"There is a meaning behind everything that happens. However, there are very few people who understand everything. To search for the meaning behind every event that happens... It's a daunting task even to imagine it. However, noticing that there is meaning behind everything that happens... That in itself is meaningful. There is a meaning in wondering why."Yuuko Ichihara,XxxHolic
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Once upon a time, there was a Princess. She wanted something very special. All her life, she wanted her very own Prince Charming, someone who would sweep her of her feet and love her so much that the world would look her in envy. And on the day when her dream was about to come true, something awful happened. She lost her parents, the King and Queen. She was all alone and had nothing left apart from her younger brother, the young Prince.
On that day, she realised she was alone and she was no longer a Princess, just an ordinary person. Her brother the Prince became her life and he was everything to her. But years later, she met someone. Someone who loved her, for who she was. Someone who adored her. Someone who was hers and hers alone.
She felt free when she was with him. She felt as though she could fly and that the whole world was hers. She finally got her. No, it was even better than a dream, because in her dreams she was a Princess, while with him, she was a Queen. What more could she want?
But...
She didn't know that her beloved was actually an evil warlock who had spun an illusion around her and trapped her in a cage. She couldn't fight against it... the illusion was much too beautiful.
Her brother tried to protect her. He tried his very best. But he couldn't save her from being consumed by the darkness. And so the little Princess slowly began to lose everything she had ever held dear.
But...
She would win because it is in her destiny... After every rain, comes a rainbow. After night comes dawn. After her sorrow go, her happiness will come. Just wait and watch. You'll see. The little Princess will be happy once more.
Anjali. She is God's offering. Everyone around her is lucky to have her in their lives. She is the perfect daughter, granddaughter, niece, sister, wife. She too spreads joy to everyone around her, much like her sister-in-law, Khushi. But exactly like her sister-in-law, fate never seems to give either one of them the happiness they deserve.
Just a few hours ago, she was sitting, dressed like a bride, for her baby shower. She was going to become a mother. But her love for her husband blinds her. She cannot think or reason as far as he is concerned. And in her folly, she lost the most precious gift nature could ever give her. The gift of being a mother.
As always, it is Manorama who blows the horn as the Devil's Advocate. She will always be the bearer of bad news to Anjali. She is the one who had the courage and the strength to tell Anjali that her child in no more.
Anjali doesn't believe her.
Khushi sits down beside her. Khushi tells her, her Little Princess cannot come. She cups Anjali's face and tries to make her see reality. She tries to make Anjali be strong enough to face the truth.
Anjali lashes out at her.
Anjali looks at Arnav and the tears in her Chotte's eyes do what words from others cannot. He did not say a word. It wasn't needed. It was that he didn't.
And the damn broke.
"It cannot be! This cannot be happening to me! This cannot happen to me Khushiji! No! No! No!"
Her grief is immense and she is inconsolable. She cries and allows her family to hold her close. Why was it happening to her? She who wanted only good for everyone and she who loved everyone with all her heart. What was her crime for which she is being punished so? Why her?
"You don't belong only to yourself. There's not a single person in this world who only belongs to themselves. Everybody... relates to others and shares something with them, That's why we can't be free of others. That's what makes us feel joy and sadness. And love..."
Yuuko Ichihara,XxxHolic
Arnav and Khushi. It has come to the point where you cannot refer to one without the other. It is the worst day imaginable for Arnav. The only two people who are his existence are crying in each other's arms and he cannot do anything about it. He has failed to protect Anjali. He is drowning in guilt, pain and helplessness. He tries to isolate himself... from everyone apart from Khushi.
The only person Arnav allows to be with him is Khushi. Anjali and Khushi are Arnav's life. Without the two of them, he is nothing. A sister and a wife have different pedestals. Both of equal value and importance, the love of equal depth, but still different. A sister cannot take the wife's place and the wife cannot take the sister's place.
Arnav has relied on Anjali for love and comfort. Anjali is the only reason why Arnav didn't turn into a creature made of stone. She is the only reason why he still had a heart left. And when Khushi came into his life, she brought out the heart that Anjali had painstakingly managed to preserve.
Arnav and Anjali have always relied on each other. They cannot be without each other. But their relationship was not an equal one. Arnav couldn't open his heart to her because she wasn't strong enough to handle it. By attempting to heal him, she would have been broken and he knew it. She was broken herself so how could she heal him. Arnav is the stronger one of the two and he took it upon himself to heal Anjali.
And he succeeded to a point. But he couldn't drive away Anjali's insecurities. Only Shyam could do that. But Shyam became a drug for Anjali. He wasn't healthy for her (pun not intended). He weakened her mentally and physically. When Arnav found out, he tried to take measures but he failed.
This is where Khushi comes in. With Khushi, Arnav will be able to right all the wrongs. Khushi is the only one who has been given the privilege to see Arnav Singh Raizada's heart. And she will heal and protect it wisely.
They have indeed come a long way. Almost a week ago (in IPK timeline) Khushi had to play songs and hug and coerce Arnav into opening up to her. Now he does it the moment she sits beside him. She hadn't asked him. He voluntarily spoke about his hurt and his pain.
This will have been the first time he had ever vocalised his suffering. In 14/15 years, he had never talked about it once and he prevents everyone else from speaking about it. He doesn't allow the woman who gave birth to his father talk about him in his presence, and yet he himself speaks of it to Khushi.
He shares the pain in his heart with her. He doesn't hide anything. So now, she knows almost as much as he does. She knows almost everything from his point of view.
He shares with her his fears, his regrets, his wishes, everything. And he allows her to engulf him into her bosom and hold him close. He finds comfort and solace in her arms. He finds love in her. With her, he is the fourteen year old child who just wants love and who just wants the nightmares to disappear. He hold on her tightly and allows his tears to flow down her neck. He doesn't try to hide them. Why?
Because she is home. She is love. She is life itself.
A brilliant episode in terms of direction and acting ability. Everyone emoted wonderfully!
Daljeet Bhanot, I had at one point clutched my own abdomen by watching you. You can't get any better than that and I can't give you a compliment bigger than that. You made me want to give you a big hug and give you my Pikachu plushy (I love my Pikachu plushy, I don't let anyone touch it and it is my bedtime teddy-bear. Don't judge me). So honey, I can't praise you any more than that.
Sanaya I cried with you today and I felt proud of Khushi for being so strong.
Utkarsha, Jayshreeji, Swatnisji and everyone else was amazing.
And finally Barun... I am not going to say anything about you because whatever I say won't ever be enough.
A wonderful, wonderful episode and if you keep this up there is no reason whatsoever why TRPs won't rise. So guys keep it up!
And guys my school starts tomorrow. I will continue to write, but I won't be around to chat with everyone. Sorry but I cannot do anything about it! I am in a helpless situation and if I don't turn just assume that I am buried in a huge pile of school work . I promise to write about almost every episode and I will let someone know if I don't.
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Nazifa
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