Originally posted by: CogitoErgoSum
Res 😊 I JUST messaged you asking when you'd be posting this. 😆
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Shru, what a wonderful closure to a very thrilling series. You'd mentioned in a reply to one of my comments, that Part 4 would be an extended epilogue, tying up the various loose ends, and closing all the threads you had explored throughout the "Restitution" Series, and boy, did you deliver!
Firstly, a doff of the hat to the chapter names for each part: "Resolved", through "Rectified", "Recompensed" and finally "Rewarded". Such a lovely ring to them, and it was obvious to me that you had put in your customary thought into something so basic as carefully selecting the titles, and the order in which you used them as chapter names!
Truly, Shru, God is in the details, and I guess its your training as a lawyer, but I've always admired the research and effort you put into fleshing out everything, from the plot arc to such details like this. I think I've told you this before, but its such a pleasure to see you attending to your writing with such dedication. 👏 👏
Coming to the chapter itself---Thanks for the special mention including me amongst the people you'd dedicated it to. 😳 You made me so very happy, by very sweetly assenting to send SwaSan for their long overdue honeymoon to Bora Bora! ☺️ Man, have I been having such sweet daydreams after I read this update!! 😆
Regarding the other threads you've handled here: I couldn't help feeling a pang of pity for Ragini. As you know, I always preferred a believable, gradual redemption track for her, which somehow was completely tossed out in the serial. Living with quadriplegia, to be so completely shackled within the confines of her own broken body, having to be attended on for even her basic needs, would be so stifling for her. Without wanting to sound in the least bit disrespectful or condescending to any of the real survivors of this condition, for Ragini, it might seem like a life sentence. And though she has committed so many grave sins, I wished she could have seen the light in time, turned back from her path to ever greater evil, when she still had the chance...It all boils down to one's choices, doesn't it?
I would like to know your thoughts on where you see Dadi's mindset at the end. Does she really feel any remorse for her own actions which drove Ragini so far? Does she hold herself accountable, or is she just again deluding herself by just thinking her Laado was treated unfairly by fate? Does Shekar at the end at all hold his domineering mother responsible for driving one of his daughters to this incurable condition, and the other to the very doors of death?
Kaveri's ultimate punishment to be confined in the correctional facility was very well done. I liked that she had a meeting with the steely, flinty eyed Sanskaar. 😊 The way he had ensured she had no way of escaping from confinement---by planting evidence for the new mafia boss to believe she'd leaked some of their secrets--was really a masterstroke worthy of Sanskaar! I'm sure he must feel such strong hatred towards this woman, who'd been instrumental in supplying Ragini with the pistol that almost took his very life and soul, his other half, his heart, away from him! And by the way, the side plot you'd fleshed out, about how it had been Kaveri's paramour all along, who caused Kavita's death, was very well thought out. His actions kind of reminded me of Constantin Demiris from Sheldon's "Other Side of Midnight"! 😊
Adarsh's meeting with Kaveri, and his reconciliation with Annapurna were deftly handled too. Glad that Annapurna confronted her own inner demons, of always having placed Adarsh that little bit below Lakshya. Having confronted that deeply embedded guilty secret of her subconscious, she could only have drawn closer to Adarsh, the son of her heart, though not of her womb. And what a pleasure it was to see Parineeta helping Adarsh through this traumatic time, and now looking forward to a loving future of their own, with a little bundle of joy on the way.
And to end it all with SwaSan, with their deep, potent love---it was so blissful, so romantic, to read about their complete happiness together. Those paras conveying the sheer tenderness and warmth of their mutual passion, were fabulous. ☺️
This was a lovely series, and now I am looking forward to your Honeymoon series taking them to Vienna, Budapest and Paris (amongst other European cities you choose, but please send them to these 3 for sure!) 😊
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