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All throughout the day I'd been thinking about what I could possibly say for the past week's episodes that has not been said and discussed already. And believe you me, there isn't much that's left. 😆 So I guess instead of talking about what I liked in the episodes, I figured I'd talk a bit about each of the characters. Again, most of this is probably already said and discussed but since I need to get it out of my system I ask that you bear with me. 😳😆
Mohan
Mohan has always been such a character with a strong personality and a very, very sharp sense of sarcasm and wits. He's always been the ACTUALLY "cool" guy (at least to me) - the one who keeps hit wits about him at all times and ALWAYS knows how to get out of a sticky situation with out loosing his upper hand. He's always emulated this CONFIDENCE and sense of SURETY that when you look at him you realize that you BELIEVE in him and in everything he will do. He's a hero, plain and simple.
And yet in the last couple of episodes we saw another side to Mohan, a more vulnerable side. We were made privy to a Mohan who was actually tongue-tied, a bit lost at times and just simply unsure. From the moment he heard Rashmi's voice, asking him the organic food section (really..?) you could feel him loose his footing. His hair with grains of spilled food, him being caught off guard in an other wise PERSONAL space by someone who had hurt him the moment he'd allowed her close enough to his heart - you can almost FEEL him relive the pain and confusion of the earlier days. And it only makes me imagine the kind of hurt he may have gone through, with Ms. Ameerka telling him just how "useless" and "loser"-like his dreams to become a crime reporter were compared to her lavish Amreeka waley dreams. With his father (from what it seems like) not supporting him in his decision to stay back and with him having to let go of someone whom he had bonded with and cared for during a still naive age. And so it doesn't matter how old you get or how mature time makes you, old memories always have a way to bringing back the pain and confusion with them. They always have the power to make you feel just as vulnerable and lost as you did the day off. And they ALWAYS have a hold on you unless you're allowed to deal with them and put them to rest. Which from the looks of Mohan, I hardly believe was the case. If anything, knowing Mohan, he did what he does best. He got up and TRIED to dust off the incident by pretending it was a big deal - by moving on and doing SOMETHING/ANYTHING other than dealing with Rashmi and her crap. And I am absolutely speculating here, I know.. But it just seems so. That Mohan told himself k there was nothing he could do or should hold against her because she was simply pursuing her dreams and he convinced himself that it was HIM not being able to go with her that caused the demise of their (already faltering) relationship, instead of the fact that Rash-mee jee is a grade-A manipulating creep! It almost breaks my heart to see Mohan so lost in front of Rashmi - and every time that happens, I can see the young man he left behind, with his heart in pieces as she walked over it, while he knelt on the floor. I can almost FEEL how absolutely brutal she must have been and so I can see why Mohan would have as a result shut everyone and this incident out - because maybe the only way to get past the hurt was to just ignore it entirely and do ANYTHING to move on. Even if it meant turning his back on the issue and pretending everything's okay.
The way Rashmi belittles him at every step while treating him like her personal taken-for-granted property, appalls me! It appalls me even more to think k she has been ALLOWED to be this way for years! Oh how I hope Megha and Nanhi and Guru and even Addu kick her butt! And once they are through, I want Mohan to really give her a piece of his mind and show her the door (the first step towards that was this Friday when Mohan made the jhaduu poocha comment 🤣). Oh how I count down the days.. 🤢
So while Mohan is still who he was before these revelations - he is STILL strong, witty and smart - we now are also given the privilege to see the otherwise hidden (and maybe protected) Mohan.. The one who is a little unsure, the one who isn't as confident and the one who goes tongue-tied at times. And it makes me realize that Mohan, while he is someone I look up to, is NOT larger than life. He is someone I could meet on the street and talk to. He is one of us - he makes mistakes and has his share of confusions. But WITH all of this in tow, he still manages to be as sorted as he is - he manages to make the inspiring decisions that he does and he is as inspiring as he is. And if THAT doesn't make him desirable and heroic, then I don't know what does.
Megha
While in Mohan we saw his more vulnerable side, with Megha we were introduced to THE Megha that had been overshadowed by the Mrs. Vyas and Mummy aspect of her personality. We were allowed to meet the Megha who had been the competitive student in college, had loads of friends and did loads of masti. And while Megha had always been a strong character with a dignified intelligence about her, for the first time I saw the MASTI in her - the SPARK - that had been alluded to earlier in the show. I've said this before, but I guess I'll say it once again - I love Megha. I love the person that she is and the zest she brings to a situation. I love her spontaneity which was otherwise curbed and I love the way she can be dignified AND mischievous all at the same time. I love how we are allowed to meet her and realize how loyal she is to those she cares for - if anything, it helps me understand why she puts up with half the crap at the Vyas house that she does. Because she cares for them as HER family if not Amar's family and she will always stand by them no matter what. It takes forever to make your way into Megha's circle of trust, but once there, she gives it her all. And it's heartwarming to see her laugh and smile - to see her LIVE outside of her ghar and bachey and her in-laws. To see her be HUMAN - to see her interact with people she may consider a friend and to see her having FUN. And what's amazing is k even WHILE she is doing something as otherwise bach-kana as "tricking" someone, she does it with such an air of dignity and CONFIDENCE. There is no snickering, no giggling - there is confidence.. Oozing out of her as she speaks, in the way she looks and just in how RELAXED she is. Almost makes me feel k THIS is her comfort zone. That THIS - being in a battle of wits (well maybe not an EQUAL battle since Rash-mee jee is NO cumpateeshan at all!) - is what she was made for.. And you get a glimpse into the part of her that has been otherwise tied down and curbed (unfairly so!).. You realize that THIS is who she is - she is fiesty and smart, witty and confident, someone who likes to live a bit on the edge sometimes AND have fun in the process. But even in that she maintains her inherent loyalty and need to be there for friends,. And she still radiates wisdom and DIGNITY where ever she goes and in whatever she does.
It makes me somewhat sad to see how much of her is otherwise held back - how while we do see hints of her STRENGTH and CONFIDENCE from time to time, Megha is rarely allowed to let her masti wali side go free. And this robbing of her SPARK, of her SPUNK, of her ZEST for life just breaks my heart. Maybe she COULD possibly have maintained it all, but somehow it makes me think k the expectation from her "widowed' existence were too much to allow for any part this personality of hers to coexist. Maybe she wasn't actively forced NOT to do it, but maybe she wasn't stopped when she initiated this change in herself either. And that is so unfair. Yet even then - EVEN at that point, Megha's always smiling.. Always ready to help and just bring a feel of GOODNESS wherever she goes.. Making your heart swell with warm giggles when you see her smile/laugh (especially WITH Mohan.. *sigh*). I am SO eager to learn more about THIS Megha. And I am so excited to see her spunk in action because I am SO certain k she is all that Mohan has been these past months and that her wits would be an EQUAL match for Mohan's. And what fun would that be! 😍
Rash-mee
All I'm going to say about her is that she is one insecure chick. Her constant need to vocally validate her "happiness" and "awesome life" just makes me feel k it isn't REAL. That her need to keep praising her "wonderful" existence is just as much for HERSELF as it is for Mohan or Megha, if not more. Like she's trying to convince herself k really, she IS happy. And that MAYBE she needs to vent out her frustration for her ACTUALLY not so great existence by bringing down the one man who had been right about not supporting her decision to leave in the first place - the one who felt k staying back would be a much better life choice.. And so she clings on to him to feel IMPORTANT and WANTED through his "care".. So that she can vent her frustrations on him by bringing him down because then she will feel better for herself and her decision.
I don't know but the constant vocal confirmations of her magnificent life just makes me wary of it being true at all.. Because agar itni hi achi life hai toh why she runs after an EX who SHE had dumped to begin with is beyond me. And not just that, she goes ahead and "asserts" her important in Mohan's life in front of his (supposed) wife? Like Mohan ki nazron mein us ki importance hogi, TAB HI she'll be important if at all.. Kuch toh garbar hai.. *wary muh* Either way, please Megha.. Kick her butt!
And I think I am done. I am too sleepy k I don't even think any of this made sense. But sadly I HAD to rant before I could go sleep (Anu tab sey ab tak I couldn't go to sleep because I wanted to get this out of my system, toh I just manned up and finally did. 😆).. Abhi bhi this isn't all of it and I hardly think k it's even remotely coherent or worth reading. But hey, at least it lets me go to sleep. And so I can't complain! 😳😆 But you can.. For having to read this.. 😆
P.S. Since this post has mainly been about personality traits, situation or pasts that had been otherwise cloaked until this week, I figured the lame name would do.. 😆
Mohan
Mohan has always been such a character with a strong personality and a very, very sharp sense of sarcasm and wits. He's always been the ACTUALLY "cool" guy (at least to me) - the one who keeps hit wits about him at all times and ALWAYS knows how to get out of a sticky situation with out loosing his upper hand. He's always emulated this CONFIDENCE and sense of SURETY that when you look at him you realize that you BELIEVE in him and in everything he will do. He's a hero, plain and simple.
And yet in the last couple of episodes we saw another side to Mohan, a more vulnerable side. We were made privy to a Mohan who was actually tongue-tied, a bit lost at times and just simply unsure. From the moment he heard Rashmi's voice, asking him the organic food section (really..?) you could feel him loose his footing. His hair with grains of spilled food, him being caught off guard in an other wise PERSONAL space by someone who had hurt him the moment he'd allowed her close enough to his heart - you can almost FEEL him relive the pain and confusion of the earlier days. And it only makes me imagine the kind of hurt he may have gone through, with Ms. Ameerka telling him just how "useless" and "loser"-like his dreams to become a crime reporter were compared to her lavish Amreeka waley dreams. With his father (from what it seems like) not supporting him in his decision to stay back and with him having to let go of someone whom he had bonded with and cared for during a still naive age. And so it doesn't matter how old you get or how mature time makes you, old memories always have a way to bringing back the pain and confusion with them. They always have the power to make you feel just as vulnerable and lost as you did the day off. And they ALWAYS have a hold on you unless you're allowed to deal with them and put them to rest. Which from the looks of Mohan, I hardly believe was the case. If anything, knowing Mohan, he did what he does best. He got up and TRIED to dust off the incident by pretending it was a big deal - by moving on and doing SOMETHING/ANYTHING other than dealing with Rashmi and her crap. And I am absolutely speculating here, I know.. But it just seems so. That Mohan told himself k there was nothing he could do or should hold against her because she was simply pursuing her dreams and he convinced himself that it was HIM not being able to go with her that caused the demise of their (already faltering) relationship, instead of the fact that Rash-mee jee is a grade-A manipulating creep! It almost breaks my heart to see Mohan so lost in front of Rashmi - and every time that happens, I can see the young man he left behind, with his heart in pieces as she walked over it, while he knelt on the floor. I can almost FEEL how absolutely brutal she must have been and so I can see why Mohan would have as a result shut everyone and this incident out - because maybe the only way to get past the hurt was to just ignore it entirely and do ANYTHING to move on. Even if it meant turning his back on the issue and pretending everything's okay.
The way Rashmi belittles him at every step while treating him like her personal taken-for-granted property, appalls me! It appalls me even more to think k she has been ALLOWED to be this way for years! Oh how I hope Megha and Nanhi and Guru and even Addu kick her butt! And once they are through, I want Mohan to really give her a piece of his mind and show her the door (the first step towards that was this Friday when Mohan made the jhaduu poocha comment 🤣). Oh how I count down the days.. 🤢
So while Mohan is still who he was before these revelations - he is STILL strong, witty and smart - we now are also given the privilege to see the otherwise hidden (and maybe protected) Mohan.. The one who is a little unsure, the one who isn't as confident and the one who goes tongue-tied at times. And it makes me realize that Mohan, while he is someone I look up to, is NOT larger than life. He is someone I could meet on the street and talk to. He is one of us - he makes mistakes and has his share of confusions. But WITH all of this in tow, he still manages to be as sorted as he is - he manages to make the inspiring decisions that he does and he is as inspiring as he is. And if THAT doesn't make him desirable and heroic, then I don't know what does.
Megha
While in Mohan we saw his more vulnerable side, with Megha we were introduced to THE Megha that had been overshadowed by the Mrs. Vyas and Mummy aspect of her personality. We were allowed to meet the Megha who had been the competitive student in college, had loads of friends and did loads of masti. And while Megha had always been a strong character with a dignified intelligence about her, for the first time I saw the MASTI in her - the SPARK - that had been alluded to earlier in the show. I've said this before, but I guess I'll say it once again - I love Megha. I love the person that she is and the zest she brings to a situation. I love her spontaneity which was otherwise curbed and I love the way she can be dignified AND mischievous all at the same time. I love how we are allowed to meet her and realize how loyal she is to those she cares for - if anything, it helps me understand why she puts up with half the crap at the Vyas house that she does. Because she cares for them as HER family if not Amar's family and she will always stand by them no matter what. It takes forever to make your way into Megha's circle of trust, but once there, she gives it her all. And it's heartwarming to see her laugh and smile - to see her LIVE outside of her ghar and bachey and her in-laws. To see her be HUMAN - to see her interact with people she may consider a friend and to see her having FUN. And what's amazing is k even WHILE she is doing something as otherwise bach-kana as "tricking" someone, she does it with such an air of dignity and CONFIDENCE. There is no snickering, no giggling - there is confidence.. Oozing out of her as she speaks, in the way she looks and just in how RELAXED she is. Almost makes me feel k THIS is her comfort zone. That THIS - being in a battle of wits (well maybe not an EQUAL battle since Rash-mee jee is NO cumpateeshan at all!) - is what she was made for.. And you get a glimpse into the part of her that has been otherwise tied down and curbed (unfairly so!).. You realize that THIS is who she is - she is fiesty and smart, witty and confident, someone who likes to live a bit on the edge sometimes AND have fun in the process. But even in that she maintains her inherent loyalty and need to be there for friends,. And she still radiates wisdom and DIGNITY where ever she goes and in whatever she does.
It makes me somewhat sad to see how much of her is otherwise held back - how while we do see hints of her STRENGTH and CONFIDENCE from time to time, Megha is rarely allowed to let her masti wali side go free. And this robbing of her SPARK, of her SPUNK, of her ZEST for life just breaks my heart. Maybe she COULD possibly have maintained it all, but somehow it makes me think k the expectation from her "widowed' existence were too much to allow for any part this personality of hers to coexist. Maybe she wasn't actively forced NOT to do it, but maybe she wasn't stopped when she initiated this change in herself either. And that is so unfair. Yet even then - EVEN at that point, Megha's always smiling.. Always ready to help and just bring a feel of GOODNESS wherever she goes.. Making your heart swell with warm giggles when you see her smile/laugh (especially WITH Mohan.. *sigh*). I am SO eager to learn more about THIS Megha. And I am so excited to see her spunk in action because I am SO certain k she is all that Mohan has been these past months and that her wits would be an EQUAL match for Mohan's. And what fun would that be! 😍
Rash-mee
All I'm going to say about her is that she is one insecure chick. Her constant need to vocally validate her "happiness" and "awesome life" just makes me feel k it isn't REAL. That her need to keep praising her "wonderful" existence is just as much for HERSELF as it is for Mohan or Megha, if not more. Like she's trying to convince herself k really, she IS happy. And that MAYBE she needs to vent out her frustration for her ACTUALLY not so great existence by bringing down the one man who had been right about not supporting her decision to leave in the first place - the one who felt k staying back would be a much better life choice.. And so she clings on to him to feel IMPORTANT and WANTED through his "care".. So that she can vent her frustrations on him by bringing him down because then she will feel better for herself and her decision.
I don't know but the constant vocal confirmations of her magnificent life just makes me wary of it being true at all.. Because agar itni hi achi life hai toh why she runs after an EX who SHE had dumped to begin with is beyond me. And not just that, she goes ahead and "asserts" her important in Mohan's life in front of his (supposed) wife? Like Mohan ki nazron mein us ki importance hogi, TAB HI she'll be important if at all.. Kuch toh garbar hai.. *wary muh* Either way, please Megha.. Kick her butt!
And I think I am done. I am too sleepy k I don't even think any of this made sense. But sadly I HAD to rant before I could go sleep (Anu tab sey ab tak I couldn't go to sleep because I wanted to get this out of my system, toh I just manned up and finally did. 😆).. Abhi bhi this isn't all of it and I hardly think k it's even remotely coherent or worth reading. But hey, at least it lets me go to sleep. And so I can't complain! 😳😆 But you can.. For having to read this.. 😆
P.S. Since this post has mainly been about personality traits, situation or pasts that had been otherwise cloaked until this week, I figured the lame name would do.. 😆
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