Anokhi's Journey of Love: Beginning vs Now - Page 4

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Awesome post by you, dear! 👏⭐️

Originally posted by: lavs_157

Hi Prats!
Thank you for making this wonderful post.
I am ready with my thesis. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Bear with me, for I always have a lot to say. 🤣

Before talking about Anokhi’s journey of love, let me talk about Love itself. Or to be precise my idea of it.
Let’s first establish that everyone has there own idea about love, and we all love/show our love in the way we understand love the best.

The beauty of Love is that, it can happen to anyone at any time. Sometimes it takes years for someone to fall in love with a person they have known all their lives, sometimes it just takes a minute to fall in love with a stranger who touches something in your heart, and sometimes the love builds over an attraction and admiration and an emotional connect. Recognizing those feelings is another ball game all together. So I don’t feel that her realizations were rushed. Just that she was more layered in her expression of her feelings unlike Shaurya, whose restlessness we could see and know from his monologues.

I feel Anokhi’s journey into love falls in the third category i mentioned. The first time she saw Shaurya, her eyes were twinkling hearing his achievements and accomplishments. And added to that he was very charming and handsome. She was obviously not attracted to him then, but there was an admiration and intrigue. But, the next moment his disrespect towards Aastha made her see him in a different light. But I don’t think Shaurya or Anokhi ever hated each other even when they were at loggerheads.

And how can I forget the dard dialogue. Despite standing at opposing ends, she is the first and perhaps the only one who could see the pain in his eyes, masked by the anger and abrupt behavior. How could she have seen that pain, if she hadn’t looked closely and felt his vulnerability. How could she have even realized his hurt, if she hadn’t been deeply emotionally involved with him by then. His words and gestures always effected her, as hers effect him. She would always wonder why he supposedly hated her so much. Why did his hatred bother her? She knew all the other Sabarwals also looked down upon her, but only his hate mattered to her. She wasn’t in love with him then, but she was emotionally connected to him n did admire him as an educator and wanted his appreciation.

Then came the ragging track. That’s when the dynamics between them started changing. According to Anokhi, Shaurya hated her. But still he went against his family, his sisters, his board members to get her justice. She realized that no matter their personal equation, he will never let any injustice happen to her or anyone. That must have impacted her hugely and left a deep impression about Shaurya in her heart. I think that’s when she started falling for him. Also him protecting her n Babli from Vineet had to have made a huge impact in her heart. The first man in her life, who abhorred physical abuse on a woman to control her. The first man to respect a woman! The seeds of love were sown then.

Aastha missing and riot track brought them even more closer. She saw how he fought to protect her. She felt protected for the first time in life, coz it has never been an experience in her life, she has always had to fight for herself. But, before she could revel in that feeling of being so protected by someone, they got separated. And it hurt her immensely to know that he left her alone. It hurt her very badly, coz she had the expectation from him that he Vil never leave her in danger like that. That is when both of them started feeling deeply for each other and felt disappointed also with each other.

And then came the library track, Anokhi had just moved on from the riot happenings and was again in awe of him for saving her from the goons. But his words, destroyed her. Only because it came from him. Only because she couldn’t bare that, that’s what he thought of her. It would have never impacted her so badly had anyone else said that. Had anyone else said it, she would have complained and fought for justice like during ragging track. She wouldn’t have decided to leave. Her career and dreams behind. It is coz she had already started having deep feelings for him, and it was too much for her to take that the person she has started loving thought that about her. (She still hadn't realized that though)

And when he went to all that trouble to bring her back, apologize to her, and his truth of what happened during the riots track moved her. It bloomed the budding love in her heart. And when he encouraged her to not ever give up on her dreams for anyone and recognized her intellect and acknowledged that she was an asset to SIAC it sealed the deal for her. She started falling hard for him from then.

Also on the way back to Chandigarh, she was so comfortable with him. Even when they had slept literally in each other’s arms, she didn’t feel awkward in any way. I don’t know about others, I will speak for me. As a woman, I always have this internal radar. I can’t fall asleep so easily unless I trust the person I am with completely. She trusted him. N that’s why there was no awkwardness between them ever.

Especially when he barged into the hostel. If she didn’t have feelings for him, she would have kicked him out on his ass. Wouldn’t have spent the night taking care of him without worrying about her reputation. Wouldn’t have been so comfortable wiping his head and making him change. She wouldn’t have taken that right on him. She was by then deeply in love with him, as was he. Their pre holi, holi banters just intensified her feelings for him.

Reema and Kanchan definitely gave them both a push. But not into love. They already were in love. They both gave them a push to realize their feelings respectively. Coz otherwise the kind of people they are, they would not have realized so easily or would have been clueless about others feelings as well.

During the Goa accident and kidnapping track is when Anokhi fell completely, irrevocably and intensely in love with him. Till then she knew she was in love with him, but she didn’t know that she would love him for a lifetime. She faced all the humiliation for him and his love.

Many people had a problem when she went behind him to Goa. I am asking why not? If a man can go behind a girl whom he loves to clear their misunderstandings, why can’t a girl go behind the man for the sake of their love. And that’s how much she loves him.

This is my take on her journey into love with Shaurya.. So no, I never felt her realization to love was rushed. She may not have pondered it in so many words as Shaurya, but her actions definitely showed the effect he was having on her. She loves him as intensely and as passionately as he loves her. There is no doubt in that for me.

Phew!! That was a long one. Hope it wasn’t a snooze fest for anyone. 🙈🙈

Lavs, 🤗

Dil khush kar diya. ❤️

I'm reading your post first thing this morning.

I'm delighted how you penned Anokhi's journey of love so beautifully. ❤️

Reading your post made me recall all ShaKhi moments that contributed to who they are today. Mr and Mrs Sabherwal.

N their love story still has a lot to tell and deepen with time(if its ever possible, koz they are soooo obviously in love with each other, and as you pointed out above, its not a fancy wala love, its true and sincere one, the one in a lifetime wala love), to be tested but still come out stunningly stronger than ever.

Thanks for tagging me. I was eagerly awaiting your post. Which was all the worth waiting!!!!🤗

Big big love to you Lavs.

Btw, who is the one in your dp?

Originally posted by: lavs_157

Hi Prats!
Thank you for making this wonderful post.
I am ready with my thesis. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Bear with me, for I always have a lot to say. 🤣

Before talking about Anokhi’s journey of love, let me talk about Love itself. Or to be precise my idea of it.
Let’s first establish that everyone has there own idea about love, and we all love/show our love in the way we understand love the best.

The beauty of Love is that, it can happen to anyone at any time. Sometimes it takes years for someone to fall in love with a person they have known all their lives, sometimes it just takes a minute to fall in love with a stranger who touches something in your heart, and sometimes the love builds over an attraction and admiration and an emotional connect. Recognizing those feelings is another ball game all together. So I don’t feel that her realizations were rushed. Just that she was more layered in her expression of her feelings unlike Shaurya, whose restlessness we could see and know from his monologues.

I feel Anokhi’s journey into love falls in the third category i mentioned. The first time she saw Shaurya, her eyes were twinkling hearing his achievements and accomplishments. And added to that he was very charming and handsome. She was obviously not attracted to him then, but there was an admiration and intrigue. But, the next moment his disrespect towards Aastha made her see him in a different light. But I don’t think Shaurya or Anokhi ever hated each other even when they were at loggerheads.

And how can I forget the dard dialogue. Despite standing at opposing ends, she is the first and perhaps the only one who could see the pain in his eyes, masked by the anger and abrupt behavior. How could she have seen that pain, if she hadn’t looked closely and felt his vulnerability. How could she have even realized his hurt, if she hadn’t been deeply emotionally involved with him by then. His words and gestures always effected her, as hers effect him. She would always wonder why he supposedly hated her so much. Why did his hatred bother her? She knew all the other Sabarwals also looked down upon her, but only his hate mattered to her. She wasn’t in love with him then, but she was emotionally connected to him n did admire him as an educator and wanted his appreciation.

Then came the ragging track. That’s when the dynamics between them started changing. According to Anokhi, Shaurya hated her. But still he went against his family, his sisters, his board members to get her justice. She realized that no matter their personal equation, he will never let any injustice happen to her or anyone. That must have impacted her hugely and left a deep impression about Shaurya in her heart. I think that’s when she started falling for him. Also him protecting her n Babli from Vineet had to have made a huge impact in her heart. The first man in her life, who abhorred physical abuse on a woman to control her. The first man to respect a woman! The seeds of love were sown then.

Aastha missing and riot track brought them even more closer. She saw how he fought to protect her. She felt protected for the first time in life, coz it has never been an experience in her life, she has always had to fight for herself. But, before she could revel in that feeling of being so protected by someone, they got separated. And it hurt her immensely to know that he left her alone. It hurt her very badly, coz she had the expectation from him that he Vil never leave her in danger like that. That is when both of them started feeling deeply for each other and felt disappointed also with each other.

And then came the library track, Anokhi had just moved on from the riot happenings and was again in awe of him for saving her from the goons. But his words, destroyed her. Only because it came from him. Only because she couldn’t bare that, that’s what he thought of her. It would have never impacted her so badly had anyone else said that. Had anyone else said it, she would have complained and fought for justice like during ragging track. She wouldn’t have decided to leave. Her career and dreams behind. It is coz she had already started having deep feelings for him, and it was too much for her to take that the person she has started loving thought that about her. (She still hadn't realized that though)

And when he went to all that trouble to bring her back, apologize to her, and his truth of what happened during the riots track moved her. It bloomed the budding love in her heart. And when he encouraged her to not ever give up on her dreams for anyone and recognized her intellect and acknowledged that she was an asset to SIAC it sealed the deal for her. She started falling hard for him from then.

Also on the way back to Chandigarh, she was so comfortable with him. Even when they had slept literally in each other’s arms, she didn’t feel awkward in any way. I don’t know about others, I will speak for me. As a woman, I always have this internal radar. I can’t fall asleep so easily unless I trust the person I am with completely. She trusted him. N that’s why there was no awkwardness between them ever.

Especially when he barged into the hostel. If she didn’t have feelings for him, she would have kicked him out on his ass. Wouldn’t have spent the night taking care of him without worrying about her reputation. Wouldn’t have been so comfortable wiping his head and making him change. She wouldn’t have taken that right on him. She was by then deeply in love with him, as was he. Their pre holi, holi banters just intensified her feelings for him.

Reema and Kanchan definitely gave them both a push. But not into love. They already were in love. They both gave them a push to realize their feelings respectively. Coz otherwise the kind of people they are, they would not have realized so easily or would have been clueless about others feelings as well.

During the Goa accident and kidnapping track is when Anokhi fell completely, irrevocably and intensely in love with him. Till then she knew she was in love with him, but she didn’t know that she would love him for a lifetime. She faced all the humiliation for him and his love.

Many people had a problem when she went behind him to Goa. I am asking why not? If a man can go behind a girl whom he loves to clear their misunderstandings, why can’t a girl go behind the man for the sake of their love. And that’s how much she loves him.

This is my take on her journey into love with Shaurya.. So no, I never felt her realization to love was rushed. She may not have pondered it in so many words as Shaurya, but her actions definitely showed the effect he was having on her. She loves him as intensely and as passionately as he loves her. There is no doubt in that for me.

Phew!! That was a long one. Hope it wasn’t a snooze fest for anyone. 🙈🙈

This was so beautiful to read Lavanya! You described Anokhi’s journey to love perfectly. I love how you started by talking love itself. Anokhi’s realization is a little complex owing to so many factors. Be it class, power , Sochi differences , there’s a lot more at stake for her than Shaurya. Her denial and gradual submission could inherently be due to these reasons. Like you said she noticed so many things in Shaurya that she found lacking in the men she was acquainted with.
Her actions in love have always subtle. In the scene where Shaurya goes to Shaan-Aastha’s apartment to ask her to stay, she says that half of the college anyway wants her to leave and pauses and looks at Shaurya for a second. That pause- stare meant a lot. She wanted him to acknowledge that he is not one of them who wants her to leave the college. She wanted to hear it from him.

Small details like this along with Deba’s brilliant acting really helped us understand Anokhi much better . ❤️

Originally posted by: mehr05

Lavs, 🤗

Dil khush kar diya. ❤️

I'm reading your post first thing this morning.

I'm delighted how you penned Anokhi's journey of love so beautifully. ❤️

Reading your post made me recall all ShaKhi moments that contributed to who they are today. Mr and Mrs Sabherwal.

N their love story still has a lot to tell and deepen with time(if its ever possible, koz they are soooo obviously in love with each other, and as you pointed out above, its not a fancy wala love, its true and sincere one, the one in a lifetime wala love), to be tested but still come out stunningly stronger than ever.

Thanks for tagging me. I was eagerly awaiting your post. Which was all the worth waiting!!!!🤗

Big big love to you Lavs.

Btw, who is the one in your dp?

Awww thank you so much Mehr. 🤗
First thank you so much for taking time to read. And thank you so much for your lovely words. ❤️

I am so glad you liked it.
And you are so right their love story has a lot more to tell. And now it has to survive the test of times, which it will. And which will make it stronger. Right now, we know the intensity of their love, now they have to know.

Especially Shaurya has to know the depth of her Love for him.

Lots of love to you to Mehr. Thank you for all your lovely words and genuine appreciation. It means a lot. 🤗🤗

The one in the dp is me my dear. 😊

Originally posted by: lavs_157

Awww thank you so much Mehr. 🤗
First thank you so much for taking time to read. And thank you so much for your lovely words. ❤️

I am so glad you liked it.
And you are so right their love story has a lot more to tell. And now it has to survive the test of times, which it will. And which will make it stronger. Right now, we know the intensity of their love, now they have to know.

Especially Shaurya has to know the depth of her Love for him.

Lots of love to you to Mehr. Thank you for all your lovely words and genuine appreciation. It means a lot. 🤗🤗

The one in the dp is me my dear. 😊

Lavs, you look absolutely lovely! 🤗

Come on CC. We are in desolation. Shagun will strike again.

Originally posted by: rumi_dee

This was so beautiful to read Lavanya! You described Anokhi’s journey to love perfectly. I love how you started by talking love itself. Anokhi’s realization is a little complex owing to so many factors. Be it class, power , Sochi differences , there’s a lot more at stake for her than Shaurya. Her denial and gradual submission could inherently be due to these reasons. Like you said she noticed so many things in Shaurya that she found lacking in the men she was acquainted with.
Her actions in love have always subtle. In the scene where Shaurya goes to Shaan-Aastha’s apartment to ask her to stay, she says that half of the college anyway wants her to leave and pauses and looks at Shaurya for a second. That pause- stare meant a lot. She wanted him to acknowledge that he is not one of them who wants her to leave the college. She wanted to hear it from him.

Small details like this along with Deba’s brilliant acting really helped us understand Anokhi much better . ❤️

Thanks for reading Deepti 🤗

Yes her realization and journey into love was more complex. She had more to lose. She had more to risk. But the courage of that girl is such that she never shied away, scared away from expressing her love for him in the extreme of situations.

Yes. Shaurya always surprised, intrigued and also irritated her. She was never unaffected by him even when she was mad at him. Coz she saw in him, what no one else could see, she saw in him she has never seen in men of her experience.

@bold

This one I overlooked. Yes, she wanted him to say, he is not one of those who wants her to leave. He wants her to stay. He said it in actions, she wanted words. She has always wanted words as well. So when she got it on the bridge, nothing could stop her from going back to Chandigarh, going back to him.

Deba has indeed lived and breathed life into Anokhi. I don’t think we all would have enjoyed Shakhi so much, it not for Deba and KV.

Thanks again for reading. 🤗❤️

Originally posted by: mehr05

Lavs, you look absolutely lovely! 🤗

Come on CC. We are in desolation. Shagun will strike again.

Thank you so much. 🤗❤️

M on the way. 😆