Tia's Thread - Compromise!!!

Today I will share a recent incident with you. 

Last week, my husband went to Detroit for about 5 days for his business conference. He left on Sunday and returned on Thursday night.

Whether he goes away for one day or one week, he calls me every night before going to bed.

We generally talk about our days like we do when we are at home and then we go to sleep.

But I think it was about Tuesday night or Wednesday night, I went to take a bath when he called. So I missed his call. 

I thought he didn't call because he was busy or something. Sometimes those corporate parties go on until late. 

And he thought I went to sleep.

Anyhoo, I went to bed. I was about to fall asleep when I got a text. I saw that he said that he missed talking to me today. May be I went to sleep. So he is sending me texts so that I can wake up next morning and see them.

I called him back and asked if he was still up. We talked for just 5 minutes since I was already tired. But that 5 minutes were enough to lift both of our mood until next evening when he called again.

I can't tell you what we talked about in that five minutes. Because I don't remember. All I remember is that hearing his voice made me happy and he went to sleep after hearing mine.

He doesn't have to call me every night. But he can't sleep without hearing my voice.

I don't mind if he is too busy to call. But hearing his voice, even if I don't see him, makes me happy.

We don't need others to tell us how to love or if we love. We know that we love each other more than anything else in the world. 

He doesn't need anyone else to tell him, that he calls me his home.

I don't need anyone else to define my relationship with him, that I call him mine.

The reason I shared this story is because this is what love feels like.

You can't sleep without talking to someone, you miss that person like you are missing a piece of your heart when they are not around and you can't wait to come home when you will see them again.

A love that has to be pushed, manipulated, forced and which without any of these can't even crawl, let alone move - is not love at all.

If you can't feel it within you without someone else forcing it in your mind, it's not there.

But some people settle for less. Sometimes they think they can't get better than what is on offer, some people think that time is running out, some people give in to the family pressure or societal pressure.

As I said before, when you settle for less than you deserve, you will never get what you deserve.

Sonakshi, once again, settled for less than what she deserved. In fact, even less than what she had got in season one.

So at the end of the day, we will also compromise with whatever cheese CVs churn out. Thankfully they got talents like Shaheer and Erica to make those fake cheese appetizing. 

Sometimes I wonder, what this show could have been if script did justice to the talent of the actors. Then I watch first 150 episodes and sigh!!!

Get your bread sticks ready, folks!!! There are a lot of cheese on the way. We will just dip them in and enjoy!!!

Oh and don't forget to lock your brains and past memories. 



EPISODE: The episode starts with Sonakshi is running like nutcase on the street.

A neighbouring aunty asked what happened to her?

Sonakshi says: Nothing happened, aunty. Whatever supposed to happen, happened. I am very happy. I am so happy that I am feeling like my happiness has come out of me and I am running after it.

Aunty: Have you gone mad? What are you saying.

Me: Aunty, I hear ya. I am thinking exactly the same thing. Who the eff writes this trash? I have read better dialogues in trashy gothic novels.

Sona: Aunty, I was mad. I was mad before. But a tall type, handsome type man came in my life and fixed everything. May be he also met you. He doesn't listen to anyone, doesn't do what anyone says, always fights with people. May be he also fought with you.

Aunty: You wait. Wait right here. I will go call Asha. Something happened to you.

Me: Exactly my reaction, aunty. I will say that it looks like early onset of dementia. By the way, isn't it funny that Sonakshi always describes Bhaiya through his looks. She never says a loving, caring, understanding guy came into her life and fixed everything. Wait!!! That's a lie. So I guess she is speaking the truth. Bhaiya only got height and looks.


Sonakshi: Nothing happened to me, aunty. I have fallen in love. Have you never fallen in love? But I am getting late, bye.

Aunty: Take the umbrella or you will get wet.

Sonakshi makes a squeaky sound and runs away with the umbrella.

Me: Haila, Sonakshi!!! You just now fell in love? Then what were you doing in season one? When you day dreamed obsessively, cried buckets, got married, had his kid - was that infatuation then?

And Aunty, poor thing. Her expression is like, poor girl has been let loose from the mental asylum. Since I can't help an insane person, at least she won't die from hypothermia...

I get it, aunty. I get it.


Soha calls Golu and says that her mother went to get her dad.

Radha and Vicky are glaring at Golu.

Golu says: Really? 

Soha says: Saurabh mamu is ordering menu.

Golu: What? But it's a tensed time, no?

Soha: That's how it works in my house. People tensed or happy, we always spend time like this.

Golu: But that's not how it works in my house.

Soha: When Mamma comes naa, that's how it will be there too.

Golu is excited: Really?

Soha: Yes Golu. I am hanging up now. I will have to pray before dinner.

Golu: Will you pray for BigCha and BigChi?

Soha: Yes. I will tell God to reduce Papa's anger so that Papa and Mamma get back together.

Golu: You could have told me earlier. I could have prayed too.

Then disconnect the call.

Me: Ah poor Golu. I feel so bad for him. He is so desperate to have a happy family that he is just counting days until his BigChi comes. He is probably hoping his BigCha and BigChi will adopt him.



Golu sees Ishwari and Mamaji. He runs to Ishwari and says: Badi Dadi, Soha is praying for BigCha and BigChi. Should I pray as well?

Mamaji: What a great thought, Golu. Why not?

Ishwari smiles: Truly, why not? God listens to kids always. I will also chant.

Radha: Jiji, ex gareeb ki beti is thinking that because of that Bangalan the entire decor got ruined.

Ishwari says: Bhabhi, you know her name, right?

Radha: Yes, Sonakshi.

Ishwari: Good. And no hard work got wasted. This house was decorated to welcome my daughter-in-law. And think good, Bhabhi. Dev will surely return with Sonakshi.

Mamaji: Did you hear Radharani? Did you understand or should I make you understand?

Radha chokes on whatever she was chewing on.

Mamaji says: I will try calling Dev once again.

Ishwari says: No, Bhaiya. Let it be. My increasing courage is telling me that Dev will definitely return with Sonakshi.

Mamaji is happy: Wow, today is a great day. I used to tell you always to not bother Dev constantly by calling him. Today you are stopping me. You will definitely get rewarded for this. Guess what?

Ishwari smiles: What?

Mamaji: Lots of tamarind.

Radha and Vicky make exasperated expressions.

Me: One thing for sure. While I have no trust on Bhaiya or his capability to be a good husband or father, now I feel that Ishwari will turn out to be a better mother-in-law than even Asha. Because not only she admitted her mistakes, but made personal efforts to rectify her mistakes. She knows her strengths and weaknesses. In fact, she always did. The only difference is that she didn't want to admit it before and now she openly admits everything.

And now because Ishwari is a staunch Sonakshi supporter, she won't let Radha or Vicky insult her either.


So if nothing else, Sonakshi is getting a good mother-in-law this time. But I just think that had Ishwari not changed, Sonakshi would still not consider Bhaiya. So just like last time, Bhaiya's market value was low due to Ishwari, this time his market value is high due to the same person. That just proves by mathematical principal, he alone has zero value.


Sonakshi is twirling her umbrella in the rain and talks to herself: Just let me find you once Dev Dixit, I will make you drink oodles of coffee and...

She stops and thinks: Why didn't I think of this idea before? He must be in coffee shop. Now run and go there or he will run away.

Me: What a life, eh? Bhaiya keeps running away and Sonakshi keeps fetching him. She was a woman once, now she has become guard dog.


She sees an auto. The driver was sleeping in the back.

She tries to wake him up. He doesn't get up.

So she shakes the auto like rocking chair.

Me: This girl falls at tiny push from Bhaiya and rocking the auto like baby swing. Logic ki Bhaiya giri.

The auto guy very politely says: Why are you waking me up, madam. Take some other auto.

She looks at the auto and thinks that it looks like a car.

Me: But it ain't a car, you idiot.


She throws aunty's umbrella and hops into the auto to start driving.

The auto guy wakes up and says: Madam, what are you doing?

Sonakshi says: Train can be late, flights are never late. Besides you got the best seat to see world's best love story.

Auto guy pleads: Don't do this madam.

Sonakshi: Arre sit and watch. And enjoy!!!

Auto guy keeps pleading but who the hell cares about a poor man's livelihood? Sonakshi starts driving.


Me: First of all, general negligence/misuse of others' property is not romantic in my book. 

Secondly, only arrogance of Bhaiya and Sonakshi can assume their lau story is the world's best lau story which by the way walks slower than cow cart, has longevity record of less than 20-20 match, is based on lies and manipulation. 

Yet I hear ya CVs, shut up and enjoy whether you want it or not. 

Thirdly, last time I checked, she was a millionaire. She also now can drive a car. That means she either has a car or has cab service on call like uber or ola which she must use regularly for business. Then why is she, like a moron, stole this auto when she could have made a call and get a car? 

Fourth, how did she know that Bhaiya is taking a flight? Bhaiya said he is going away for a few days. He didn't say where and how. 

Fifth, if Bhaiya is indeed going out of the country, then he will need his passport which normal people don't carry around. He was dressed to get engaged. So obviously he didn't have passport in his pocket. Usually people keep passport at home and as far as I know, most of countries require a visa for people with Indian passport. So a. he had to go home to get the passport, b. Visa doesn't happen in half an hour.

So he can't possibly fly tonight without a passport and/or visa. Just like someone who can drive a car, doesn't mean she can also drive an auto.

So may be considering the no. of holes, we are being served Swiss Cheese now. Ladies and gentlemen, grab your bread sticks.


Bhaiya is getting wet in the rain and making angsty faces. Then he gets on his bike and goes somewhere.

At Bose house, Dida asks Soha: Soha, you were sitting with your hands folded in front of God, how did you came to play video game then?

Soha says: If I win this game, Mummy and Daddy will make up.

Dida says: Who said this? God? 

Soha: No, Goluji said this.

Me: Awww... Golu has inherited her uncle's logical reasoning. 

Dida laughs.

Saurabh: Whether you win or not, I am sure Sona will win. We have ordered so much food.

Bijoy says: One minute. Don't keep chanting their names. I think something good is about to happen. Don't keep talking about them and jinx anything.

Me: Poor Bijoy. He wants his daughter happy so desperately that he doesn't even want to jinx anything for her. But Bijoy, your daughter is hanging onto Dev Dixit. Jinx!!!

Asha says: No, no. Nothing will jinx. Sona...

Bijoy: I just don't want to take any chance.

Dida says: What else she can do? To see you so tensed for Sona and Dev, it seems as if fish came out of the water and jumped in the air.

Bijoy says: Maa, you are calling me fish?

Everyone laughs.

Me: This is a true father. You guys can laugh. But if he was not around, you'd have been crying buckets. This father doesn't ditch his family and run away leaving a 8 year old kid behind. He stands like a wall at all times regardless of how many taunts, insults, humiliation his family heaves on him, even if no one supports him or tries to understands him. Women like Asha deserve Dev Dixit, who would have ditched them at first sign of problem and run leaving them behind to cope. 


Ishwari is fidgeting with her pallu. 

Mamaji says: What are you doing?

Ishwari says: This knot is for Dev and Sonakshi. I will open it when they come back together.

Mamaji: Arre, whatever my sister has asked for these kids, they have got it.

Suddenly lights go off.

Mamaji wonders what is going on.

Golu says: Oh no, the light went out. What will I do now?


Sonakshi comes to a coffee shop and sees someone in blue coat sitting on the table with his head down.

The auto guy runs for life. I guess he is not interested to watch the "world's best romance" from "world's best seat". *SNORT*

Sonakshi comes to that guy and puts her hand on his shoulder.

That guy is someone else.

Sonakshi starts shouting: Who are you? And where is Dev? This is Dev's place. What are you doing here?

The guy says: Madam hello?

Sonakshi still shouts: I came running to meet Dev. What are you doing here?

That guy says: What are you saying? Are you mad?

Sonakshi holds his collar: I am not mad. I want to meet Dev. Tell me where is he?

That guy shrugs her hands off: What nonsense is this? God knows where these people come from? 

He walks away.

Sonakshi is looking utterly demented now.

Me: Do any of you have any doubt that she has lost her marbles? I don't have any doubt at all anymore.


She walks around and says: Dev, where are you? You can't play games like this with me, Dev. I was coming to you. But that doesn't mean that you can't come to me.

She sits down at the floor holding a chair.

Me: He can and he will in future as well. You know, why? Because it works. Every. Single. Time. Who changes winning strategy which worked before? Didn't you turn crazed women AFTER he played games with you? But this time, he is not playing games. This time, he is running away. 


Just then she hears Bhaiya's voice. He is shouting at coffee shop employee: Not now? If not now, then when? Tomorrow? Go and get me a coffee.

Me: Wow!!! What a pair. Both now treat poor, hardworking people like their slaves who are there to be supporting characters in their life whether they want the role or not. I was wrong. I thought they have zero compatibility. Yesterday we found one. Today, we found another. Both are users now. It's a match.


Sonakshi looks at him open mouthed and then slaps her head.

Bhaiya turns and sees Sonakshi sitting on the floor with her hand on her head.

Sonakshi gets up.

Bhaiya comes to Sonakshi: What happened, Miss Bose? Your guilt was bothering you so much that you came here too? Or do you want me to introduce to another girl?

Sonakshi shakes her head quickly.

Bhaiya: Tell me, where are my to-be wives?

Sonakshi makes innocent face: I didn't come here to introduce you to someone else. 

Bhaiya: Then go from here.

Bhaiya walks away. Sonakshi goes after him: Dev, Dev wait. Listen to me.

Just then the coffee shop guy comes with a cup of coffee. 

Sonakshi happily takes it.

Bhaiya: What is this? You took away my coffee too? How can you take my coffee without asking?

Sonakshi: Really? You took my heart without asking. This is just a coffee.

Bhaiya: I haven't heard worse line than this before.

Me: Me neither. High five, Bhaiya!!!

Sonakshi says: It sounds better in English. When you stole my heart, but this is just a cup of coffee. Still no?

Bhaiya is exasperated: Never.

Me: Yep, it sounds equally bad in English.

Bhaiya orders another coffee.

He glares at Sonakshi: She stole my coffee with my peace of mind.

Sonakshi gives a cutesy smile: Damn you, Dev Dixit. You look really handsome in anger.

Bhaiya: Seriously?

Me: Yes, I agree Bhaiya. Seriously? Even with that Tere Naam's Sallu Bhai hanging locks? 


Bhaiya sits down. Sonakshi also pulls in a chair and sits down in front of him.

He asks the coffee guy to bring the coffee fast.

Sonakshi drinks his coffee a bit and than extends to him signalling that he can have it too.

Bhaiya says: No. My coffee is coming.

Sonakshi says: Arre? I sipped from this cup. It will taste even sweeter.

Me: And what about whatever bacteria is eating your brain, Sonakshi? What if they are contagious?


Bhaiya's coffee arrives. He says: There, I have my coffee.

Sonakshi shrugs. She scratches her head: I am saying such stupid lines.

Me: Yes, trust me. I know. We had to hear them, remember?

Sonakshi gets up and sits beside Bhaiya but there is no space. So she slips.

So of course Bhaiya catches her.

Bhaiya: Your physical balance is also shaky like your mental balance. Sit over there. Silently.

Sonakshi sits down on the chair again.

Me: I agree. OMG. Bhaiya, this is probably the first time when I am agreeing with you so much. Even you noticed her mental imbalance, no?


Sonakshi is about to get up again when Bhaiya says: No. Keep sitting. Silently.

Sonakshi thinks: Like extra cheese, these cheesy lines are also injurious to my health. I will have to think something else. What should I do? Yes, I will trick him. It always works.

Me: OMG, I agree with you too. What is happening to me? Sonakshi, those lines are also injurious to our health. So kindly improvise. Next time with less cheese.


Sonakshi gets up and goes to Bhaiya: Dev, I... Dev, me...

Bhaiya: You again got up?

And she falls on him and he catches her. Oldest trick ever except when the guy doesn't catch you. 

Except coffee fell on a guy.

He said: You threw coffee on me. Can't you see?

Bhaiya says: I am sorry. Really sorry. I don't know why she keeps slipping.

Sonakshi makes innocent face.

Me: Seriously? I thought you said you will reduce cheese. This is now turning into triple cheese toast.

That guy says: Madam is also mad. She is running around for such a long time. You should leave mad people at home, no?

Bhaiya says: Sorry.

The guy leaves.

Bhaiys tells Sonakshi: Sonakshi, please you go home now. I can't want to talk to you right now. If you stay any longer here, everyone will call you mad.Sonakshi says: But I Dev...

Bhaiya: Sonakshi, you have done MBBS. But they haven't taught you how to flirt. You flirt really badly. 

Me: *Nods head in agreement*

Sonakshi: This is also your fault. 

Bhaiya: Because of me.

Sonakshi: Yes, because I have never flirted with anyone naa? I loved you first.

Bhaiya: Now I am going. And you don't come after me like a puppy.

Me: Bhaiya, ab to Sonakshi is Vodafone's dog. I am glad you recognised it too.


Sonakshi: You called me dog's litter?

Bhaiya: I didn't call you dog's litter, I called you... What I am trying to say is that you stay here and don't follow me. I hope you understand that.

Bhaiya walks away.

Wherever he goes, Sonakshi follows: Dev, dev, dev!!!


Bhaiya sits on his bike. 

Sonakshi says: If you are here, then I am here. You complete me. Please don't go.

Bhaiya is shocked.

But of course, she didn't jump when he said jump, didn't get manipulated when he set the game and how he planned it. So bhav khana to banta hain.

(Attitude is must)

So Bhaiya is like: Move. Move Sonakshi.

Sonakshi takes away the keys to his bike and throws it.

He says: When did you learn this madness?

Sonakshi: Love taught me madness too. Our ways are one. Wherever you go, I will come after you. Just give me one chance.

Bhaiya: I am giving you one chance. Once last chance. Now don't come after me.

Me: Umm... Correct me if I am wrong. But what kind of chance is walking away? That's like giving no chance, no?


Sonakshi stops him: Dev, wait. 

She walks away, grabs a bottle from somewhere, tears off the rind and uses it like a ring.

She sits down on her knee.

Bhaiya says: This is not the place to behave like a mad person. What are you doing? 

Sonakshi: I am doing what you said. You told me to wait here. I am not going anywhere. Wherever you want to go, go. I will wait for you here. Just remember, a girl is waiting for you here who loves you very much. She is waiting for her prince charming who grabs her and looks into her and says that he also loves her a lot.

You had said Dev, when you love, it becomes love story. But when you maintain that love, it becomes fairy tales. I will wait for my fairy tale here.

Me: Jeez louise, cheez whiz. I can't take anymore cheese dropping dialogues. I swear I am gaining weight just hearing them talk. So please don't talk, just start dancing or kissing or making out. Just don't talk.

I mean, Bhaiya's dialogues didn't even apply to him. He was the one who didn't do anything for his love, let alone maintain that love. But this moron is reciting them as if that is straight out of God's mouth.

Bhaiya: Go away from here Sonakshi. I am not your prince charming. I am your buddy. Did you forget? Go away or you will get old sitting here. 

He hops into his bike: Go away, Sonakshi.

And he drives away.

Me: No worries on that. Sonakshi as it is thinks that she isn't going to get any better than you. Not to worry, Bhaiya. Your doormat from now on will permanently leave her personality in her father's home. Guaranteed!!!


The coffee shop guy says: Go away, Madam. Or he will go too far.

Sonakshi shakes her head: He will come back. I am Sonakshi Bose and he is Dev Dixit. He won't go anywhere leaving me behind.

Me: Specially since now you are Mummy approved rare piece equipped with ready made kid and baby making equipment. You actually managed to hit all the check boxes. Congratulations!!!

He managed to leave you before because you didn't hit all the boxes in his checklist, naa.


At Bose house, they have lit candles. 

Bijoy says: Asha, do you remember I had proposed you in such candle lights.

Asha says: How can I forget Bijoy? You had given me chana (roasted chick peas) instead of Rose.

Ronita laughs: Really?

Bijoy gets irritated: You just remember this? Did you have to say this? 

Asha: No no. I also remember that they were my life's luckiest chana.

Bijoy smiles.

Me: I would take chana over rose any day. I am a foodie.

In fact when my husband proposed to me, I was distracted because I was getting hungry and watching baby ducks in a pond.

He had to shout my name a couple of times to get my attention while sitting on his knee. He laughs about it now. But got splinters on his leg from the wooden deck then which I later plucked with my eye brow twizzers. Sigh!!! Those were the days. 


Anyhoo, of course Bhaiya returns. After all checklist found a match and he wants to hear some more begging.

Sonakshi is shocked which means she was shooting her mouth. But happy to see for once her lofty claims about Bhaiya was correct.

She smiles: I knew that you will come back.

Bhaiya: I don't have much time. Say what you want to say fast.

Sonakshi says: I am first person who is saying sorry in her proposal.

Me: You are also the first person who is saying for NOT getting tricked. But then, there is always a first time.


Sonakshi again gets down on her knee again: I am sorry that I took so time to propose you. I am sorry that when I should have been happy, I was feeling guilty. When I should have felt guilty, I was running away from my feelings. I am sorry that I wanted to get you get married to someone else. I am sorry that I said sorry. I am sorry that I didn't say I love you to so many years. I am sorry that I didn't see your face every morning in past seven years. I am sorry I cursed you a lot. I am sorry for everything. 


Me: Now your turn Bhaiya. Now you can say sorry for all the people whose face you saw in the morning for the past 7 years/8 years/who cares. Go for it. No? Well, why would you? You don't have to do anything. 

I swear, next thing I will know that the whole Bose and Dixit family will say sorry to Vicky and Radha for not letting them fleece them. Isn't that the trend? The person getting played says sorry to the player?


Sonakshi continues: I said everything. But I didn't say what you wanted to hear. Dev Dixit...

Bhaiya walks to the bike.

Sonakshi: What? 

She gets up: Dev?

Bhaiya: What happened? Why did you stop? You said you will never get up. Did you forget? 

Sonakshi again starts to get on her knees.

Bhaiya stops her holding her hands.

Sonakshi looks down and sees Bhaiya has a ring in his hand.

She smiles and looks up.

Bhaiya smiles too.

Me: Awww... Nisha didn't get it. You did. You are soooo lucky, Sonakshi. I mean I am sure both of your ring sizes match. Or Bhaiya may had to buy two rings. India doesn't even have a return policy. 

I mean if Nisha didn't stop the engagement, this ring would have been on her finger, no? 

Cho romantic!!!


Bhaiya: I have kept it carefully. You forgot? Today is my engagement.

Me: Doesn't matter with whom. But you got selected. Congratulations!!! You are the new bachelor's winner.


Bhaiya puts the ring on Sonakshi's finger. Sonakshi puts the bottle rind.

Sonakshi: You probably have to say something.

Bhaiya: You had been speaking nonsence for so long. But you didn't say what I wanted to hear.

Sonakshi now recognises silent commands: I love you.

Bhaiya walks backwards, opens his arms: I love you too.

Sonakshi jumps into his arms.

Music plays in the background.

Me: Now that they have stopped talking, I can enjoy Shaheer and Erica's brilliant acting. 

Honestly I'd have enjoyed these scenes a lot more if I watched this episode on mute.


People in coffee shop clap. Bhaiya and Sonakshi laugh.

They dance in the rain in the song, "Tu Mujh Mein Mujh Se Jyada Hain".

Bhaiya kisses Sonakshi in the forehead.

Me: See? These scenes are so well-executed without any dialogues? I think someone should kidnap the script writer. Shaheer and Erica's expressions are enough for me.



PRECAP: Sonakshi come home. Everyone screams surprise. 

Bhaiya goes to his home. 

I am not sure which home has Welcome, Mrs. Dixit banner. But it looks like Bose house.

Ishwari cries and hugs Bhaiya.

Bhaiya says: Now you will not cry anymore. No one will be sad in this house. There will be just happiness here.

Ishwari: Not just like before. But even more than before. 


At Bose house, Asha asks: So what should I call you? Miss Bose or...

Sonakshi shouts: Mrs. Dixit.

Me: And the deal is signed and delivered under duress. The End!!!



NO RULES!!! YAY!!!