Just finished going through the thread. Wonderful and soul-stirring discussions everyone.👏
The Great Takeover: In corporate terms, that would be the term used for the two takeovers today: First, Shobha's rights as a mother given to Arpita's mother. Second, and the shocker of the day, Arpita's dead identity imposed on Aarti. Were the takeovers a master stroke of Mother Scindia? Were they done to placate Arpita's family, because for some reason other than Yash's obsessive attachment with their dead daughter, they have some kind of hold on Yash's family?
I ask this for two reasons: First, like Yash, Arpita's mother too seemed to be still deeply grieving her daughter, not unnatural, but considering its a quite a while that Arpita's gone, she still doesn't seem to have come to terms with the loss, and in fact came prepared to resurrect her. That, like Samana said, is creepy. That throws some light on Arpita's mother's mental condition----not sound at all. Second, the senior Scindias never came across as emotionally charged people, never showed giving in to impulses, never showed that their heart rules the mind. How is it that they are in total acceptance to such an emotional appeal from Arpita's mother, knowing fully well what Yash feels about Arpita? In the name of custom? Naah!!! They are ones who wanted to break the mould and get a vidhwa for their son, remember? They didn't follow the rules there. Some things are just not adding up here.
Aarti Nahin Haarti: Aarti was keeping a low profile so far. She blew up the first time when she saw her parents bowing down to Scindias' demands and incurring expenses beyond their means---this marriage was putting her parents' old age into jeopardy. She came out strongly when her own identity was put on stake. The fighter in Aarti is slowly but surely emerging, and it'll be interesting to see how she faces the conundrum, with all righteousness and head held high. She is an orphan, was married to a loser, had great in-laws; her name is all that she has in the form of a legacy. She will stand up for that one thing that is really her own, her identity.
Yash in a Maze Called Arpita: He has trapped himself in this self-created memory maze, and is happy to be stuck there. When the maze was threatened with another name, the soft-spoken, mild-mannered Yash thundered like a bull; this territory was his soul link to his love, and someone was trying to encroach. But one long-remembered tinkling sound, and he wants to step out to explore, wants to know who is associating with the sound his love made; so, unwittingly he follows that one person who'll ultimately be his key out of this morbid maze
So, that's it. My two cents. Just loving the show. I'm glad they are taking the story forward nicely woven with the marriage rituals, and not making it jerky jumping from one to another.
Edited by InduG64 - 13 years ago
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