Originally posted by: FantasiaNarnia
Love the collages.
Ruhi's little outburst was the CVs way of placating both the mass and class audience.On the face of it,it depicted good triumphing over evil,thus pandering to the TRP aunties.They may love OTT drama,but not to the point where it offends their sense of justice.
The deeper question that has been posed to us intelligentsia:) since the inception of this show,is whether family can be decided on merit as opposed to blood relationships. Yashoda's role has been examined in minutiae,in the form of Ishita.Yet Ruhi's
choosing Ishita over Shagun has been overoversimplified, having been explained away by a little girl's need for motherly love.Think about it folks.This teeny tiny doll has had the courage to voice opinions that fly against the fundamentals of Indian society.Family is above all,family must not be questioned,family is determined by blood.
During the Ruhi DNA track,she stated "mujhe papa achche nahin lagte hain".Toshi was mortified.Parents are next to God for us,and to criticize them,however much they deserve it,is next to blasphemy.
Ruhi's constant rejection of Shagun as her mother is original,to say the very least.We have all read of adopted children seeking out their biological parents even when they were provided loving,nurturing environments by their adoptive parents.Why then does the truth of Shagun having given birth to Ruhi not hold one ounce of weight with her?Children such as Ruhi,represent a ticking time bomb for our collective and time-revered belief system.They offer us an alternative explanation to the erosion of the joint family system that we have revered in literature,cinema and life.We have lambasted the advent of the nuclear family for its materialism and selfishness.Might it be that we have realized that some family members,or indeed whole families are dysfunctional beyond repair ,and the only way we have of surviving psychologically is
to keep them at arms length.Ruhi recognises this and so does Mihir.
The rest seem to be misguided by the guilt trip of blood ties,whether in the form of ghar ka chiraag(Toshi),"my first born"(Raman)or overcompensation by Ishita(my husband's life is complete now). As annoying as these attitudes are,they do represent reality.Ishita is over-eager to please simply because she needs to justify her existence to herself,given her infertility.Raman needs external approval from Adi to justify his existence in society.The world's best CEO award does not count for much if your own progeny rejects you as his father.
Ruhi and Mihir follow their inner score cards,and will continue to do so,at the risk of being branded trouble-makers by their own.Sadly,they will remain in the minority,for how many of us have the courage to live up to the ideals we applaud,when that could result in ostracism?
One of the Best write-ups I have come across regarding the episode...Beautifully articulated and expressed 👏 👏 👏
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