Suprabhat Bhagininno!
Merry Christmas 🌲⛄🎂to all those who believe. And what an episode -- it actually radiated the joys of Christmas, of newness, of something taking birth. Isiliye, aaj Christmas ki chutti hai toh aap sab ko bohat jyada pakane wali hoon (see, when you flatter me so much, I have taken it so seriously that I am actually sitting atop a chane ka jhaad 😅🙊) This is a very long post and main vaada Karti hoon ki iski bharpaayi Karne ke liye main teen din Tak aapko bilkul Nahi pakaungi 😅🤗
So here I go:
Chakram niwasis of Chavan niwas, especially the Susheel bahu, must now ready to witness the many "firsts" that are going to come their way. Like Karishma mentioned to Toxic Didi in the kitchen when she was cooking this really exotic poha with jeera and tomatoes 😵 (Poha with tomatoes for lunch?😳 Must be for her two loving Mamajis 😀)
So many 'pehli baar' things that are setting the base for what will eventually become a normal in Chakram niwas. Listing out a few (please feel free to add)
a) The least favourite bahu is being celebrated - her loyal team cooks up a special meal and even her detractors are waiting for her to join the table. (Arey wah! It left a part of me confused. Why are the Makad Gang and their leader joining the lunch celebrations with so much sincerity if they will ultimately oppose the college admission? Aisa to Nahi ki inke maturity level me result hi final celebration hai and now there is no need to take admission. 😂 Or will Bhavani's opposition come as an after thought due to someone else reminding her or inciting her? 🤔 So far, she doesn't seem to question the whole doctor ban na hai part at all) This kind of 'respect' where even Bhavani came up to her to join for lunch because No One was planning to eat without her was a surprise. But then, the underlying reason for this is the fact that everyone in the family now recognises the "respect" that the family's crowned prince Virat has for his wife.
b) The "always proper" chaheeta beta is able to put his own childlike joys for his wife on full public display. When was the last time when Virat exhibited such raw, unfiltered and unrestrained emotions in front of the entire sulking clan without even caring that they were sulking? Right from the pride and joy in his voice when he declared the result -- almost as if, his entire life depended on it to playing a prank on Sai and well, verbally expressing his current 'feeling' for her. Of pride, jubilation, one-ness, certainly adoration and definitely "belonging". This is not the belonging of two romantically involved people yet but there are very mild hues of it. But the pride was about someone "MINE" has made me proud.
c) Haq toh jataya: Oh that moment when Sai held his hand and stopped him from leaving because she needed to take his aashirwad. It was better than 'ek minute rukiye'. It did not need to be said -- the pull back was enough. That moment was the cake of the episode. In full view of the family, Sai held him back and effortlessly placed his hand on her own head as she bent down to seek his blessings -- not as a wife venerating the Pati parmeshwar-- but as someone with a grateful heart with immense respect for this one person. In that moment, Sai actually placed him on the seat of this unspoken 'guide' that he has been to her and will be. She has chosen her own guide, unwittingly. It also reminds me that perhaps of all the aashirwads she sought, his was the MOST important and yet she had almost forgotten about it (as Anamika mentioned in one of her posts, the closeness is such that you don't immediately think of this person as older/paraya). I also feel she did not remember that she missed taking his aashirwad because they were both "equally excited" for this result. He was already on her side in that excitement and it was as if it was 'their combined victory'. So in that sense, he was as much part of the result as she was and not a separate - they were one. Ab khud se kaun aashirwad leta hai?
The GRATITUDE that she feels for Virat is even more powerful than the feeling of love. And the moist eyes and that conscious but definite pat on the cheek saying 'Chin Up', it's your day.
d) Balloons and budhiya ke Baal:
There is a saying 'Bal dhoop me safed Nahi kiye'. With due respect, under the layers of Bhavani Kaku's hair colours, she has the "safed Baal" from her life experiences which gives her the insight she has. But wait -- Did you just raise your hand at Sai? 😳 You tested her reflexes, now don't stretch it too far because she might also know how to surprise and twist your arm around.😅
So, Kaku, Aapke Baal jitne saal me safed huye Hain, kya un saalon me aaj tak aap ke Kisi bhi Chavan scion ne "budhiya ke Baal"(no, no, it's not your hair. It's candy floss😅) and pink balloons ko balance Karke, knees par baith Kar apni dramebaaz wife ko Khush Kiya hai kya? 😅 Nahi na? So please witness this nazaara. This is your sabse chaheeta beta living his life to the fullest with a girl, who's going to get him to break one shackle at a time -- some allembracing shackles of the duties and expectations that you've burdened him with and some which are self-imposed because of the conditioning that he has been raised with. The man you see in those moments is not YOUR chaheeta beta Virat. He is now taken -- taken over by a feeling of wanting to 'create love' around this woman he just adores with ALL her flaws.
So much that the mention of "Tumhari Sai" can only make him beam and look at her with that much more tenderness ❤️ (Chavan saheb, today no chappals for you. Enjoy admiring your candy floss 😅)
The shackles that Virat is unconsciously breaking -- breaking tradition unapologetically, speaking up to the powers, trying to acknowledge the affection he feels for the girl-woman beside him, going out of his way to do the unthinkable in the inflexible setting -- is going to liberate him from the weight of all the crown he has to wear. With a vivacious Sai as his companion, he will end up doing it in ways he wouldn't even know -- subconsciously, involuntarily.
As he said himself he's now also viewing things "Sai ki nazar se". Not too far when they will see themselves through ek doosre ki nazar se.
It makes me turn to this mesmerising song from the Marathi film Jogwa -- which is about two souls bound in shackles of traditions (totally different circumstances and reasons) but the song is so fitting for Sai and Virat that I can't stop myself from sharing it here along with the translated meaning. Please bear with me.The playback is by Hariharan and Shreya Ghoshal. Would recommend if you'd like to hear it, please do to feel it. Also, since it is best conveyed in its actual lyrics that are written in my mother tongue and I am trying my best to give the exact meaning of it:
Jiv dangala gungala rangala asa (My soul is stupefied, immersed and coloured in your hues such)
Piramachi aas tu (that you have now brought a hope of love)
Jiv lagala, laabhala (The soul is attached and has gained so much) dhyass ho tuza (there is unmistakable yearning for you) Gahiwarala shwas tu (like you are the overwhelming deep breath that a choking body needs)
Pailtira neshil (will you ferry me to the other side across the waters) Saath mala deshil (Will you be with me when I need) Kalij majha tu (you are my heart, mind, courage)
Sukh bharatila aala (my happiness is like the sea is in its high tide) Nabh dharatila aala (the sky has just descended and touched the earth) Poonamacha chand tu (you are the full moon it has brought along)
Chand sugandha deil (the moon will give out a fragrance) Raat usasa deil (the night will let out a few sighs) Sari dharati tujhi, rujjavyachi mati tu (The earth is yours, you are the soil that is ready to nurture a new sapling)
Khula aabhal dhagaal tyala rudhi cha ital (there is an independent cloudy in the sky, bound in the shackles of tradition) Majhya laak sajana, hi kakanachi tod maal tu (My precious beloved, break the circular chain of traditions)
Khula kalija he majha tula dila mi aandan (my free-spirited heart I have handed to you as dowry/mortgage) tujhya payavar makhen majhya janmacha gondhan (Your feet will bear the visible tattoo of my life)
The two souls are getting so organically intertwined that there will be no way out of the maze that they will create for just themselves. While Virat gives Sai the roots she needs after being uprooted all of a sudden and also nurture her growth, Sai will be the shade he needs in the sun and the branch holding the the nest where he will come back to.
Chavan niwas will eventually have the baton pass from one generation to the other. It will definitely be in safe hands because the crown prince has actually chosen his co-custodian.
And
e) Yaadon ke mayne:
'Ye shaukh, ye Chah tab tak rehte Hain, jab tak inke Yaadon ke mayne rehte Hain'. What a DEEP line that was? If samajhdaar ko ishara kaafi hai wali baat sach hai toh then it conveyed a TOTAL closure to PP. It was said in context of Sai's memory of Aaba but it also applies to 'true love'
He has no yaadein of the 'true love' any more and therefore no Chah and no ache anymore. He is actively busy making more happy memories with the companion he has. And it is true that the power of replacing memories with new happy memories is the best way to begin afresh. Even if that memory comes back some day, it will not be back as a stinging pain but as a lesson, realisation or experience.
I know the entire interaction between Virat and Sai has been raising questions about her viewing him as a replacement for her father. Not to me. To me, he is the replacement to the vacuum that her father has left behind because after Aaba he is the "ONLY" one who she has in this whole world as her own in whateve little way it is right now. But in the haq se hand holding and the naraazgi drama, I saw it as puppy love behaviour, where you can do some crazy things for each other. That moment when she sees him holding candy floss and balloons from the mirror, in less than a breath her anger vanishes and the two of them behave like typical teenaged lovers 😂 it was such a heartwarming, warm warm scene!
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PP ke upar I saw many posts dedicated today. Ye kaam hi aise Karti hai ki full paisa vasool ho jaata hai. But now, I can see the tinge of her hatred for Virat. It's no longer even the imaginary love, even for PP. She is unable to conceal her contempt for even Virat anymore, given that he is so unaffected by her presence around him that even as he soaks in her bitter words, he cannot let it affect the joy that the moment holds for Sai and him, together. And Haan, you are right Didi, wo Virat ki "Tumhari Sai" hi hai. You must have not noticed but he already acknowledged everything you said in a Yes with that beaming smile of pride he couldn't set aside 😀 waise bhi aap kya sochti Hain usse koi fark Nahi padta bus Aapka parda aur girta jaata hai😒
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Loved Ashwini and Shivani admonish Sai for her over dramatic reaction to Virat going missing. That is what a parent should do when the child is overstepping in a tantrum. Draw a line and show the mirror before the zidd leads to a downfall.
That is exactly what PP's parents have failed to do. Ashwini Aai 🙏🙏🤗🤗 I LOVE you!
I am ending here so that I can reserve thoughts for the lovely holiday discussions on the other threads 🙏
Yahan tak padhne ke liye manapurvak aabhar 🙏
Hugs, love, joys, cheer, cake 🍰 and coffees for all those who care. ho ho ho ! ❤️❤️
Love you all 🤗🤗
Anupamaa
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