Who needs words when you have a soul connection? 😍
We all went into this episode eager for Aarti and Yash to talk but we were treated to something even better. Yes, I rushed home and caught the episode online because I couldn't stand the suspense.
Thanks Jyo, so much, for opening the thread today on short notice! 🤗
To say I loved everything about this episode and thought it was a work of art would be such an understatement! It honestly touched my very soul and I feel warm, fuzzy and uplifted. This is just what I was expecting as a viewer from the show and today I got it and more!
The scene with the Dubeys had me bawling my eyes out. The Dubeys are now left with their lives so empty and their hearts full. I love how well they complemented each other as a couple. While Shobha broke down immediately at the bidhaai and Dubey was there to support her, Dubey was the one who completely lost it once the realisation really hit him at home but Shobha was there as his pillar. I loved the symbolism when she took the ball out of his hands and put her own in it. They are all they have now and they have to be each others' everything. I thought this was a really interesting perspective on what it means to have daughters, thrown into high relief by this couple who had originally had a son, whom they failed to raise right and now a daughter by whom they had done right.
Ugh, Bua clearly gets a fix out of manipulating those weaker than herself. But I like her as a vehicle for the story. What she has told the girls makes an interesting challenge for both Aarti and Yash as they will have to battle the girls' prejudgments. The dangerous thing about Bua that we have all discussed, is that her manipulation is always based on fact and observation. Here it will be much harder to shake Payal and Palak's misconception because it is based on the truth of Ansh getting to sit with their dad when they didn't. Smart lady, that Bua.
For some reason though I get the feeling that she doesn't just resent Aarti but doesn't trust her. Maybe she sees it as impossible for someone to be as selfless as Aarti needs to be for her role in this marriage. I would buy that, because the same way Mansi's brainwashing can be defended, what are the chances that Aarti is the exception?
Ansh's susu dilemma was a very telling scene. By leaving Aarti without any help, Gayatri wanted to make her point, her reasoning for no Ansh, valid. But thankfully the logic, that there are so many people to take care of him, prevailed and Panku came to the rescue, god bless him! But I am glad Yash caught a glimpse of is mother's ways. He seemed almost appalled by her behaviour towards an innocent and uncomfortable child!
And finally the crown jewel of today's episode! Everybody that I managed to read has already waxed eloquent about this so i won't say to much but just that I loved how Aarti looked at Gayatri, looked and SP and looked at Yash before she made that decision. She clearly marked Yash as the most important relationship she has in this house and his will and feelings override all others.
This whole exchange since yesterday reminded me of that last dialogue in the movie "Pretty Woman" where Richard Gere asks, and what does the princess do after her knight rescues her (or something to that effect) and Julia Roberts replies, "She rescues him right back!"
Today was Aarti rescuing Yash right back. Yesterday, without her having to say anything he solved the whole situation with Ansh much to her delight. Some people were asking why he had to be the hero there. But it was a situation in which despite wanting to, Aarti could not ask for what she wanted. And today, Yash was in a similar situation where what he held most dear was threatened and he was not in a position to ask for it to be different. It was heart rending to see the usually masterfully controlled man unable to control certain actions, he almost reacted physically and verbally out of impulse and even though he didn't quite manage him, even this much of a display is a surprise from Yash. But Aarti understood his majboori and being in a position to act, rescued him.
Finally, I have read a lot of discussion that Aarti put her mark first, before Arpita's. This is one way of looking at it and I want to add one more. As well as being before, Aarti also added her chaap to the left of Arpita's. In Hindu mythology the left signifies the feminine. It is associated with things that are not explicable like intuition, emotion, unselfishness while the right side is associated with logic, facts and self-interest. We know that Aarti is an embodiment of the former but does the latter say anything about Arpita, though maybe only in relation to Aarti?
Also I thought it was very symbolic to see Aarti's dark red, intense chaap next to Arpita's faded one that seemed almost sepulchral in comparison.
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