Dangerous Views: 18-FEB-2014 EBP(pics pg4)

Niranjan expresses his pleasure at getting a dutiful wife like Anjali. He invites her to have coffee with him as a reward for her. She was about to get her own coffee when he tells her that he got her a gift too. Anjali finds the gift box under the cane. She opens it to find a necklace that looks like a neck collar with a bell attached to it, that cattle wear. He tells her that she is being rewarded for sending Aastha into Shlok's room. It sounded to my ears like he is happy with Anjali's pimping. Anjali didn't seem very happy being praised. He tells her that he wants to see her wearing that. Anjali doesn't wear it but just puts it around her neck. Niranjan is happy... with himself. He tells her that whenever Anjali wears that collar, it will remind her how happy it makes him when she obeys him. Anjali wants to tell him about Aastha's curiosity about Swathi but Niranjan gets a call and he leaves. Anjali feels suddenly relieved without him hovering over her. With a revolting look on her face she puts that collar in its box, takes it to a secret den of her own, unlocks a chest and puts the gift in it with a lot of other gifts in there. Anjali doesn't like to remind herself that her obedience makes Niranjan happy. Does it mean that whenever she is disobedient, she behaved that way on purpose? Later, Niranjan comes back after finishing his call and finds Anjali restlessly pacing in their bedroom. He asks her what the matter is and Anjali tells him about Aastha's enquiry about Swathi. Niranjan's face becomes pale for a second. He seemed worried for a bit if his not-so-obedient wife had revealed anything to Aastha about Swathi. Anjali tells him that she told Aastha that she doesn't know Swathi. Niranjan asks her if Aastha was happy with her answer. Anjali tells him that Aastha will not rest until she finds out the truth and she fears that she will ask Shlok about Swathi. But Niranjan has too much confidence in his bacha/jigar ka tukda(piece of heart), Shlok, that he will handle the matter. So Anjali and Niranjan don't know that Aastha has already asked Shlok about Swathi. Anjali tells Niranjan that Aastha is an only child of her parents and because which she is free-spirited and stubborn. Niranjan tells her that someday, by hook or by crook, Aastha has to become a shadow of Anjali. Anjali becomes suddenly shaken by that announcement and she flees from there saying she has to take her medicine. Niranjan is happy that he successfully manipulated Anjali again to keep on grooming Aastha to his wishes and according to Agnihotri traditions. What is it that Anjali fears so much? There sure is a mystery behind Anjali. She is not exactly a meek woman going by how she locked up all his 'gifts' in a chest to never wear them again.

Avdhoot calls Aastha on Agnihotri home phone so that Kalindi can invite Aastha over to the Kirloskar house for a few days. But before Kalindi and Aastha could talk anything Anjali sends Aastha away to find Shlok and she tells Kalindi to let Aastha spend time with her husband so that divorce can be avoided. Avdhoot's purpose behind calling Aastha in order to soothe Kalindi's fears, goes down the drain. Kalindi is more determined to bring Aastha back after six months now. She calls Aastha on her cell phone later and tells her to come home the following evening so that she could meet the guy Kalindi decided for her. Aastha gets irritated. Kalindi can be so insensitive sometimes. She tells Aastha that her relationship with Shlok is for only few days and she cannot spend her whole life alone. She says these things when Aastha is very much in love with Shlok and is hurting because of his rejection. Aastha cuts her off. Avdhoot overhears this whole conversation and is really pissed off. Avdhoot tells Kalindi in no uncertain terms that only Aastha decides what she wants to do with her life and he will not tolerate any interference from her. He asks her to leave Aastha alone for a few months and let her decide how she wants to mould her life. He also tells her that she cannot take decisions regarding Aastha's life by herself just because she is her mother and there are other people in Aastha's life who love and care for Aastha equally. Kalindi becomes emotional and says that she only wishes Aastha's well-being. Actually Kalindi is trying to live her life through Aastha. Not good.

Aastha asks Varad whether Shlok was always so angry and uptight since childhood. Varad tells her that he was actually a happy guy, who was full of life. Aastha asks him about what happened between Swathi and him that turned him into the person that he is. As expected, Varad doesn't tell her anything. He tells her that Swathi is Shlok's past and Aastha is his present and they should both leave the past in past and move ahead. He begs her to take care of Shlok because he thinks she is capable. He puts his hand on her head and blesses her. It felt to me like he is putting a load on her head instead of helping her. He is such a selfish person. He cares only about his brother and not about Aastha. Doesn't she have the right to know the truth about Shlok if she is expected to help him heal? What caught my attention in the whole interaction was that Sojal, who decided to spy on Aastha round the clock earlier that day, overheard them and decided to use her crooked ways to find the truth. In yesterday's episode, Jaya tells off Sojal that she failed to extract ghee even with a crooked finger. Can I expect Sojal to dig out truth using a crooked approach, when Aastha's straight-forward approach fails?