23/7 Dragon Club:Bua Vs AarYa:Who wins ? - Page 15

And just like that the deck of cards fall.

Illusions shatter.

Yash goes from Superman Papa to Pirate Papa. And Aarti becomes a witch with horns and falls short of reaching her goal that of Palak's acceptance.

The scene at the Principal's office was very significant even though he sounded like a counselor most of the time. Yash and Aarti were faced with some harsh realities of their life and it had to be an outsider with an unbiased view of their relationship that showed them the effect their marriage of convenience has on their children. Lots of questions raised and some observations:

1) Yash says we never fight. We completely understand our responsibilities towards our children! Really? Then where was this responsibility when Yash yelled and demeaned Aarti in front of Palak, Payal and Ansh during the birthday fiasco? Where was this responsibility when both Aarti and Yash were playing tug of war with Ansh and his schooling issue. Both of them have never stood as a united front, except during this debate issue.

2) The principal asks is there love between the two of you? Aarti answers yes and Yash does not answer at all. A husband and wife! Can they raise 3 children without really being a husband and wife? The principal asks a valid question:how come the effect of your love isn't seen on your children. This challenges the very premise of this marriage. Is respect enough to raise two sets of children who are not born of the same parents? In divorces the parents even though single are bound by the fact that they share a biological bond with their children and most of the time that biological bond is a strong enough factor to always put your child's interest first even though the parents themselves may not be on good terms. Here, when you don't have that biological bond is respect a strong enough force to tide over all difficulties regarding parenting these children? I don't know the answer for this. Parenting is not easy. Even when the parents are in love you have differences yet it is this love for each other and towards the children that help you tide over these differences and find a middle ground. When you don't have that kind of love how much more difficult will it be to find that middle ground?

3) Both parents stood up for the other's child. Aarti for Palak and Yash for Ansh. I like that the Principal looked at Palak and Ansh's case on a situational basis and decided to give them a second chance. That is how it should be. Educators are care givers too. Emotional well being of the child is as important as their academic success.

4) The principal says both of you should have read the speech at least once. Kudos Principal ji. A joint effort. That is what it should have been. Not a competition between Mummy and Papa. Ansh didn't practice his speech. I don't blame the poor tyke. He is a 6 year old not a 12 year old who understands to the fullest what his responsibilities are. Again- it should have been a joint effort by both parents to make sure the child took a look at his speech at least once before he went to school.

The most important point the Principal made today was what kids learn at home is what they show outside too. As far as Palak is concerned all she has learnt is to disrespect Aarti, modeling after all the people who are close to her: her grandmother, Bua, her own father. This on top of all the insecurities she has as a child is a lethal combination.

Pari and Pratik! I am curious to see where this is going. I hope the CVs don't show that just because you are a liberal parent that doesn't necessarily make you an irresponsible parent. Did not like Mrs Khanna's advice. I never thought I would say this but as the days progress between the 3 mothers: Mrs Khanna, Mrs Dubey and Mrs Scindia, Gayatri is coming across as the sanest. 😕

Finally the pre-cap. Is Yash acting or real? I would like to think he is acting based on few of his dialogues the last few episodes: his belief that Aarti will do only good for all the kids (during the ironing episode), his reprimand to Bua that they should all follow Aarti ji's style of parenting, both Yash and Aarti's joint act of saving Neelam as a prelude to another round of acting session.

But if he is in real accusing Aarti, I will be full on in my warrior mode tomorrow. 😡

Ha ha Red. I loved the counseling session you scripted between Mr Lobotomy and the Scindia parents. It brought back a memory. My daughter is a super shy student to the extent that she went an entire academic year without hardly opening her mouth. Her teacher was very concerned and during a parent teacher meet asked me if everything was "all right" between my husband and me. 😕 And I had to convince her that things are very much okay between the two of us lest she calls the child service or something.

@Indu loved your take buddy. We had this conversation few days back too that parenting is not a cakewalk. There never is one right way or wrong way. But the foundation of good parenting is providing the children with that security feeling that they are loved which both Ansh and Palak lacks. When Aarti was giving her bhashan on how successful their marriage is, I was rolling my eyes. If this would have been real life I would have said what a disaster this Punar Vivah was.

By the way, did you see how cute Aarti was during her peekaboo look at Yash! 😳

@Saf, as usual a very beautiful and precise take. Loved it. 😃

Originally posted by: MelodiousDreams

I honestly don't know what to think of the precap. Pardon my ruminations...

If the Mittals are deliberately giving us a red herring on a platter through Kratika's interview about this "Yash accuses Aarti again" incident, I'll be stunned. If Kratika is actually telling the truth (and she has been very candid so far about the plot), then Yash's accusation isn't an act, and that is going to propel Aarti's motivation towards finding out who wrote that speech.