|| .-*-. Happy Birthday Deepika Singh Goyal .-*-. ||

Sandya K was an innocent Girl who had never ever bothered about the actual world. Her parents and her brother had cocooned her in such a way that she was aware of only 1 thing in life that is to study, study & study so that she can have the IPS cap on her head which will make her father proud of her. It was her parents dream to make her an IPS officer.

Though Sandya lost her parents, her brother and sister in law did not made her realize that she is orphaned, though she felt the void of their love. But as we all know, the fate played its role in a crooked way in the form of her brother dream project in USA. As becoming an IPS officer was Sandya's dream, working on the US project was her brothe Ankur's dream. Moreover it didn't creep up all of a sudden, both Ankur & his wife's papers were ready for their departure when Sandya's parents were alive. When it came to a stage when Ankur had to choose between his dream & his sister's dream, he but natural selected his dream as Sandya could have got another chance to study where as if he loses that opportunity, he would have lost his entire dream (in fact that was his parent's as well). He never bargained on his responsibility towards his siter. Since he had only 15 days left to join to his duty, as a dutiful brother, instead of leaving her on her own in this wicked world, he chose to get her married to a good guy who could take care of her responsibility and fulfill her dream. Here also fate played its cruel game, he was not even aware that the groom was only school educated and has not studied and thought of dropping the rishta but marriage broker's cajoling & the phone from his company made him to choose Suraj for his sister. Yes, she was shocked when she realized her husband is not a MBA holder but an Halwai but that was her destiny (chosen by her parents at their last breath).

One thing we need to understand that neither Suraj nor his family was aware of Sandya's educational qualification as they were informed as she is only 7th standard passed. Bhabo was looking for a wife for her son who can take care of him in all respects and help him in his work the way her other DIL (Meena) helping her husband Vikram in his shop.

As the days passed, Suraj realizes that his wife has zero knowledge in the field of Cooking and household work (he realized that when he get hold of her cooking recipe book along with his waste paper books). So when Bhabo challenges her neighbors by inviting them for a feast cooked by Sandya, he chose to help her indirectly by teaching her the dish the previous night. This was because he had to take care of 2 people, one is his wife and the other his mother's pride. Mind you, even Suraj was not aware of Sandya's secret (education). It came as a shocker to everyone including Suraj, when Sandya's photo was published in newspaper along with her result. Though hurt, Suraj chose to support Sandya as he came to know about her brother's mistake and even Sandya was lied by her brother. With the deadline of 15 days, Sandya realized what a good companion Suraj is but please don't mistake it as love. Since Sandya was comfortable with whatever life she has with Suraj, her friend cox her to realize that Suraj might not be contented with that much alone. She triggers Sandya conscious about is Suraj happy without any further developments in their relation. So to make Sandya realize the actual life, she gave her the divorce papers which were misunderstood by Suraj. This leads them to the bus accident with which Sandya will get her mother in Bhabo and Friend in Suraj but is loves suraj, she herself doesn't know and will not break her head on thinking in those terms. But Suraj had realized his feelings for her. He had fallen head over heal for this innocent, soft hearted girl who was ready to face his mother's wrath just to help his brother study further by secretly helping him with her saved money.  He had fallen for her nature to accept her mistakes (if you call them so) and how truthful she was in fulfilling her punishment by filling the containers with water from the street tap. Her never to die spirit wa an amazing thing which attracted him like a magnet.

Then they were destined to travel to Singapore for Suraj's Cookery competition which led them to come little closer and Suraj came to know the true carefree nature of Sandya. He fell yet again for her innocence and dedicated nature to help him out. The way she took care of Suraj on every stage made bhabo change her mind towards Sandya and thought she is the best wife for her son. By the even Sandya started having different feelings for Suraj though she could not give a name to that emotion. Suraj's selfless nature, his simplicity, not to get carried away nature, the way he cares for his parents, his brothers and his sister and the way he give her a place in his home and heart (without any expectations) was enough to kindle a sweet feeling in her which she show cased during their night out at Singapore. His determination about his culture (when he refused to cook non-veg despite knowing that he may get eliminated from the contest) made her proud of him while he felt proud for her patriotism. Though everyone appreciated Suraj's victory in cooking competition, I proudly say his victory was that he swoop his wife off the floor and made her accept her feelings though verbally.

Then came the infamous Bomb blast by Rajkumar and during then, they realized how much they mean to each other. When Sandya saw Suraj at Rajkumar's gun point, she had a mini heart attack but she didn't lose her concentration as it was not only her husband but the whole city of Pushkar was at risk. When she dragged chotu away from the crowd, she was literally worried for the whole society and she started running with the blazer, Suraj could not realize what was happening to his wife and why she was running like a maniac but when she slipped off the cliff and heard the bomb blast, he was shattered as if he lost his soul and when she surfaced from the cliff, the bone cracking hug he gave her was the evidence for his love for her and her reciprocation in public was the seal for her love. At that moment they were ignorant about the surrounding, their parents and the society and all that mattered was they were safe and sound and were in flesh & blood.

Suraj was proud of his wife when the SP of Pushkar praised his wife on her bravery and suggested that she is more worthy to wear the Police cap and made her to wear his cap. But that itself broke Bhabo from within. On the day of bomb blast, Bhabo made it clear to Sandya that she wants a DIL (bahu) not an officer.(She said in clear words that she wants her as Lakshmi but not as Saraswathi or Durga mata) who helps everyone but keep her near and dear ones always in anxiety. She wants her son to have a peaceful life not one with fear. By then even Sandya realized that it is better to keep her mother in law happy and that was one reason she didn't want to join to the college. (though hurt). But Suraj didn't want to be selfish and the words by the Commissioner about Sandya were still ringing in his ears, so he decides to blackmail Sandya to get admission to the night college but here both made the blunder by not informing the family. With this Sandya realized how much Bhabo means to Suraj and how much they have hurt Bhabo with their lies. Then comes the matka challenge and I am not sure whether Sandya was really that hopeful that Bhabo will agree for Sandya becoming an IPS officer.

Once she realized about LC issue, it dawned on Sandya that however hard Bhabo try to train her mind, Bhabo's heart doesn't accept Sandya as IPS officer and with that she voluntarily accept her fault (she didn't get chance to defend herself with 1st matka) and break the 2nd Matka. May be Suraj realized this (her fickle mind towards her goal), So gambled her 3rd matka by keeping it as the security as his faith, trust & confidence in Sandya's capability. So Sandya decides to work hard to safeguard her 3rd matka but then came the big blow in the form of bhabo's option to choose either family or IPS. The girl in her, I mean Sandya as daughter, Sandya as daughter in law, Sandya as a wife, Sandya as sister in law, choose the family and proved that she is Sandya Kotari & Sandya Suarj Rathi. But when she realized that just by throwing away the victory she crushes her husband's dream, she regained herself at the last minute and won the competition and also saved her husband from his heart ache. But did she really think the situation will be quiet just because her husband assured her that he will make everything right? NO, she had her own doubts because as daughter, she knew she had failed Bhabo because Bhabo also had the same faith which Suraj had on Sandya but they both chose the different spots for Sandya. As a husband Suraj had hope that his wife will not fail him by losing the contest and as a mother Bhabo thought her daughter (DIL) will not fail her by winning the contest. To be frank with, Bhabo's faith was much stronger than Suraj's and infact Bhabo was too near to her victory than Suraj.

Here came Suraj's challenge of 15days to Bhabo and they shifted to the next road and it took a lot of Sandya's energy and efficiency in acting to draw bhabo's attention. She did all sorts of weird things to win over Bhabo as she knew her husband's strength & weakness is his Bhabo. Unless she brings them together, she can't have a peace of mind and neither her husband will have any and so is her mother. So she made all arrangemenst for Chavvi's last rakhi @ her maika a memorable one by spending her prize money to buy an expensive jewelry to her nannad and then gave away her jewelry when realized her Bhabo has been fooled by some miscreants. She even helped the Polie to nab those cheaters. She ensured Bhabo sent food for her son by choosing the rotten veggies and burnt roties. With all this Bhabo realized one thing that is however high Sandya study, she will not forget her duties towards her family and whole heartedly welcomed her kids' home. All this while even though Suraj's desires were too hot, he didn't want her to get distracted and so, he used to be a head master whenever she was distracted from her goal.

Later on Bhabo & Babasa's wedding anniversary, Sandya thought of celebrating the same with grandure and asked Suarj to get some things form market which made him relish with sweet nothings thinking she is planning a surprise for him but yet again she showed him her mischievousness. When Bhabo & Babasa talked about the sath vachan and how they stood by those vachans, Sandya realized she never took those vachans during her wedding, as she was grieving for not able to continue her studies and her dream to become an IPS Officer.  So without Bhabo inviting, she invented some reason to join BB to visit the Kuldevi temple alongwith her husband and ensured she remarried him with all the rituals and there winning Bhabo (off course stunning her as well). Here in the name of rituals, she offered herself to her husband with heart & soul and mingled with him for the life.

Then her struggle @ the PA as she was more inclined towards her family than her goal to become an officer. During this phase came the pub incident where Sandya was part of the team visiting the pub to celebrate a teammate's birthday. When all started talking rubbish, Suraj had full faith in his wife and he showed every one that she was still following all the traditions even while being miles away from home. Even when they get a false alarm on Sandy being pregnant, he was the one who made her understood that her goal (rather his goal) is that she becomes successful in her training and that faith made her to pass all the hurdles with cool mind. It was Suraj's faith which gave her the courage to fight the all the odds and win the Trophy. And when she saw Suraj feeling proud of her during the ceremony, she felt the satisfaction for all the trouble she took to complete the course.

Later was the hijack and the aftermath but their love won the test and shone like the gold after putting into fire. That followed by her pregnancy track & baby donation. During this entire crisis they stood firm for each other as each other's back bone and supported one another. Even when Ankur slapped them with a restraining order, they didn't blame each other but grieved for each other's pain. When Suraj took the bold decision to sell his sweet shop and start a new venture to build a huge HOTEL, she stood by his decision and encouraged him. Had it been any normal wife, they would have discouraged him by giving all the reasons of failure and their future but for Sandya, she had faith in her husband's faith and that is what stood tall.

Even when she had to choose to go underground for her nation, she ensured that none of her family or none of the civilians were hurt. Even staying away she is still alive in Suraj's heart despite Suraj performing the last rites for Sandy's dead body, his soul believes in her existence as their love is not physical bounded but above that level. Had it been only physical bound, Suraj's mind would have accepted her death news and moved forward. But their love is eternal and they are bound by soul. And if something fatal had happened to his soul, he would not have lived by now. His soul believes that had Sandya died, in that precise moment even Suraj would have died and if he is alive that is the proof that Sandya is alive. This is level of love Suraj has for Sandya.

Had Sandya known that her Suraj is weak minded and may succumb to her death news, she would never have accepted the task. She knows that whenever she is in trouble (even minor), her Suraj is there to help her and that is what it showed while she was stepped on the thorn. With his virtual presence, Suraj soothed her pain and she could come back to normal and concentrate on her goal instantly. The memory of Suraj is the driving force for Sandya and her faith in him were unmatched and even God couldn't separate them and it was shown in the form of broken marriage of Lalima & Suraj.

Her struggle didn't stop there, her brother in law Mohit yet again proved the rotten tomato in the family and when he was trying to molest Lalima, his mother hit him hard which resulted in his death and to save his mother, Suraj tried to obliterate evidences and even went to an extent that he manhandled his wife so that she doesn't end up arresting his mother. With this she had no other opting but to take action against Suraj as he was not coopering with the proceedings and was in the verge of losing her husband and she with her brain and bravery finds out that Lalima was involved in this case and so she finally gets her to the court but in the end her MIL came to court and accepts her act and says she herself killed her son as she could not bear her son could spoil the virtue of a girl and for that she has no regrets and was ready to face the death sentence. Here Sandya with the help of her SIL Meena and other ladies enact a plot which opens the eyes of the prosecutor and the Judge and she get back her Mil sound and safe.  Yet again Sandya neither failed as a DIL, wife nor as an IPS officer.

Then comes the Flag hoisting at Pak which resulted in Terrorist attack on Pushkar on large scale which involved her co sister Arzo. Though Sandya decide and predict Arzoo as a terrorist based the available evidence, the moment she realized she was wrong in accusing / convicting Arzoo and Arzoo was innocent, she went against her department which resulted in revolt against her and her family but she fought for justice and proved Arzoo innocent and brought out the pseudo politician who was involved with terrorists being in home ministry. Though the people and department praised her for this, they never realized what pain she and her family underwent because of their mistrust and continued in her duty with her path always being in honesty.

The way she handled Maasa and Emily case was a classic case where she used her trained brain but still had her family relation intact. Then came Suraj's accident where his spinal cord was affected and left him paralyzed. When she realized he was dying within on seeing his shop losing its name and fame and quality,as a responsible wife, she took the decision to take over the shop on full pledge and for that she didn't hesitate to quit her IPS job which was her living dream. And her way of tackling with bank robbers was yet again a feather in her IPS cap. Let us wait and watch how this lady deal with her son  / nephew Vansh who has realized he is not a Kotari  by birth and is on hurt feeling thinking his parents especially his mother didn't love him and if she loved or wanted, she would not have given him for adoption. Hope she resolve his hurt and make him understand that though he is her nephew now, it doesn't mean he is less loved but he has got love of 2 mother and 2 fathers and he is fortunate to have such dotting parents as Kotaris and sister Bulbul.

Deepika started her journey in this show as a carefree girl who had nothing but study in her mind and even eating was treated as an extra job and that was taken care by her mother or SIL by feeding her while studying. Such girl shaped up into a DIL who could win over the strict and shrewed / narrow minded Bhabo and being loved as her daughter. The sensitive girl who cared more for her MIL and was unable to concentrate on her training at PTA, finally ended up as a topper and won the acclamation of none other than her critic senior Officer Singh and her fellow cadet Zakir who always wanted to be the topper and had all the necessary ingredients for the same in him. Deepika has grown along with her character Sandya and that is evident in her casting of Sandya, the SSP of Pushkar who is a sensitive still ruthless officer, a doting mother, loving sister and well appreciated daughter in law of Pushkar.