Originally posted by: Errantnomad
I was bowled over by the warmth in the previous update .
II's yearning for periappa to feel her baby's presence.
And Amma being philosophical abt it and the easy pulling between each other amongst the sisters inspite of the changed equation between the sisters, it was back to Amma , Appa and their daughters.
Parent's place is always always special and when you put your feet in there, it all comes flooding back of how much we miss those even if we are settled and happy with our own family now .
"Can I go to DII "is what II asked for which the dude firmly said "NO".
I wasn't clear if that is a just a question or request from II and I was not sure as to what II really wants here.
My thought was "Does she want to be with her Amma and Appa now or has she resigned herself to the knowledge that she will not get that. Nisha hasn't expanded on what II wants or thinks much on this" , is what my thoughts were.
Dude and MM ... MM is not his home, his words (it is the man's whom he is reluctant to address as Dad) but surely does consider MM as his golden cage if not his home and with absolute authority says to Mr.Iyer "we can take her to Malcha Marg".
Given that there's a freedom of choice for II as regard's India being the base not Paris and I do have it in my mind even as I write this that maybe ,she wouldn't have been able to exercise this choice had she married Sri ,so not sure if she should be just thankful that she has India as her base having married the dude .
Then it does seem to me that freedom is also conditional cos as far as the dude's concerned he is letting it be with II being in India as long as her base is MM.
White bird in a cage having all the freedom to flutter as long as it's in your golden cage. And this is completely exclusive of the equation / of the bond that she shares with her father in law .
Sure the bird is petted , loved , cared for beyond what one would even dream of getting, cherished for ever and life in that golden cage is great for the bird big ,spacious and clean, the bird gets all it's food without having to hunt its prey in the open but does getting all of the above really suffice for the bird
Or does the bird feel a certain sense of emptiness inspite of it's sheltered life and the abundant love received.
And as a reader these are my perplexed thoughts now and I wouldn't be questioning my own thoughts if II's base was in Paris firmly planted or if dude considered MM as his home or if II just wants to be at MM after her delivery and not at DII. In which case it's the couple's choice thrashing it out with Mr. Iyer as to what they really want to do as it's their life, Nivi their child , their's first beyond everything or anyone else irrespective of being bound by traditions that Mr. Iyer is having to use traditions forcefully as his ammunition Mr. Iyer somewhere needs to let go and stop trying micromanaging unseccessfully at that.
And after this update,it does look like II is caught between wanting both and while my thoughts are perplexed on this as a reader, I also know that the wife in II who is madly in love with her husband knows what her husband means to her and does not see herself as that bird, it's is her world now, the air her oxygen without which she will die . Tough balance for II as an extremely loving daughter and madly in love wife.
Dude and Mr. Iyer's relationship that can only be acrimonious at best for whatever reasons. But both fathers, the old and the new fighting for their daughters.
And this tale , So many reactions it evokes in me as a reader .
And this is a looong post ...
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