Meri Behna : A Jasmine-Tejo Drabble

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Meri Behna

This is based on the episode where Tejo goes missing. Do ignore the scene where Jasmine tries to complain to Fateh and read. Hope you like it.

Jasmine Kaur Sandhu gazed at her reflection in the mirror. Never before had she felt so helpless. Everything had always been handed to her on a golden platter by either her family or Tejo. Tejo... who was now missing and she didn’t know who to blame.

Was it Fateh? He ruined everything the moment he walked into their lives. His empty promises of Canada, of giving her the entire world had led to this. Why couldn't he tell her he lost the job himself? Everything would have been fine had he not betrayed her like this, had he made the right choice. If only she had never met him.

Was it their father, who not only hid the truth but also prevented Tejo from saying anything to her? Maybe... maybe Tejo was at fault too. Why did she have to bend under the pressure of others and marry Fateh? She could have just chosen to reveal the truth.

And what was the point of her going away like this? To prove how selfless she is?

Or perhaps it was her... Her own cruel words that had caused this. No, no It couldn’t be! She couldn’t have possibly caused so much pain to her own sister. She always did things impulsively, Tejo would know better than to feel bad.

How could Jasmine be wrong? She was perfect, wasn’t she? Everyone had told her so from the start Tejo said so too. But where is she now? Is she alright ? All Jasmine had were questions and the solutions were missing. After all, the answers were always with Tejo. "Meri Tejo", she whispered as she drifted off to sleep, all alone on the cold, hard ground.

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Tejo Kaur Virk let the cool ground of the gurudwara calm her. After everything that had happened in the last few days, this was the only place where she found solace.

She couldn't believe that her life was turned upside down twice within a month. She was tired of everything. Twice she had married to keep her family happy and each time it was her who suffered.

Jass wasn't even worth thinking of, but what about Fateh? He was supposed to be her best friend, yet ironically, he proved to be her worst nightmare. He hurt her, insulted her, and embarrassed her in front of everyone. She knew that this marriage would be a loveless one but she had expected respect.

What hurt her the most were her sister's words. She couldn't believe Jasmine would say such things to her. Yes, she was always childish, but saying such vile things to her very own sister... Maybe it was her fault. She had always sheltered her, given in to every demand of hers. She should have let her sister grow up on her own, but she chose not to. She might be taking this decision too late, but now it was time to let Jasmine figure things out on her own. Tejo was going to step back. She knew it would be hard, but it was best for everyone. She made the wrong choice once, but not again.

"Babaji, meri Jasmine ka khayal rakhna," she prayed as she allowed herself to fall asleep, far away from all her problems.


A/N: The characterisation of Jasmine on the show has been bothering me for a while, so I decided to write this. I don't like the name but I had to post it before Jasmine annoys me even more. Please do suggest some titles along with your comments. Thank you to all those who read my PM and gave me the confidence to post this. Also, special thank you to @I_StanStrongFLs for editing it.

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Posted: 4 years ago
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👏 It's always nice to see how a story can progress without going the typical way.

Used to like J&T bond.

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Great its been published! I still like the way you tried to decipher both Jasso and Tejo's thinking in the same instance. And yes Jasso has become very annoying so right now is the best time to publish something like this.

Also about the title, I think it would've been better to call it Choices? Like this is just my own take since Jasso was deliberating how Fateh was the wrong 'choice' for her, how Tejo could've 'chosen' to reveal the truth and how Tejo was regretting her 'choice' of protecting Jasso since young.
Even at the end, Tejo 'chose' not to shelter Jasso anymore so I guess all of this highlighted the importance of choices.

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Originally posted by: music_girl

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👏 It's always nice to see how a story can progress without going the typical way.

Used to like J&T bond.

I know right! Like we said on the other thread, the scene where Jasso runs out calling for Tejo after the wedding is one of the best scenes of the show. Or actually it’s my favorite scene because I didn’t expect it and it was one of the few times when Jasso didn’t think about herself. It also gave me hope that we won’t have to see this awful Jasso nonsense but then again this is ITV. How could it possibly depict three flawed people instead of one villain?

I also went and saw the pagphera scene just now and it was so weird. First Jasmine comes in and apologizes for ruining Tejo’s life. Then Tejo goes what about Fateh and gets mad. (It was fine till here) Then suddenly Jasmine turns around and blames Tejo for everything and Tejo says I don’t care about your love all I know is that you ruined my life. So basically they switched their takes on what just happened and I went what??

I was more invested in the future of Jasmine and Tejo’s bond than Fatejo or JasFa until they decided to ruin Jasmine. Her outburst and feeling of betrayal is still understandable because the one closest to her hid something like that from her but after that when she went on the Fateh can’t move on and let’s use Tejo I got super irritated.

I can’t believe I replied to your comment with a mini rant 😆. The things I do for ITV..

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Originally posted by: I_StanStrongFLs

Great its been published! I still like the way you tried to decipher both Jasso and Tejo's thinking in the same instance. And yes Jasso has become very annoying so right now is the best time to publish something like this.

Also about the title, I think it would've been better to call it Choices? Like this is just my own take since Jasso was deliberating how Fateh was the wrong 'choice' for her, how Tejo could've 'chosen' to reveal the truth and how Tejo was regretting her 'choice' of protecting Jasso since young.
Even at the end, Tejo 'chose' not to shelter Jasso anymore so I guess all of this highlighted the importance of choices.

Thank you for the comment and name suggestion❤️. Your take is interesting because I didn’t look at it that way. This is why I love forums, you always get a new perspective.

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Beautiful and realistic piece.


This is what I expected from the serial and look what they gave us. For all their tall claims about showing the bond between sisters, they are instead dropping Fateh between both and making a Messier triangle.


I liked how you have space to both Jasso and Tejo. Both had their say and their perspectives. Which was quite justified from their pov.

The usp was the fact that they were ultimately concerned for each other. Whatever be their equation, they care. And that's ❤️


Well written buddy.



- Niki

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Originally posted by: mistofshadows

Beautiful and realistic piece.


This is what I expected from the serial and look what they gave us. For all their tall claims about showing the bond between sisters, they are instead dropping Fateh between both and making a Messier triangle.


I liked how you have space to both Jasso and Tejo. Both had their say and their perspectives. Which was quite justified from their pov.

The usp was the fact that they were ultimately concerned for each other. Whatever be their equation, they care. And that's ❤️


Well written buddy.



- Niki

I know right! I'm so mad at the makers. In fact I posted a mini rant in reply to @music_girl's comment, eh never mind I'll just do some breathing to calm down. I just realised that I got so mad I forgot to even write a thank you😆

Thank you to both of you. smiley27

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Wow wow I like how she decided to take a step back and decide to put her self respect

I did feel Tejo and fam are partly responsible for over pampering and indulging Jas and her self obsession. My bro pampers me but if I ever cross a line I have always been called out. When I over pamper the younger ones giving away he has said this attitude will cause me problems later . He always told me never over sacrifice ..learn to love and respect yourself also else no one will

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Finally you posted it here, really proud of you , that is an amazing monologue. You justified tejo and jasmine character.

we deserved this sisterly bond onscreen and look what we are actually getting.

But aside from ITV i really liked to read character inner turmoil and his/her thoughts behind his actions so i liked it very much.

hope we will get to see more of this...

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Posted: 4 years ago
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So your PM brought me to make my First post on the Udariyaan Forum😛


I loved the piece like I do all your writings. You captured both Jasmine & Tejo's thoughts about their current dilemmas👏 ....I liked that you tried to humanize Jass here.



ITV has yet again gone with the similar trope of her being the 3rd angle in a married couple's life like whyyyyy, Gosh, I hate the commonalities of a love triangle & when it always tries to show only 1 person as the villain.


I haven't watched any complete Epi of the show but I have watched few clips of the show & adore Ankit Gulati since his Sadda Haq days so I know the basic gist of the show till now🙈


Do continue writing like this❤️

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