Today I felt the goosbumps of nostalgia...of the feel of the show that we began our journey with...of the consistency and of the continuity. Yash and Aarti are doing together today what they have done so many times earlier...have a mission and aim for the successful completion of that mission. The difference is earlier they were the lone wolves...today they are a team!
Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.
Yash does have many traits in common with Bhishma of Mahabharat: His convictions, courage to uphold the convictions, adherence to truth, confidence bordering on audacity, intellectual acumen, sense of fairness, and qualities of leadership...and above all his love for his father. Rare indeed is a personality who fights for the marriage of his father...fights not only the orthodox norms of the society but also the growing discontent within the family. His aim is to give his father what he knows his father needs...and for that if he has to avow to forsake his hold on the kingdom he would. Even Bhishma was pressurized by his father, Santanu, to forsake his vow when he realized what his son had done...but Bhishma refused to take back his words and his pledge. Suraj Pratap himself will try to stop Yash, but Yash is pledged to his goal now. Nothing would deter him, not even his father.
The correctness and the timing of what Yash and Aarti have set out to do is moot! What matters is what they perceive is the right thing to do under the circumstances...and once they are convinced of the righteousness of their decision, they are leaving no stones unturned to pursue their goal. What they see, others don't. While others are seeing a father well looked after by way of food, medicines, and comforts as the be all and end all of their responsibilities, Yash and Aarti are looking beyond the obvious...they are witnessing the lonely tear escaping his eye, the hollowness in his stares, the defeat in his slouched shoulders, and the emptiness that shrouds him. What is more important then? To play it safe by holding onto the archaic societal norms or show the courage to stand up for the kind of happiness your father needs and do everything to ensure that he gets it, even going against the grain if required?
We have seen how Vidhi and Pari are disillusioned with the lack of attention from their husbands. Why? It's because they perceive physicality in the marital relationship as the main ingredient to get the marriage going...where lack of attention is akin to lack of love. But what about companionship? What about doing things together for a common purpose? What about being there for the other just by sheer presence? That quiet mutual gaze of a companion that is like the first moment of rest or refuge from a great weariness...that one look of assurance passed across a sea of people when you look up and find him or her looking right back at you...that smile of unconditional support and encouragement when you need the most and can't express. Pankaj and Prateek cannot envision all this because they still haven't reached that level of companionship in their respective marriages...but Yash and Aarti have. They have the vision to hope and believe that what they achieved with their life they can ensure their father gets it...because it is there...one just has to be brave enough to reach for it overriding the prejudices and personal mental blocks.
Bua and the family are the voices of the stagnant, orthodox society at the moment. They are using the institution of marriage as per their own convenience. What was good for Yash cannot be good for their father. Why? Because SP has attained a certain age...because he has children of a certain age? Should age and designation and some rigid norms be the reason for being sentenced to a lonely life? They say if you want to change the society for the better, then be the change yourself. Yash is doing exactly that. Once, not so long ago, his father and his family were the pioneers when they lifted the baton to give him a second chance in life...Why then are those very people retreating their steps when another opportunity to set things right has arisen?
Like I said, the actions of Yash and Aarti are moot and debatable...but their convictions aren't. There's a character consistency that is beyond doubt. These two have always gone ahead and acted on their decisions once they were convinced that it is the right thing to do. They were not always right...yes...but they were not always wrong either!!!
That's all for today folks. I love the Bhishma pitamah connect brought by the CVs. I just hope they keep the issue limited only to the fact that Satyawati was from a lower class and not stretch it further by touching upon her selfish demands for her sons...because in our story, Bhishma is the son of Satyawati...
Have a nice day friends.đ
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