(07 Mar Epi) Dancing Tides

Each episode these days comes with some underlying messages and makes me fall in love with the characters and the story all over again. This was such a beautiful episode...such a fantastically enacted father/son scene...Wow!!

Inability to change and inability to endure...both are foes to tranquility.


Najaayaz...illegitimate...a tag that has been playing ping-pong with Yash and Aakash, yet in a different manner. Yash has been indirectly tagged thus by his mother while she defended her position as the wronged wife and tried to fair to the son she gave birth to. Inside the house Yash becomes that illegitimate child, albeit inadvertently and with no malice. Aakash has been given his legitimate place within the family and has been accepted...yet that very Aakash is considered illegitimate when he steps outside the household...outside Gayatri's realm...and into the society's realm, which knows the family through Suraj Pratap Scindia. He has to fight to assert his legitimacy and nobody believes him. Neither Yash nor Aakash are at fault here...neither is illegitimate...if anything that is najaayaj is the wrongdoing of the parents: two of them being the perpetrators and the third one the name caller.

When SP had banished Yash and Aarti, he had the strings in his hands. Even at the extreme throes of anger, he didn't let Yash go far from him...but now? Now the man is helpless...it's the wife he wronged who is pulling the strings of relationships...and she is loosening the strings unintentionally. Well, can't blame her...she is kinda not used to holding four strings. Today SP stands scared...very scared of losing his most adored son. He knows his wife...and he senses a change. He knows she is short-sighted and in her present state of emotional agitation is wont to take biased decisions, which might distance Yash from them. He is only slightly assured when Yash gives him his promise that he will see to it that the foundation of relationships doesn't weaken in the house and that his legacy of togetherness is upheld. Even when Yash points out to him the proof next day as to how Aakash is being absorbed in the family, SP is only convinced about the superficiality of the display. The fact is because he himself is the cause of the effects of the current events, he has lost faith in the very legacy he has bestowed to keep this family binded. He is palpably scared of losing his son...and that has shaken his faith. He was on the verge of breaking down as he held his son by the shoulders and cupped his cheek. He foresees a separation and that's causing him much distress.

Yash and Aarti, on the other hand, know exactly what they are doing. They knew what was to be expected when they stepped on this route. They expected this temporary alienation. Yet in all this upheaval, which is directly targeting them, they are the ones who are completely at peace with themselves and their little family. Yash assures his father that things are turning for the better yet he feels the hurt of being left out by the mother who once extended her hand to seek his palm first for the prasad. These painful side effects are expected and our beauties know how to handle it. When the chips are down for one, the other rises to the occasion to bring the smiles back. When ones is in trouble, the other becomes the shield. Therefore, the only reason that there's is the only family that still stands grounded and independent even under such storminess is because they are complete by themselves. They don't rely on the other family members to smile and be at peace...can't say the same for anyone else in that family though.

Gayatri is adapting...and since she is trying to do it herself, as she feels alienated from her husband at the moment, she is unable to comprehend the hurt she is causing Yash and his family. Let's just hope that by the time she wakes up to her immature and passionately unidimensional behavior, it's not too late. As long as she forgets Yash in her daily routine, he will take the snub in his stride...but if his family (earlier Ansh...and now Aarti) is targeted more often, his patience might not hold up. Aarti is used to taking everything in her chin and still display a brave exterior...it's still first steps for Yash in that foray. We have to wait and see where this leads to before Gayatri and Radha realize what is being lost in this cold war. Who knows what the dancing tides will throw on the shore after they have ebbed!!!!

That's that friends...my two cents. Will Yash toughen his stance on the face of his wife and kids (including Aayu) being subjected to injustice will be the question? This is a battle between Yash /Aarti's tolerance and injustices coming their way as the family adapts to these changing dynamics...!!!

Have a nice day.😊

You have put in so much effort and thought into this and yet no one has commented on it? Sad!

Originally posted by: un786

You have put in so much effort and thought into this and yet no one has commented on it? Sad!

I'll go ahead an be the first one to tell you: GREAT POST! So true. But it breaks my heart when I see G3 doing little things like that to Yash when he in fact is doing so much to help her. I know that G3 feels like she has wronged Sky, but you just don't do that to a child that you have raised as your own. Even if he isn't your own, he still is yours because you were the only mother in that person't life until now. And that shouldn't be forgetten in the blink of an eye! G3 needs to wake up and smell the roses in her life before a bunch of weeds ruin her beautiful garden and she is left with nothing but a buch of ugly weeds!!

@un786: Thank you so much for being so thoughtful. I appreciate the gesture. 😊

Just love that sentence in bold. Gayatri needs to just broaden her perspective, that's all. At the moment, all she sees is her wronged son of thirty years...and that has blinded her to the wrong she is meting out to Yash, albeit unintentionally.

Excellent and extremely nuanced post. Om shantih

Originally posted by: aimf

Excellent and extremely nuanced post. Om shantih

Thank you aimf.😊

Originally posted by: Zetter

Wow what an outstanding analysis, Pal 👏 👏 👏 👏...hear hear SP is scared of losing Yash and we all saw that fear last night when he was on the verge of breaking down but stopped himself 😭

As for G3 she doesn't see the long terms like SP she only see the now let's just hope that she starts to wake up soon and starts thinking about the long terms...Yash won't be able to tolerate his family getting hurt much longer because of Aakash like you said first it was Ansh's innocent comment abt how Sky dresses and he got scolded badly but G3 and last night t was both Aarti/Aayu who are in danger because of him getting drunk and causing a scene at the pub IMO it would only take one more incident and then Yash will lose it

I loved how you drew the contrast between Yahs and Aakash being called "illegitimate" and how it's because of their parents own doing.

Thanks pal...

Yup, the tides are not even anymore. Sometimes gigantic waves are making their splashes felt. With Gayatri not being able to do a great job with the balancing, and Ishita waiting to pounce on any opportunity, things might take an ugly turn. Let's see. One thing's sure that it's only when Gayatri realizes that she is about to lose Yash (or has lost him) will the realization dawn on her.

Excellent post as always. Love the way you perceive the episode and then word your observations.

di brilliant analysis by u.
ur analysis is something i love to read and helps to understand many aspects

i have missed reading ur analysis for many days due to lack of time and as i m really busy with medical studies

but today i manged time to read this and really i loved it

di i really want to thank u for thiis
thanks for this brilliant analysis

Wonderful post Ind u dear SP is really scared about loosing his beloved son his fear has reached its peak he needs a support to rely on some one whom he can completely trust , share and understand him , its none other than his son yash and his better half aartiji.