Vaishakha- a book by its cover

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Posted: 8 years ago
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I know many here are very upset, I should say strongly pissed off with Vishakha. A part of me is too. Before these Delhi scenes honestly I hated her. I thought she was this self centered woman just trying to please Somani and stay in his good books. That for her own selfish reasons she abandoned her own flesh and blood. But now somewhere in here I see her as a human being, as a mother a wife,a daughter,a daughter in law. But with all these roles she carries a past.

I hope this never happens to anyone out there but I unfortunately have had to know of two women in my life whose husbands abandoned them at a time where they both were expecting a child. For whatever reason their spouses left them and even had second marriages. Both these women are not close to me but I know they were nicely brought up from good families. Whatever issues they had their men chose to leave these girls I should say. In both the instances the girls were made to remarry by their parents. In both the cases the nana Nani decided that the 1st child would be adopted by them and would live with them so their daughter can have another chance at love life future family whatever. In one case new husband was such an awesome guy he insisted the wife's child would come stay with them and he would call him Papa.
Now look at Vishakhas case. She probably was widowed or divorced at a young age. This man wholeheartedly never accept her past. He till today expects Vishakha to bend backwards. It's all about him and his children. Somewhere the mother is vishaka is there alive. That is the reason she always wanted sameer to be like Rohan. Because Rohan is how a Somani child is supposed to be. There is no room for a bhaaghi Rohan even in the Somani house. Now she really wants sameer to make efforts. Somewhere she knows Rohan will remain quiet. But the sameer she knows. He's a rebel and it would make it very difficult for her to make Sameer a part of her world.
Now coming to the point about her being so clear about Rohan's schedule and not disturbing him. According to her and many normal parents that's how a students life should be anyways. If Sameer was an achiever and very disciplined she would also say the same. She always wanted sameer to live a disciplined life and to work hard and succeed. But sameer always did the opposite. He also never gave her a chance.
Right now she is really trying to bring her children together, her world together. Her way of introducing sameer to Rohan was also with compliments. But yes sameer has not given her Much to talk about. Rohan has. But she always wanted sameer uo there as well.
Ok I'm rambling. What do you guys think. Let's give her a chance.
Look aparently there are other rooms in the house but she was adamant about sameer and Rohan being together. She knows sameer needs to get to school ASAP and resume his life. In the room case she didn't even listen to her sasu Ma. Let's give her and sameer a chance.
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Posted: 8 years ago
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Hi guys I see a lot of pro Vishakha posts in the forum. I had writtten this a bit earlier than most but never received any kind of feedback. Anyhow I still think we are all Gonna end up liking her. The day Rohan and Sameer are going to get along is the day we will see victory written all over her face. Her pride will double seeing her 2 young men. She obviously has s big heart. She took another's child as her own. Her and Sameer obviously have not had a chance. Now Sameer will get a family of his own.
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Posted: 8 years ago
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I also feel vishaka ke bhot shades hai.. ab tk hmne vishakha somani ko dekha hai but sameer ki mummy ko dekhna abi baki hai.. tym lgega but we ll wait
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Posted: 8 years ago
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This is the one thing I am looking forward to in this Delhi track - understanding Vishakha and her choices or the lack of them. It is important for Sameer to understand the circumstances that I lead to him not growing up with her a bit better, for his own sake.
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Posted: 8 years ago
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Originally posted by: dnyd

I know many here are very upset, I should say strongly pissed off with Vishakha. A part of me is too. Before these Delhi scenes honestly I hated her. I thought she was this self centered woman just trying to please Somani and stay in his good books. That for her own selfish reasons she abandoned her own flesh and blood. But now somewhere in here I see her as a human being, as a mother a wife,a daughter,a daughter in law. But with all these roles she carries a past.

I hope this never happens to anyone out there but I unfortunately have had to know of two women in my life whose husbands abandoned them at a time where they both were expecting a child. For whatever reason their spouses left them and even had second marriages. Both these women are not close to me but I know they were nicely brought up from good families. Whatever issues they had their men chose to leave these girls I should say. In both the instances the girls were made to remarry by their parents. In both the cases the nana Nani decided that the 1st child would be adopted by them and would live with them so their daughter can have another chance at love life future family whatever. In one case new husband was such an awesome guy he insisted the wife's child would come stay with them and he would call him Papa.
Now look at Vishakhas case. She probably was widowed or divorced at a young age. This man wholeheartedly never accept her past. He till today expects Vishakha to bend backwards. It's all about him and his children. Somewhere the mother is vishaka is there alive. That is the reason she always wanted sameer to be like Rohan. Because Rohan is how a Somani child is supposed to be. There is no room for a bhaaghi Rohan even in the Somani house. Now she really wants sameer to make efforts. Somewhere she knows Rohan will remain quiet. But the sameer she knows. He's a rebel and it would make it very difficult for her to make Sameer a part of her world.
Now coming to the point about her being so clear about Rohan's schedule and not disturbing him. According to her and many normal parents that's how a students life should be anyways. If Sameer was an achiever and very disciplined she would also say the same. She always wanted sameer to live a disciplined life and to work hard and succeed. But sameer always did the opposite. He also never gave her a chance.
Right now she is really trying to bring her children together, her world together. Her way of introducing sameer to Rohan was also with compliments. But yes sameer has not given her Much to talk about. Rohan has. But she always wanted sameer uo there as well.
Ok I'm rambling. What do you guys think. Let's give her a chance.
Look aparently there are other rooms in the house but she was adamant about sameer and Rohan being together. She knows sameer needs to get to school ASAP and resume his life. In the room case she didn't even listen to her sasu Ma. Let's give her and sameer a chance.



Vishaka may be a misunderstood mom may be she has circumstances and compulsions.

But when all doors are closed for Sameer and he comes to live with them (yeh to hona hi tha at some time or the other ) she should make sure that he does not feel like an outsider.

Sometimes a heart to heart talk helps. If it doesn't she should take aside her "other children" step or real I am not sure but she should talk to them and make them realise that Sameer is as much her child if not more and that they should behave well with Sameer.

I don't think she was a strict mom to Somani's children but she should have been a strict mom.

Why should she choose a life where she is just a slave who has sold her conscience for the sake of a life with a man who is never going to be nice to her child?

Again I wonder under what circumstances she lost her first husband. I will not be surprised if he was alive out there somewhere and she had an abusive marriage with him which led to divorce.

Or even Sameer was a product of rape as they showed in some other serials.

Or Sameer was born of an affair she had with somebody not approved by Dadaji.


May be there are many shades to Vishaka's character. I am not so sure. But whatever it is she should make sure she looked after him well and made sure he was made to feel comfortable in his new "home"

She has lost a parent recently and Sameer a grandparent. But nobody is sympathetic towards both of them

But Vishaka goes on pampering Rohan stroking him lovingly which makes a person irritated and disgusted.

Surely she must be acting to be in the good books of such a nasty irritating human as Somani.

Is that so necessary? Should she not have explained to her father that her new "progressive" marriage was not so rosy as expected? That she has been compromising on her values while living there as Soman's wife? That she has no voice and has to pretend all the time to be something which she was not?

Those kids do not seem to be her biological kids because Rohan is as old as Sameer or almost.

They both must be her step kids or are they?

Whatever it is her "stand" on the whole issue is not justified. At least after so many years of "step mom hood" she must have found her own voice if at least for Rohan otherwise what kind of mom is she?
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Posted: 8 years ago
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I don't think any of these worked in Bishaka's brain when she married Somani.
Remember what she told Sameer once"Why you can't let me be happy?"
Exactly this is her "Cover Page". The true meaning of her life.
She is a dumb headed woman driven by her own desire, where she has very little place to think about "Am I doing the right thing or wrong?"
May be she thought (or Somani who just lost his first wife make her believe) that"abhi shaadi kar lete hai ...baad mein dekha jaayega."
The lady was needing a man and the man was needing a woman.
No one actually thought about "Rohan or Sameer."
Daadi the woman who lost her hubby and now still single thought..."If I am alone then why another woman will get married?"
I don't think Daadi cares about Rohan. Or else she wouldn't use Rohan's emotion to destroy Sameer.Rohan is the trophy boy of the family. Bring Trophy even if you have to suffer insomnia...still bring it. They don't hesitate to hang a schedule on that trophy boy's bed. No one love "RONA"( Rohan)
Now Bishaka is old and most probably now after the birth of Deepika she is finally understanding her "motherliness" So she wants her son and step son together.
Good for her. At last we are seeing her maturity. Thoda hi sahi...but she is getting her brain a bit. But where does her motherhood lives? She wants Sameer to sacrifice so that she can live happily with Sameer+Somani+Rohan and Sasuma.
She is not understanding that "Sameer is not her puppy...neither the dog of her sasuma...that if you throw a bread to him he will accept and keep mummy happy, bring her trophy and hug her every five second like Rona".
So what to tell about this screwed up woman? Khud ka life destroy kia...aab beta ka life bhi! 😡

Edited by jhalak7 - 8 years ago

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