Originally posted by: CogitoErgoSum
Hey Saku Darling...🤗 🤗
So here I am, attempting to do justice with my comment, on an OS which blessed us all with a slice of heavenly bliss.
3 of the most wonderful, marvelous characters whom I adore to bits: the charming husband and devoted father Sanskaar Maheshwari; his lovely wife Swara Sanskaar Maheshwari, now expertly juggling roles as an adoring wife and proud mom; and the normally quiescent cherub, the joy of their lives--Ansh Sanskaar Maheshwari, who enlivens his parents' lives with occasional stormy tantrums!!
It was such a perfect portrayal, Saku dearest. I've been through those parenting days when my daughter was a wee babe, and those are simply, the most magical times in my life. I will never, ever forget the feel of my kiddo when she used to nestle in my arms, wailing as she fought against sleep, and then quietly dozing against my shoulder, her mouth a little open... I told you yesterday na, we Moms are a weird lot. I miss those days of A&D diaper cream and wash cloths slung across my shoulder, so very intensely at times! Your wonderful OS just brought back so many lovely memories...
I loved the way you explored the loving relationships among all 3 here. Sanskaar thirsting to be the best Dad he can to Ansh, considering how his own boyhood was not filled with Ram's involved love (Great Man though Ram is). Its so understandable that Sanskaar wants to overlay those memories with more loving and close ones he creates with his own son. It is so touching, karmic in a sense, that Ansh's favorite person is his papa.
If you see, it is usually the Mother--Son and the Father--Daughter bonds that are explored more, written about more. Probably because in the majority of cases, those are the ones which are stronger. And next to those, is the mother--daughter bond. Very rarely, would one see a Father--son bond being explored with some finesse (I would say perhaps only the Anupam Kher---SRK bond in DDLJ comes to mind, but even that became sort of trivialized towards the end). So it was a refreshing read, seeing Ansh and Sanskaar so closely bonded, taking such pleasure in each others company.
Swara and Ansh---she's such an adoring and responsible mom, isn't she? And I loved that she keeps reiterating to Ansh how much Papa must be missing them, just as he is missing his papa. She wanted to call Sanskaar, wanted to make him hear Ansh's first words...she knows how incandescently perfect that moment must be for her husband.
And what can I say about the bond between Sanskaar and Swara. Soulmates, a bond passed from their years together, from before even the time they consciously realized what their feelings for each other were. I would like to even think, perhaps, a bond transcending time and space, who knows?
I just loved how you gave a certain symmetry with those memorable dialogues from FK. "I still don't know what to do with so much love" , Sanskaar says with such humility and adoration. And Swara gently replies that she loves the slightly befuddled Sanskaar who feels so absolutely amazed at the depth and power of the adoration with which he's being lavished! What a touchingly romantic portrayal! And almost as lovely, Swara's subtle statement "You know from where Ansh inherited his trait of missing you, Sanskaar..."
Thanks, darling, for making my Friday special with this one. The effects are guaranteed to fill my weekend with joy!
Lots & Lots of Love,
---Viji
Hey Viji🤗🤗
You always make my day with these extra special comments😃
Yes, the three of them adds up to a perfect family don't they? I always imagine Sanskar to be a wonderful father, Swara an adoring mom, here I guess Ansh is a well deserving child too.
I'm glad I could touch a part of your motherly heart there Viji. Seriously, as I told you earlier, I know the hardship of early parenting as my sister went through the same. But yeah, it feels rather bittersweet, they grow up all too fast right?
I had decided Sanskar would need this when I wrote SQ. I mean I agree RP was a great man, but he was not the father Sanskar would have wanted. You can't blame either of them as RP is right in whatever he did but so is Sanskar's yearning.
I did want to break through that tradition here. You see, I could have easily made Ansh a girl or made his bond with Swara stronger. But what I thought was, no matter who the child was, a girl or a boy, Sanskar wanted to be the best father and he had made that bond with his child no matter what.
I suspect Swara played a large part in making Ansh adore his papa, by telling him repeatedly how much he loves him etc. You're right, she is a cute little thing, even when she is a mother!
Yes, they do have that pure form of love which compells you to wonder how old their bond actually is. It was refreshing to write them, finally in their happy bubble.
You know that one was my favorite in FK, along with that "Decide my fate my queen" and the "Until I see you again in my dreams" In the finale. I had to pull it back here.
Thank you too dearest for transporting me back to my ninth cloud. I have become a fixture there now, with these comments you keep giving me.
LOve you loads and some more,
Saku
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