nurtured with love and interdependence over the years. That bond cannot shake, let alone break, in a few days. I believe Yash felt closer to his mother there when others were taking cognizance of only her unjust behavior. He was the one who understood her dilemma more than anyone there. He refused to judge her, even though it pained to have her mouth those words for him, because he understood the Why of it. She was letting him go for awhile, trusting in the upbringing she gave him and knowing he has the strength to stay afloat in this crisis. She was trusting him...period. All Yash had to do now was uphold that trust she extended and not let her feel more low than she already was feeling. If Aakash and Ishita had a broader vision, they would have sensed defeat in the victory they were celebrating when Yash bent down to take his mother's blessings, and his remorseful mother found it difficult to bless him. There's an unshakeable bond of love and trust there. Those two are too short-sighted to see it at the moment. That bond is what Aakash and Ishita should be wary of...because that bond will be the cause of their fall in the end.
Gayatri has been put in a situation where no mother should be...yet every mother finds herself in such a position sometime or the other, when she has to ignore one child to tend to the demands of the weaker child. Generally, in a family this situation happens between the older and the younger child. When the younger one throws a tantrum demanding what the older one has, the mother usually gives in and expects the older one to play the parent. Unfair? Definitely. Loving the older one less? Definitely not. Therefore, given the circumstances that have presented to her, did Gayatri have a choice? If she says no, the newfound son leaves. If she says yes, she is accused of showing bias...and worse of meting step-motherly treatment to Yash. She strengthens her heart and chooses the former, because that was the call of that hour. She couldn't have forgiven herself if after the father Aakash gets the same treatment from his mother as well...abandonment. No, she couldn't let that happen. That would have been more unjust than what she was doing to Yash. She is only asking Yash to give up the comforts, the perks in favor of his brother's demands. If by doing so Aakash feels belonged, then so be it. Once Aakash feels he is part of this family, he will come around with what the family feels about Yash. Gayatri doesn't know about the evil machinery at work behind doors. She doesn't know that in trying to be fair to Aakash, she is only abetting Ishita in her nefarious designs.
Ishita, on the other hand, is underestimating Yash and Gaytri's bond here. She only saw Gaytri say those wrong words to Yash the previous night and now and concluded that Gayatri has made her choice clear...This is where she is wrong. Just as she is exploiting Aakash's weakness, Gayatri is only taking her son Yash's goodness for granted and acting in a manner that she feels is more acceptable to Aakash. Ishita might win small battles in the near future, but she won't be able to break a bond that's not limited to nine months but is mutually built through thirty years of pure, unadulterated love.
The material things were never important to Yash and Aarti...it's the family who are their wealth and their real asset...it's not the room, but the memories...it's not the frame but the people captured within that frame...it's not the body but the soul that inhabits in that body. Aakash could never take that soul away from Yash. He will soon realize that he might usurp the room, the belongings, the designation, but if he wants a place in everyone's heart, he has to earn it...period. Respect and love cannot be demanded. Only a mother loves unconditionally...Anybody can see that he is misusing that unconditional love in order to gain a footing in the family. But the recognition he is hankering after for thirty years will end up being superficial if he is not able to win hearts.
All the above angst could have been avoided if the central player in all this drama, SP Scindia, would rise above his pride and accept Aakash with all the dirty trappings. By not accepting his responsibility, SP has put Gayatri in a precarious position, where she has had to show bias in order to right the wrong he did. But very soon things will go out of Gayatri's control and grasp...and if he doesn't want to see his family take a greater fall than it already has, then he will have to step in and discipline Aakash by being his father. Aarti too thought in those early days that she would be able to handle Ansh on her own, but soon realized that a little bit of tough control was required by Yash to rein Ansh in. How the wheel of time has turned!!!
That's it friends...Yash is in for more humiliation. There's a reason that one of the conditions of Aakash was that Yash wouldn't raise a finger on him. He and his wife will create conditions that will test Yash and Aarti's fortitude and endurance. Yash just might lose his control if they so much as play around with Aarti and the kids. Ishita is banking on that loss of self-control...a glimpse of what she had the previous night. Yet Yash will leave the house only if Gayatri commands him to...and Gayatri will do so only when she sees that her decision has completely compromised Yash's identity and his self-respect and is affecting his survival...vicious circle or what!!
Have a nice day.š