Episode 199

Devi Maiyya's Love

[completion of Marriage]

Love and hate are two sides of a same coin and that's why the intensity of these emotions always remain intact.The only difference is when hate reaches to it's peak , it just dies as fire burns you to ashes by leaving smoke behind.Then love reincarnate in this process with new buds and roses.That's exactly happening here.Khushi is inhaling all the insults of the family and all without uttering a word against her husband. She chooses not to be disloyal to her husband to any extent despite of many incitements and pressure around her.She remains silent and keeps putting up with ignominy and disgrace .She doesn't even let him down and pretend calling him when Buaji provokes her because what goes in between em stays in between em.

She could tell easily that Arnavji forced me but she didn't.That shows her love for him without any doubt."hum ne kitni koshish ki aap se pyar na karne keh liye..."Other side Arnav, who throws their ever built beautiful memory outside the window, yet couldn't close the window completely as he can't snatch away her from him completely as he loves her and can't deny to himself either."itni koshish ki tum se nafrat karne ki..."... 

Khushi walks hesitantly towards her house  knowing that she might not be allowed to enter.As I mentioned it on Payesh wedding segment, "chota sa niwala..." She knows her place very well, an orphan. Buaji and Amma's words reverberating in the back of her head while some society ladies stop to inquire her about her wedding sweetly yet daggering her soul with it.She excuses her when Happiji , a  sincere one shows his concern and congratulate her with warm wishes.Khushi smiles at his gratefulness .This was the only warm and concerned voice she ever heard in a long time.

Amma opens the door for shaky yet determined Khushi.A welcome smile gets clouded by gathering recent events on her path.She sees the society ladies and lets Khushi in to avoid any public humiliation. It is true in our society , the neighbors and their thinking is more important than  their own daughter's welfare .The only person who welcomes her is her Babuji and before she steps towards him with smile, Buaji's taunts put halt on her feet.But she still sits in her father's feet and asks him with her teary eyes ,"Do you miss me..?" and he conveys his concerns and love to her that his love and care for her did not change in this storm.She is still his daughter as she was before marriage...Khushi tries her way to calm everyone and their raging queries but in vain.House ladies refused to take any gift and wanted her to leave immediately.Khushi makes a fake call to Arnav to tell him to pick her up from the Mandir , places the gifts aside and shuts the door bitterly behind her and cuts herself from the family.

RM, Arnav is busy with his laptop to put halt on his restlessness  but can't focus on anything.How can he , Khushi's restless condition always makes him restless.The moment he took out his frustration on his laptop  the phone rings .Payal queries about Khushi and him that they have reached home safely and narrates the whole story to Arnav  which jerks him from his solid ground.He whispers "Khushi..." with immense care and worry Arnav instant wary alertness knowing Khushi is missing,puzzling confusion when Payal mentions she's been calling Khushi and did they reach home safe, rage over Buaji's and Amma's reaction and cutting off phone because of Buaji's interruption shows his love for Khushi and it's strong roots.Barun was awesome in these various expressions.

Disturbed Arnav lies to his Di and excuses himself for Khushi which shows Khushi's thoughts are gripping him and taking place and it's importance in the place of his Di slowly.He climbs down from his high egoistic place to the ground after failing reaching her phone.

He searches her first at common places asking everyone about her whereabouts.  His first stop at bangle shop brings back some pleasant memories as he knows how much she loves these bangles. Vendors matches his bio data with Madhumati's niece but has no positive answer for him.Next , is the channa her fav munching food and yes he hates this girl so much but does know her more than himself.He knows she can't live without food. The vendor confirms that she bought channas and left him. Arnav sets off on his pursuit to Khushi muttering her name in frustration "Khushi Kumari Gupta..", His darting eyes look for her every where, trying to see through every corner of Delhi ..His  mind and heart in calling out for Khushi Kumari Gupta !! like a whirlpool."Where are you Khushi Kumari Gupta ... ?"

While Arnav was wandering through the city in her search , his wife Khushi Kumari Gupta was settling her score with her Mother DM in her real Maika. Sitting quietly in a corner as she declares to DM that she will not talk to her but like every child who gets at her mother tells the whole story to release the pressure and then try to leave by hollow sweet threats but her mother  embraces her in her aanchal with Arti  and the Lori of bells which makes Arnav to come intuitively to her Maika to get his wife after the Pagphera Rasam.Khushi like a small child still puts up her anger choli even though she wants to pray, but still pretends to leave yet DM is not in a mood today to let her child go unsafe till his protector is not here and for that she trolls the bells again and again stopping Khushi from leaving .Khushi s feet refuse to listen to her mind and stop her at the steps. The Arti begins ..Khushi's hands fold themselves automatically for paying obeisance to DM.Her phone is the messenger of DM lying on the ground which brought her husband  here to fetch her.Arnav calls her up ,yells into the phone  and quickly realizes the tolling bell sound and its source. He spots her  and a sigh in relief  runs through him as he has finally found Khushi and her true Maika.  Khushi turns  to leave again but in vain as she spots ASR, her protector yet annoyed husband at the door . She gets panic seeing him in cindering fire as she knows he will not spare her being in the temple and not in the home .Khushi again rushes back to her Mother, her lap by playing hide and seek with Arnav who climbs up the stairs of the temple for Khushi , his happiness as an annoyed devotee .

One day with his pure heart just as today he had lost someone close to him ,his Di and  that day he had Khushi to guide him to his anchor Anjali . He went all the way to the temple but he never entered it because the time was not destined.Today again he has lost  someone who is his world .He is searching for her his Khushi  but He has no Khushi this time to point him in the right direction  yet he does have someone close to them both ..Devimayya !! This time DM Guides him to the place where Khushi is. He gets down , walks towards DM  but This time his feet don't  stop at the steps,He enters the temple and is in the middle of the puja. His presence in front of the DM  has been accepted by DM and she leads him to his Khushi, his happiness.DM is delivering him Khushi who  is awakening his consciousness and his inner feelings to bring him back to her and later he will be again standing in front of DM folding his hands for his Khushi whose happiness is his happiness."Khushi tum ne mujhe behtar insaan banaya..."

It was that day when the two souls were about to be joined metaphorically "Temple Engagement". It was auspicious moment 6:00 PM and it was witnessed by Khushi's DM. In her presence, Arnav and Khushi got engaged in the most ethereal and holy way. Khushi took the blessing from God on her engagement but ASR didn't. 

Today is the day when the wedding rituals which began that day is finally completed. Khushi s bidaai from her Maika in her mother's presence. They have to complete her last metaphoric wedding ritual to start a new life with Arnav. The Temple where she started her committed relationship and this is the same temple where she completed her metaphorical wedding ritual. The fact is how can her honor and integrity be tainted in the holy manner for when she is God's child. It cannot. Today also Arnav is just a mere puppet of DM. Hardly he knows that God has a harsh way of getting things done and God never ever leaves the sides of his devotees. Loop closed indeed.

                       

That day they walked in parallel and went to their individual homes and today they have the same destination and that matters.