Part 3 -
Will you believe if I tell you that I had a feeling that AP knew about the affair before I read this one?
Considering how you have portrayed her character before , albeit as a more cunning and selfish than the one here, I knew you would keep still portray her as the head mistress of the house and Grand matriarch! Which made me think that a secret as big as this had to have come out in front of her one way or another and so it did. 😃
Chapter 1-
Clearly explained the differences and the importance of having a home built out of love over the one that held nothing but despair and dread. That small bit where you mention how a father's favorite is always the strongest of his children while the mother' s is always the opposite. So true and in AP's case very apt! Her acceptance of this fact and her regret over not seeing what Ragini was underneath that meek appearance. ( I cannot however accept or forgive the soap AP for being so completely blind, especially after everything that had happened before. How can we forget that famous confrontation AP , Sujata against Swara. This AP will forever be the dumb wife and completely biased and serial wala MIL - ugh! hated that woman!) However, I will for now and for your AP , who has always been more tactful and intelligent than the one on the show, assume that the showdown never happened and she never doubted Swara and questioned her the way she did. Which makes it easier for me to see why she could have never seen this coming! The last part where you one again describe how what she heard not only shocked but also humbled her - gave it away! She so knew it! 😃
Chapter 2
Ragini as we have clearly mentioned time and again , especially after the whole attempting to kill Swara incident - needs a psychiatrist! Seriously, this girl might not be completely mental but her head clearly is not right. She needs therapy. All that misplaced anger and hatred - can drive a person mad if left unchecked which is clearly what is happening to her. Daadi dearest please apne laado ko bacha lo!🤔
Sanskaar! - To give it all up for a person, a family that had always been anything but fair to him. Only this man, only my Sanskaar could do it! So so proud!❤️
I know the scene where AP gets into the study was supposed to be this huge and very important bit but I couldn't help but 🤣 🤣at daadi being scared while getting dragged along by AP into the study. I mean amidst all the revelations and declarations and the papers and sign, how did AP manage to get a hold of her and drag her into the study in the nick of time? I'm guessing she was already out, with her ears pressed on to doors and all AP had to do was pull her inside. That lady can never be good.. like ever, this I think all of us have inferred from the stupid track.
Her entry and the consequent tearing of the papers and the expected flung onto Ragini's face gave us as much sukoon as I would like to believe AP got by doing it. The bit where she explains to a dumbstruck Ragini how she had always known the truth "cherry on the cake" moment. I guess I have yet to learn and experience more about love and relationships but that quote about love, I cannot seem to agree with AP on that one - The heart of woman who loves forgives many blows. Blows I can understand, not infidelity. Well maybe it's because she is a woman from another time. I did however relate to her when she warned Daadi to pack her things and leave before she had to resort to another far worse a method to make it happen. That's the AP we know . I also loved everything that followed after. DP finally being silenced by AP herself reminding him he should not kid himself into believing he was "Yudhishtir" of Mahabharat. You cannot pick and choose which vows to honor and which ones to break. Yayy! Go AP! Give him some and then more!
I absolutely loooved that reference to Gandhari and Kunti Viji . How do you even come up with these? Seriously Brilliant! 👏I will not demand an ultimate sacrifice from one of my sons , in order to protect others! Made my admiration for her go up a notch higher! Finally! (Though I understood why Kunti did what she did , it still never makes it okay or less tragic - the fact that a mother willingly and on her own had almost sentenced him death. I have always felt that Karna deserved so much more, a true brother, son , friend and hero - there are of course few incidents where his character is questionable , for example his role during Draupadi's vastrapaharan and him knowingly being a part of the deceit that Kauravs had planned for Padavs . Me and my dad always end up debating him almost all the time he comes up during a discussion on the epic tale! I can however see that you have clearly chosen my two favorite people from it to describe my Sanskaar - Parth and Karn - favorites among the main lot, I have my other favorite among the young lot of course, can you guess who it is though? 😛)
Her thanking RP while also asking him not to downplay what he has done for her and her family and also pledges to not repeat the unfairness with which he had been treated with Sanskaar as well👏 This AP I wouldn't mind having around on the soap as well. If only! *sigh*
She also manages to send away our SwaSan from the madness on a much deserving break! Bless her!🤗
Epilogue -
Valentines day and our SwaSan in Hawaii! ?!!!😲 Well why not ?😉😆
Sanskaar actually knows the difference among the different blues?!!! How did that happen?! My guy friends can hardly make out the difference between dark and light blue, idiots the lot of them. Irritate me to no ends sometimes!🤔
Aww only our Swara can think of something as innocent as going to visit Disneyland while on honeymoon with my Sanskaar. 😆
Of course my Sanskaar had other places in his mind, that he'd rather explore.😛😉😆 And as we can see he gets his way. Smart he my Sanskaar - knows how to convince his stubborn yet adorable wifey.😃
I'm telling you only few can write such things and yet make it sound so darn soulful (I don't even know if that makes sense) and you are definitely one of them!
The last line - of course it has to be "epic" - SwaSan and you writing them - no way it cannot be! 😆
At the risk of sounding like a broken record ,I would still like to tell how truly wonderful it was to have read that Viji. 🤗So so happy! 🤗
Hey Geethu...🤗 🤗
So am back with my revert on your most lovely comment on Part 3 and the Epilogue.
So you suspected that Annapurna knew about Durga Prasad's infidelity all along? 😊 True what you said, being a lady of such capability and stature, she would have come to know anyway...
Chapter 1: I'm so very happy you liked those references to how a home imbibes the mood, really, of the people who live there. I find this to be perfectly true. And I do also think that when parents have that wee bit of a soft corner for one of their children, the mothers usually pick the weakest of their children, while the Dad would show the ever so teeny soft corner for the strongest. In Annapurna's case, this was perfectly true, Lakshya was always the least of all the Maheshwari sons, of course, by a huge gap when compared to Sanskaar 😛, but even when held up against Adarsh...I would say Lakshya was still the eternal dilettante, juvenile and impulsive. (Its another matter that Adarsh inherited his Father's fatal flaw...but will discuss that later 😊).
Yeah, I wanted to avoid that seriously crazy confrontation scene which Annapurna and Sujata inflict on Swara, having already come to know Ragini's murderous truth once. For the purpose of this OS series, please assume that never happened.. 😉
And your suspicions about her being in the know about the affair were reinforced in the end of this chapter---since what she overhears of the discussion between Ram Prasad, Sanskaar and Swara humbled her (Ram's role in Durga's repentance...but the substance itself didn't come as brand new information! 😃
Chapter 2:
Ragini has clearly reached a stage where all she can feel is vindictiveness, and a desire to see those who supposedly "wronged" her, in pain. She doesn't even realize how much she has contributed to the ills plaguing herself, her birth family, and the family she married into. In many ways, she has just lost touch with her perception of reality. And the worst part is, she wants to heighten her feeling of victory by seeing Sanskaar and Swara broken, pleading with her, appealing to her conscience or her better sense. And when they are confident about facing the world together, stoic about that they are losing; she feels her "victory" has lost its sheen. I would think both Ragini and Dadi need some very intensive and prolonged counseling. 😊
And Sanskaar, the generous, giving soul that he is, is prepared to make that sacrifice his bade papa asks of him, even though he knows it is manifestly unfair. Ram advices him against it, again echoing Surya's counsel to Karna, but still, the way Sanskaar looks at it, as long as he has Swara by his side, and his parents blessing and Uttara's well being, he does not care what material possessions he gives up. He's confident he can rebuild from scratch again, as long as the person he treasures more than any other, walks hand in hand with him.
😆 You're right Geethu, Dadi probably was waiting just outside the study, waiting to barge in and support her precious laado. Or perhaps just to overhear if the moolah was being handed over or not. 😊
Glad to know you loved the bit of Annapurna tearing and flinging those blasted ownership transfer papers on Ragini's face. I loved writing it, too. 😊
And I agree with you, Geethu. Rationally speaking, Annapurna should have confronted Durga Prasad with the fact that she knew of his indiscretion, when she found out 25 years back. But you know, I can see that Annapurna would not choose to do so. Does that make sense?
What I'm trying to say is, in my conception of Annapurna, the person that she is, with all that dignity and regal aura, and the deep, genuine love she feels for Durga, she would not want him to bow his head down in shame in front of anyone. Not even herself. Its an irrational stance, considering she was the injured party---but you know, though I don't agree with that stand, I do feel that is how she would behave. She would no longer place her husband on the pedestal she did before, but she would ideally not want him to know he wasn't placed there anymore...
Annapurna takes solace from the fact that Durga had repented, shown genuine response for his lapse, and returned to her and their family. She does forgive him, but never forgets. She keeps a watchful (though benevolent) eye on him.
But one error she made was, Annapurna spent many years assuming Durga's dormant conscience finally was roused by his love for their unborn child (Lakshya). When she finds out it was Ram's intervention that brought him back to the person he was, she feels immense gratitude, and also remorse, that Ram never got his due for being the backbone which held the family together. And she definitely does not want to repeat the same mistake with Sanskaar; she wants the family to stop taking him for granted.
I loved writing her dialogue to Durga Prasad, about how he could not pick and choose which vows to honor and which he could break. 😉 So I am very happy to hear you loved that too!
And thanks so very much 🤗 🤗 for those lovely words about the Gandhari and Kunti reference. Annapurna has decided she needs to face the truth in her family, and stop blindfolding herself. But neither does she want to be put into Kunti's plight, of having to ask one son to make the utimate sacrifice, to ensure the well being of the other sons.
I agree with you on Karna, Geethu. Truly a tragic hero of the Great Epic. But yes, he does abandon dharma at 2 critical occasions--one, during Draupadi's vastraharan, and second, by participating in Abhimanyu's immoral and ghastly slaying. Perhaps, his inglorious and tragic end was fated due to these 2 missteps?
I do see Sanskaar as having a mix of traits of Shri Krishna, Karna and Arjuna.
Like Shri Krishna: for his perspective and world view, his ability to take difficult, even unpalatable decisions for the greater good, often when his own interests are being hurt.
Like Karna: for his peerless valor and loyalty. And also because, despite his magnificent capabilities and innate talent, he has always been something of an outsider, taken for granted.
Like Arjuna: for his focus, determination, and steely resolve. For being perhaps the best, the most skilled, at what he does.
My guess would be, that the other favorite of yours from the epic (other than Arjun and Karna) is Abhimanyu? 😊 Do let me know if I guessed right!
Epilogue---I wanted to send SwaSan for their honeymoon to a slice of paradise! 😳 ☺️ And Maui is like literally the closest one can get to heaven, while still being on earth!
Sanskaar has to know the different shades of blue, Geethu...its my very favorite color! 😉 And being my favorite TV male lead, he needs to imbibe this quality of distinguishing each shade. 😆 😆 Waise, have you noticed he wears a lot of blue? 😉
Swara, poor innocent babe, wants to take selfies with Bambi, Faline, Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty in Disneyland! 😆 But dude Sanskaar, has much better ideas of what exactly to do on their honeymoon. And he knows how to melt and manao-fy his patni all right. 😉
Thanks so much for those most lovely words about the SwaSan romance, Geethu. They are such a magical pair, they deserve all the sublime and soulful descriptions possible. 😳 ☺️
Theirs is truly an epic love story yaar---and I have long ago abandoned the idea that they're not real. As far as I'm concerned, when we SwaSanians pour our hearts and souls into spinning these tales about them, those words make it real---in some alternate universe, perhaps!! 😃 😃
I am completely over the moon with your comments on my 2 threads, Geethu. 🤗 I just want to say, that your words made me feel both incredibly moved and incredibly humbled. It meant a lot to me.
Loads of Love,
----Viji
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