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Theodore Roosevelt once said: Comparison is the thief of Joy.
As human beings we don't like comparisons, especially comparisons where we are at the receiving end of it. All of us compare on daily basis. We compare our lives with others, we compare our previous days with current days, we compare the cities we live in and we compare the people we have in our life. As Roosevelt said, it robs us of our happiness. This is true maximum scenarios, but comparison can also be termed as the driving force in our life. The one which compels us to do better, the one which makes us a better version of ourselves. Yeh Un Dino ki baat hai is a show which has always tried their best to show the various human facets at various points. Comparison has always played a very important role in shaping these facets of various characters.
1. Rakesh Agarwal: The lesser known brother among the three, his achievements have always been compared with his elder and younger siblings achievements. Taiji has played a phenomenal role in doing so, and hence the outcome of these comparisons have turned him to be an extremely bitter person. Initially he was just shown to be bitter, but now over the course of the show, he is turning to be greedy and ungrateful. The bit-by-bit comparisons done on him everyday has turned him to be greedy, bitter monster who every now and then does the same thing with people around him. He compares his son with Mahabharata's Arjun, compares his daughter with his son and belittles her and now compares Sameer with servants and insults him in every possible way.
2. Sameer Maheshwari: Sameer was once(and many times in the past may be) compared by his own mother, with his half-brother Rohan. She with the purpose of teaching Sameer the importance of hard-work compared and instigated a fire in him to prepare for the Headboy competition. And that led to the cycle of him not being trusted by his own mother when he was accused of cheating by the Agarwal clan and eventually him leading to play a game with Naina's heart.
But then again when he was positively compared with all the good things and termed as achhe insaan by Naina, he realized his mistake of not able to see that genuine Naina, who actually believes in him and positively compares him with all the good around her...After this realization the rest is history in front of us...A changed mature and positive Sameer Maheshwari who was an outcome of positive comparison.
Also one more comparison plays a role here- He comparing himself with his previous self. The old Sameer was an attitude-driven self-obsessed teenager who some times looked down upon Naina. But now he compared himself with the old version, and changed for the better. He compared himself and changed himself for Naina. He started disliking his old self and wanted to give Naina the best version of himself. The version which deserves Naina's love and care.
3. Arjun: The meek child of Agarwal clan, who requires immense energy to stand up to his Dad and say something of his dislike. He has always been compared with Mahabharat's Arjun who's ultimate purpose in life was to keep his eye on the goal (cricket here) and achieve success in it inorder to satisfy his Dad's ego. Because of this comparison, he was never able to stand up to his Dad and tell him upfront to stop pressurizing him and let him play and enjoy his game. The consequence of this comparison, he turning out be a liar day-by-day and finding reasons to escape from situations rather than facing them.
We all were angered with his backlash on Sameer two days back during the Sangeet ceremony. That was also an outcome of comparison. When his lie was revealed to Naina, she compared him with Sameer saying "Sameer ne bhi paristhitiyon ka saamna kiya hai! Woh yahan aaya, sabke taane sehe, aapka aur Papa ka gussa jhela, apmaan seha. Woh toh peeth dikha ke nahi bhaaga."
The expression on his face indicated the clear dislike he had for his comparison with Sameer. The guy whom he assumes to be a cheater and liar, he was getting compared with him. Sameer had shown him a mirror and nobody likes such people who show them a mirror for their actions and lies. This comparison gave rise to a new angle to the anger he had inside him for Sameer. An altogether different consequence of comparison.
PS: Wanted to write this since last week, but couldn't get time to do so. Let me know your views on it.
Udne Ki Aasha
Kumkum Bhagya
