Tia's Thread: Partial Truth!!!
Those of you who follow my blog, knows that I am a big stickler for honesty and being truthful. I repeat them pretty much all the time.
This is really important to me. I am sucky at catching liers, ergo, I don't lie and I can't abide them either.
I can digest even the harshest truth, but can't tolerate pretty lies.
However, partial truth are worse than lies.
Because if someone lies, you can accuse them of lying.
But when someone tells partial truth hiding the rest, it's open to your own interpretation.
And the worse thing is that you can't hold them responsible for their deliberate manipulation of the truth. Because they spoke the truth, but you misunderstood due to the vague terms they used.
Lawyers uses those vague, abstract clauses or agreements to re-interpret laws/contracts/agreements.
So it's particularly harmful in business setting.
But it's more harmful in social/familial setting. Because while you can't believe a lier, how can you believe someone who changed the interpretation later because how and what they said before?
Worse, now you look like the fool for not interpreting the information correctly.
And that's exactly how it will be for Ishwari. Had Sonakshi prepared Ishwari with all the information, she'd have been upset and may be she won't have invited Nikki now.
But as time passes, she'd have calmed down and re-think her decision. So that when Nikki and Lakshya come to Dixit house for the first time, their welcome would have been better.
But instead, the half truths tainted Neha and Riya's re-union. How will they enjoy this re-union if Nikki storms off in anger?
And how will Dev and Sonakshi convince Nikki to come back? Will Lakshya return where he wasn't welcomed? Will Nikki return if Lakshya doesn't?
Will Ishwari forgive them for not telling her the whole truth when as a mother, she had the right to know? How would Sonakshi feel if someone hides Soha's information from her? Will she forgive that person?
That's why I had said that,
1. They shouldn't have taken the responsibility to reveal Nikki's relationship to Ishwari because it was not their responsibility. It was Nikki's responsibility.
2. If they do, they should tell the truth completely and honestly and be prepared to answer Ishwari's question and help her understand the situation. AND
3. Refuse to take the responsibility if they can't do it because they themselves aren't convinced and if they think that it's wrong.
You can't sell a product convincingly if you don't believe in it yourself. As much as Sonakshi is pretending that she is fine with Nikki being in a live-in relationship, I could see that she would rather Nikki marries Lakshya and get this live-in turned into a legally bound contract aka marriage.
At least Bhaiya is honest about his feelings.
P.S. Today I have a meeting & I have to leave early. So update will be short and sweet.
EPISODE: The episode starts with Sonakshi telling Ishwari that Nikki loves someone.
Ishwari is shocked.
Sonakshi tells her: I understand that it's tough for you to accept this. But we have to realise that Nikki has grown up now. At some point of time, someone was bound to come in her life.
Ishwari says: Yes, but Sonakshi, even though Nikki has a home in this city, she is living in a hostel because of her stubborn nature. Now making friends and all... Society doesn't put its approval on these kind of relationship. So people with daughters have to be careful.
Me (Facepalming hard): I am trying really hard to not let this bother me because Ishwari is old-fashioned and all and we can't expect her to go completely modern overnight. But this difference between people with son and people with daughter mentality always bothered me. But since it's suited to the character, I will bite my tongue.
Sonakshi says: Maa, I know. But this is Nikki's choice. You know when I went to meet Nikki, she didn't hide anything from me. So that means that she is very serious about this relationship. So we also should be happy for her.
Ishwari says: Who is this boy? Tell me about him.
Sonakshi says: Don't worry about him, Maa.
Bhaiya: Yes, Maa. We have met him.
Ishwari: Okay. Then what can I say? You two met him. Then tell me who is that guy. How is he?
Sonakshi: Maa, I will tell you everything.
Ishwari leans forward to listen: Okay.
Sonakshi: But for now I will tell you this that the boy is very good. And the best thing is that he loves Nikki a lot. Isn't it, Dev?
Bhaiya is on hot seat. He stammers: Yes, Maa. He is a good boy.
Sonakshi says: And I think that you will like him too.
Bhaiya: I think I will go meet his family.
Ishwari isn't convinced. But says: Okay, you two have met him. You two will do whatever is best. But I can't believe that we are talking about my young daughter, Nikki. She grew up so much that she took such a big decision herself.
She leaves.
Me: Incomplete information. Ye Gods!!! Like I said, partial truth is worse than complete truth. Sonakshi, you know that Lakshya and Ishwari work together. So what if Lakshya mentions his girlfriend, Nikki to Ishwari? Then what? Ishwari will have a meltdown at her workplace.
Why couldn't you reveal everything? She is already distressed. How much more distressed she could get in private?
Anyhoo, at Nikki and Lakshya's home, Lakshya is in the kitchen.
Nikki asks what is he doing there for so long?
Lakshya comes out and says: If I tell you what's the surprise, will it remain surprise?
Nikki asks: Won't you eat?
Lakshya says: I ate at work. You taste it and tell me how it is.
Nikki tastes the food and recognises her mother's cooking.
Lakshya excitedly asks: How is it?
Nikki doesn't respond.
Lakshya says: Very nice. It's very nice you are eating it. But tell me how did you like this food?
Nikki asks: First you tell me who made it.
Lakshya says: Intern Aunty made it. She had brought food for me at work. So I saved some from that lunch for you too.
Me: Awww... He is such a sweetheart. He could not even eat the food he loved without sharing with the girl he loves. I love Lakshya. He is a lovely boy.
Nikki cries.
Lakshya asks worriedly: Why are you crying?
Nikki says: Intern Aunty is very bad.
Lakshya asks: Why?
Nikki says: She reminded me of my Maa. My mother's cooking also tastes the same. My mom is world's best cook.
Lakshya says: You are missing your mom? Your world's best cook Maa didn't teach you how to listen to others? Come here.
He feeds Nikki with a lot of love.
Me: Ah, so sweet. There is a lot of sweetness in Nikki and Lakshya's relationship. May be because their base is friendship and focus is on each other. They have figured out who is the top priority in each others' life. For Nikki, it's Lakshya and for Lakshya, it's Nikki.
Even if they decide never to get married, this sweetness won't disappear.
If you ask me, their commitment looks more solid than season one Bhaiya and Sonakshi's relationship whose priority was never each other.
At Bose house, Ronita is clearing the wardrobe.
Saurabh doesn't want to throw out anything because the wardrobe will look empty.
Ronita says that it won't look empty. Most of the stuff is his in the wardrobe and she has her stuff to put there.
Saurabh remembers something and hurries to the wardrobe. He offers to clean it for her.
But Ronita finds baby socks.
Saurabh says that those belonged to Soha, like childhood memories.
Ronita says that Soha's childhood wasn't in 2017 because the socks has tags that says 2017.
Me (facepalming even more): Seriously? These days Socks has manufacturing date? Are they perishable goods? Kuch bhi, huh CVs? Likhne se pehle sochte nehin ho kya?
(Anything, huh CVs? Don't you think before you write?)
Saurabh takes the socks from her.
Ronita teases him: So this is what you had been hiding in the wardrobe.
Saurabh says: I went to the mall yesterday and saw these socks. They were so cute that I bought them.
Ronita says: You are so cute. Wait here.
Saurabh asks after her: Where are you going after catching me?
Ronita opens a drawer and brings out baby shoes. She shows it to Saurabh.
Saurabh says: Who got this?
Ronita says she did because she could not control herself either.
Saurabh says that he had been admiring baby stuff since last few days.
Ronita says that she feels the same. She feels hugging babies on the street.
Saurabh asks does she think that they should...
Ronita says: Kid.
Saurabh says: No, not kid. A lot of kids.
Ronita says: Why a lot of kids? Just two.
Saurabh says excitedly: Really?
Ronita nods.
Saurabh hugs her.
Me: They are as usual adorable and as always on the same page. Both wants kids at the same time. So mini Saurabh is on the way. In fact, mini Ronita will also be on the way along with mini Bijoy, mini Dida and mini Asha (Gosh, I hope not), but mini Obhodro won't come.
Why?
Because his parents decided to devote their life to problem solving and clean living. So clean that they are wiping out any possibility of ever having kids.
At Dixit house, Sonakshi tells Bhaiya: I am sorry. I told Maa without telling you first.
Bhaiya says: No Sonakshi, it's okay. If you had told me earlier, may be I'd have been scared. The way you handled Maa... I thought Maa will get angry, will scold us, but you handled the situation. You didn't let Maa get hurt.
Sonakshi: How could I let my Maa get hurt?
Just then Ishwari calls them.
Mama and Mami also come there with Bhaiya and Sonakshi.
Ishwari got Jassi to take their family portrait down from the wall.
They ask what happened?
Ishwari shows their old family picture without Sonakshi and says: This picture is not right. Sonakshi isn't in there. I want my whole family in one frame so that my kids never stay away from this house.
Bhaiya says: Maa, as you wish.
Sonakshi and Radha both smile.
Me: Hain? Sonakshi ka to mujhe pata hain, lekin Radha kyun has rahee hain? Keys haath aate hi inka bhi personality transplant ho gaya kya?
(Hain? I can get about Sonakshi, but why is Radha smiling? The moment she got keys, did she have a personality transplant too?)
But see the irony. At one point of time, Ishwari wanted Sonakshi to stay out of her family picture and now she thinks that it's incomplete without Sonakshi. She is not upset about Soha or Aru not being there. She is upset about not having Sonakshi in her family picture.
Nikki is thinking about her mother and misses her. She picks up the phone to call. But hangs up the phone.
Then she calls again and Radha picks up the phone. But Nikki doesn't talk to her and hangs up again.
Sonakshi guesses who it must be.
Nikki calls again. Radha is about to pick up the phone when Sonakshi stops her asking about the sweets she got for everyone.
Radha thinks where is the sweets.
Sonakshi ushers her away giving excuse for sweets and tells Ishwari that if the call comes again, she should pick up.
Ishwari agrees.
Nikki calls again and this time Ishwari picks it up.
Ishwari keeps saying hello, hello. But Nikki doesn't say anything.
Ishwari tells Sonakshi that no one is saying anything. She asks her to check.
When Sonakshi picks up the phone, she hears sound of weeping. But Nikki hangs up again.
Bhaiya asks who is calling constantly at this time?
Sonakshi says that her guess was correct. It was Nikki.
Bhaiya is surprised.
Sonakshi says that her guess is that Lakshya must have taken his lunch home and Nikki ate the food and remembered...
Bhaiya says: Her mother...
Me: Good guess. But you better prepare Ishwari fast. You two are behaving as if you have plenty of time. But everyday the time for full disclosure is decreasing.
It's like someone is on Titanic and can see the ship slowly sinking into the water, but staring at the life jacket because they think the water will be too cold. Whether you wear the life jacket or not, you won't be spared from cold water. At least the life jacket will somewhat keep you afloat and give you time to blow the whistle to call for help before freezing to death.
I can just see the disaster approaching.
At Bose house, Saurabh and Ronita comes to Asha and Bijoy.
Asha asks: What happened? Why are you standing like this? You didn't screw up, did you?
Bijoy asks: Saurabh? What happened? Why don't you say anything?
Saurabh and Roniya giggle.
They put the baby shoes on the table.
Bijoy asks: Who these shoes belong to?
Asha says: Bijoy... (She signals him)
Saurabh says: Baba, these shoes don't belong to anyone yet. But these shoes and socks can belong to someone. Ronita and I want to start a family.
Bijoy says: Really?
Saurabh hugs Ronita.
Bijoy says: Oy football. You are not joking, are you?
Saurabh says: Baba, why will I joke about this? Read as much newspaper as you can for a year. You won't be able to read papers after a year.
Bijoy and Asha stand up. They are very happy.
Asha says: You guys are so mad. Does anyone make someone so happy like this?
Bijoy says: I am so proud of you. You two have made me so happy, so happy that I...
He hugs Asha.
Saurabh says: Baba, don't dance on this chance.
Bijoy says: Asha, not tea, today us father and son will drink scotch. Let's go.
He drags Saurabh away.
Asha pretends to be angry but she goes and hugs Ronita.
Me: Typical cute Bose house. But question. Who tells parents that they are starting a family before even starting the process? It's like inviting people for graduation party before the kid even entered kindergarten. No?
I mean, the women in my family even say that one shouldn't speak about pregnancy until the first trimester is over. Because anything can happen in the first three months.
And here they are announcing to whole family even before conceiving. How strange.
Next day, Lakshya is peeking at Ishwari and then decides that he can't wait.
He comes to Ishwari's desk who has headphone in her ears.
Lakshya says: Hello...
Ishwari sees him and takes off her headphone. She says: Hello beta. I completed this much.
She shows her book.
Lakshya says: I know there's still time for lunch. But what did you bring? Can I see it?
Ishwari laughs: Yes, there's no need to ask. See for yourself.
She hands over the lunch box.
He thanks her and eagerly opens the container.
He smiles big: You will make me fat feeding me all this.
Ishwari says: No one gets fat from homemade food. Eat eat...
Lakshya says: I ate your lunch yesterday and took it home to my girlfriend.
Ishwari asks with a smile: Did she like it?
Lakshya says: Yes. I will take some for her from this too.
Ishwari says: You meet her everyday?
Lakshya says: We live together.
Ishwari says: Live together? Without marriage?
Lakshya says: We don't believe in marriage. We don't want to get married.
Ishwari says: Oh. And your families? They have no objection...
Lakshya says: What is there to think about the families who don't care for their children?
Ishwari is shocked.
Lakshya grabs the lunch and says thank you.
Ishwari gives him a fake smile and thinks.
Me: Huh!!! I was right. Lakshya's family don't care about him. That's why he was so envious of Ishwari's bond with her son.
But ouch Bhaiya and Sonakshi. You should have told Ishwari about the concept of live in relationship.
Lakshya explained it worse than you could have.
He didn't talk about the commitment which doesn't need a stamp of approval from society to stand the test of time.
He didn't talk about the equal relationship where no one is more important than the other.
He only spoke about the live-in part where they live like husband and wife without being husband and wife.
Now Ishwari has the whole day to turn this scenario into a desperate situation where a boy and girl have been doing wrong because they have no family and she will reach a horrible scenario in mind.
This is what I was worried about with Partial Truth.
Sonakshi tells Bhaiya: I will call Nikki tomorrow morning. She must have got emotional after eating Maa's food. Before Maa meets her, we should...
She signals Bhaiya. Bhaiya says: Hummm...
Me: See? This is what I was talking about. The way Sonakshi is behaving it's as if she wants to reveal that Nikki is dancing topless in a bar and she can't say it in a nicer way to Ishwari. How will she convince Ishwari when she herself is not comfortable with their relationship?
That's why only Nikki could talk about her relationship because no one else has the motivation and more at stake than her.
Bhaiya is openly uncomfortable about Nikki's lack of marriage certificate. But Sonakshi is pretending to be modern, while she is really not comfortable either.
Ishwari comes there and says: Dev, Sona. Here's Aam Panna (drink made with raw mango which they didn't get at the restaurant).
Me: Wait a minute. Isn't Aam Paan light green in colour? Hence the name - Aam (Mango), Panna (Emerald)? What is this cloudy muddy thing?
Bhaiya is happy. He says: It's my favourite.
Ishwari says: I know. That's why I made it just for you. I didn't make it for my boss. So don't be angry with me.
Bhaiya says: Maa, if you had even made it for him, I won't have been upset or angry with you.
Ishwari is surprised to hear that. But she says: Anyways, it's not necessary that he will like everything I make. Just like it's not necessary that I find him right every time.
Bhaiya and Sonakshi get worried at her tone.
Sonakshi asks: What happened, Maa?
Ishwari says: He said something to me which made me question my belief.
Bhaiya: What did he say?
Ishwari says: Do you know he, with his friend... his girlfriend... live together. Like husband and wife. Without marriage. How can kids these days do this? Don't they care even a little of their family's respect? And why just kids? How can any parent do this? How can they let their daughter live with just anyone like this? And that to without marriage? I know that the world got ahead. But it hasn't moved too forward that the bond between parents and kids get broken. Whatever it may be, but I don't understand this.
She leaves in a huff.
Me: And this is what I had said. It would have been better coming from someone she trusted and the full scenario needed to come out. Now all her imaginations are much worse than the reality. And it will be hard to change that perception.
Bhaiya is worried: Oh no. Oh no. Why did that idiot Lakshya have to say all this to Maa?
Sonakshi says: It's not his fault. At least now we know what Maa thinks about all this. I am scared seeing her reaction. Actually all this fault is ours. When we came to know that Maa works with Lakshya, we should have told Lakshya that. May be this won't have happened and he won't have told her.
Bhaiya: If you had told Lakshya, I am sure he won't keep any secret from Nikki. He would have definitely told her. And now Maa doesn't even know that the girl Lakshya lives with is her daughter Nikki. When she comes to know about that, I don't know what will happen. I am getting worried for Nikki seeing her reaction. I am sure Nikki hopes that Maa will accept her and Lakshya's relationship.
Sonakshi: What can we do, Dev?
Bhaiys thinks.
Me: Both of you are correct. That's actually what I advised yesterday that you two alone won't be able to do everything. People whose concern is this matter, should be involved in this themselves. But you two think of yourself as super hero duo. You think you alone can fix everyone's concern.
Now you are trapped in half truths and half lies by omissions. Now what?
At night, Ishwari is talking to Neha.
Ishwari asks Neha: You and Vinitji will both come, won't you? Yes, I have also called Riya. Nikki? I will call her too.
Then she hangs up the phone.
She thinks to herself and then calls Nikki next.
Nikki sees her mother is calling. She says: Maa, why would she call me? I hope Bhaiya and Bhabhi didn't tell her...
She picks up the phone.
Ishwari asks how is she. Nikki says she is fine and asks about Ishwari.
Ishwari says: You don't about me. You live in the same city. But you don't call me, don't come to see me. But no matter how much you get older, you will always remain my youngest, cherished, naughtiest daughter. Don't you want to meet me?
Nikki says: Yes, I want to see you.
Ishwari says: You come home, Nikki. Dev and Sonakshi have told me everything.
Nikki asks: Everything?
Ishwari says: Yes, everything. Let's not talk about this now. You just come home. Neha and Riya are also coming with all their family. We will take a family picture together, huh?
Nikki says: I will come for sure, Maa.
Ishwari says: I will wait for you.
She hesitates and then says: Nikki, bring with you...
Nikki says: Of course Maa. I will bring him with me too.
Ishwari hangs the phone.
Nikki is very happy.
Me: And this is exactly what I meant when I said why partial truth are more dangerous than lies.
Nikki thinks Ishwari knows everything and accepted her.
Ishwari thinks that she knows everything and trying to keep an open mind.
But we all know including Bhaiya and Sonakshi that only they know everything, no one else does.
In this family, no one shares complete information. They always work as single unit. That's why there are so much chaos in here. Not only that, they don't even include the people who are going to be directly affected by their decision/planning.
Everyone wants to be the saviour of the family, the angel of mercy, the beacon of light. No one wants to be a team player.
Nikki is crying holding the phone.
Lakshya comes there worried and asks: Nikki, why are you crying? Tell me what happened?
Nikki says: I am crying. But these are not sad tears. These are happy tears. Bhaiya and Bhabhi told Maa everything and Maa called us home.
Lakshya says: Really?
Nikki says: Yes. I am so happy.
They hug and smile happily.
Me: Oh boy. I am feeling so bad for these two. Poor things got caught in someone else's mess. That's why I say, if you want an important job to get done properly, don't delegate it to someone else. Do it yourself because you have the largest stake in here so the way you will pay attention to detail, no one else will.
People delegate unimportant tasks to others, no one asks others to sign their credit card slip.
Next morning Ishwari is busy managing the workers to clean out the room.
Bhaiya and Sonakshi come down.
Bhaiya asks: Maa, what are you doing? Are we having guests coming over?
Ishwari eagerly says: Not guests. My whole family. Today is photoshoot. So everyone is coming. EVERYONE!!!
Bhaiya and Sonakshi are shocked.
They look at each other.
Sonakshi asks: Everyone? Who are coming, Maa?
Ishwari says: My three daughters are coming. Dev, your sisters are coming. Neha, Riya and Nikki.
Bhaiya says: Neha and Nikki are also coming?
Ishwari says: Yes. I called them myself. Nikki got so scared.
Bhaiya asks: What did Nikki say?
Ishwari says: What could she have said? I told her that you two have told me everything about her friend, boyfriend. She could not believe me. Then I said to bring him with her. Then we can talk to him. Find out about his family. Then we also have to talk about their marriage, naa.
She notices Bhaiya and Sonakshi's shell shocked expression.
She asks: What happened?
Me: Tote udd gaye inke to. Saanp sung gaya. Dimaag ki ghanti baj gayee. Raita phail gaya.
(The sky has fallen on their collective heads, the grounds has moved from beneath their feet, out of the pan and into the fire)
There are many proverbs suited for this occasion. Pick one.
Now is the time you two. Ab bhi bol do to poora din hain sab kuch samjhane mein. Ab kya Titanic doobne ke baad life jacket dhoondoge?
(You still have the whole day to make Ishwari understand. Now will you go looking for life jacket after Titanic sinks?)
Bhaiya says: Nothing. You did good.
Ishwari says: You two also take off from work today. There are many tasks still to get done.
She walks away.
Just then Bhaiya gets a phone call. He picks it up in a hurry.
It's Riya. She says: Bhaiya, you set up everything so fast? I am so happy.
Bhaiya is confused: I set up everything? What do you mean?
Riya says: You are asking me? Do you know I just got Nikki's phone and she said that you have told Maa everything about Lakshya and her. Nikki is very happy. You know what Bhaiya, you are the world's best brother. But tell me one thing, how did you convince Maa?
Bhaiya stammers: Riya, I will talk to you later.
Riya says: Okay. See you soon. Bye.
Bhaiya: Oh no.
Sonakshi asks like an idiot: What happened?
Me: You duffer. You don't know what happened? All this was done by you, Mrs. Fix It.
Bhaiya says: There is a very big confusion, Sonakshi. Maa thinks that Nikki has a boyfriend and they will get married soon. And Nikki thinks that we have told Maa everything and she is okay with her relationship. Now when they will meet then...
Sonakshi: It will be a mess.
Me: Exactly. But that was not hard to guess when you know that a. you didn't talk about live-in relationship and after Ishwari's reaction to the term, got chickened out and b. Ishwari told you just now that she talked to Nikki and Nikki is happy that you have told Ishwari everything when you very well know that you didn't. Not to mention Ishwari is also planning to meet Lakshya's family and plan marriage which she also said.
The fact that you needed Bhaiya to interpret that just tells me what a total clueless person you are. Even a kid could add 2 plus 2 and come up with 4. But not you.
So now what are you going to do? Knowing your chicken little tendencies, after creating this mess, you two will be running like headless chicken shouting the sky is falling, the sky is falling. But neither of you will go to Ishwari and clear the complete situation by revealing the truth so that she gets the whole day to prepare for the truth.
Bhaiya's idea is: We have to stop them from meeting. I mean, we have to stop Nikki from bringing Lakshya here.
He tries to call but his phone is not working.
Then Sonakshi is trying to call.
Me: Wow, brilliant. So now they are hoping to avoid the iceberg looming ahead using a spoon to steer. Amazing brain these two have, no?
At Bose house, Bijoy is doing something in Asha's computer.
Asha comes there and peeks into it.
Bijoy sees her and says: Asha, what are you doing hiding behind me? Oh, are you spying on me?
Asha says: I have to keep an eye on you. You do things like this. First let the good news come, then look for names.
Bijoy: We already got the good news. And if we look for names now, is there any problem? We should be prepared for everything.
Asha teases him: Like you booked the venue for our wedding two years in advance. And ultimately what happened? Court marriage. The entire deposit got wasted.
Bijoy: One minute, one minute. Why are we talking about our marriage? We should pay attention to Saurabh and Ronita. They are going to be parents for the first time. We should help them. And yes, if you can't help me, then don't disturb me.
Asha is impressed. She agrees to help. She asks what name did he decide.
Bijoy says: Two names I have shortlisted. Anirban and Arkodaya.
Asha: These two are boys names. Why didn't you decide a girls' name?
Bijoy says: We already have Soha. So the next one must be a boy, naa?
Asha: What logic is this, Bijoy? That if one is a girl, the other must be a boy. Besides boys bother too much.
Bijoy: Girls don't bother any less.
They bicker.
Me: And this is exactly why you don't tell family about your plan to start a family until it's on its way. I rest my case.
Ishwari calls Raman and asks him to tell Lakshya that she won't come in today. Whatever work she got, she can do it from home.
Me: And this after she said that she won't need days off again.
Raman tells her that Lakshya isn't at work and his cell is also unreachable.
Ishwari says: Yes, that's why. I tried to call him myself, but could not reach him.
Raman says that if he calls or comes to work, he will tell him.
Ishwari agrees and thanks him.
Me: She got the job less than one week ago and already took two days off. It's good thing that Lakshya is in a live in relationship with Nikki. Otherwise she would have been fired already.
Bhaiya and Sonakshi try to sneak out.
Ishwari catches them and asks where are they going.
They stammer and make excuses.
Ishwari doesn't let them leave. She tells her that they have no boss either. She had to call her boss and tell him. But she could not reach him. So she told her other boss.
She doesn't listen to them and .
Me: Come on, you two. Now speak up at least. Even Titanic survivors knew when to jump into the freezing water. When you are stuck between a hard place with no way out and freezing water, smart people jump. You idiots stay in that hard place and stammer.
PRECAP: Bhaiya calls Nikki and asks where is she.
Nikki says that she is coming.
Bhaiya says: Nikki listen. He can't come here now, please.
Nikki is shocked to hear that and takes the phone off her ear.
Bhaiya keeps saying hello, hello to empty air.
Radha says: Look who is here. Our darling Nikki.
Everyone looks to the door. It's just Nikki.
Bhaiya is shocked and worried.
Ishwari comes to the door excited and says: After so many days...
Just then she sees Lakshya standing behind her.
Bhaiya and Sonakshi are shocked.
Me: And the Titanic sinks to the bottom with these two morons and rest of their victims.
No seriously. This time, I won't blame Nikki.
Why? Because if she had suddenly asked Lakshya to not come, then what respect is she showing to her relationship?
Why should she come alone when she is in a committed relationship for seven years?
Will Bhaiya go to meet his family without Sonakshi even though they never even lived a year with each other?
It was solely Bhaiya and Sonakshi's fault to first take the responsibility to talk about Nikki's relationship to Ishwari and then making a botched up job for it.
The only mistake Nikki made was to give them the responsibility to reveal her relationship. But she finally took the responsibility herself and decided to tell Ishwari about her relationship.
As I said, I wish she had done it first before Bhaiya and Sonakshi screwed up.
NO RULES!!! YAY!!!
This is really important to me. I am sucky at catching liers, ergo, I don't lie and I can't abide them either.
I can digest even the harshest truth, but can't tolerate pretty lies.
However, partial truth are worse than lies.
Because if someone lies, you can accuse them of lying.
But when someone tells partial truth hiding the rest, it's open to your own interpretation.
And the worse thing is that you can't hold them responsible for their deliberate manipulation of the truth. Because they spoke the truth, but you misunderstood due to the vague terms they used.
Lawyers uses those vague, abstract clauses or agreements to re-interpret laws/contracts/agreements.
So it's particularly harmful in business setting.
But it's more harmful in social/familial setting. Because while you can't believe a lier, how can you believe someone who changed the interpretation later because how and what they said before?
Worse, now you look like the fool for not interpreting the information correctly.
And that's exactly how it will be for Ishwari. Had Sonakshi prepared Ishwari with all the information, she'd have been upset and may be she won't have invited Nikki now.
But as time passes, she'd have calmed down and re-think her decision. So that when Nikki and Lakshya come to Dixit house for the first time, their welcome would have been better.
But instead, the half truths tainted Neha and Riya's re-union. How will they enjoy this re-union if Nikki storms off in anger?
And how will Dev and Sonakshi convince Nikki to come back? Will Lakshya return where he wasn't welcomed? Will Nikki return if Lakshya doesn't?
Will Ishwari forgive them for not telling her the whole truth when as a mother, she had the right to know? How would Sonakshi feel if someone hides Soha's information from her? Will she forgive that person?
That's why I had said that,
1. They shouldn't have taken the responsibility to reveal Nikki's relationship to Ishwari because it was not their responsibility. It was Nikki's responsibility.
2. If they do, they should tell the truth completely and honestly and be prepared to answer Ishwari's question and help her understand the situation. AND
3. Refuse to take the responsibility if they can't do it because they themselves aren't convinced and if they think that it's wrong.
You can't sell a product convincingly if you don't believe in it yourself. As much as Sonakshi is pretending that she is fine with Nikki being in a live-in relationship, I could see that she would rather Nikki marries Lakshya and get this live-in turned into a legally bound contract aka marriage.
At least Bhaiya is honest about his feelings.
P.S. Today I have a meeting & I have to leave early. So update will be short and sweet.
EPISODE: The episode starts with Sonakshi telling Ishwari that Nikki loves someone.
Ishwari is shocked.
Sonakshi tells her: I understand that it's tough for you to accept this. But we have to realise that Nikki has grown up now. At some point of time, someone was bound to come in her life.
Ishwari says: Yes, but Sonakshi, even though Nikki has a home in this city, she is living in a hostel because of her stubborn nature. Now making friends and all... Society doesn't put its approval on these kind of relationship. So people with daughters have to be careful.
Me (Facepalming hard): I am trying really hard to not let this bother me because Ishwari is old-fashioned and all and we can't expect her to go completely modern overnight. But this difference between people with son and people with daughter mentality always bothered me. But since it's suited to the character, I will bite my tongue.
Sonakshi says: Maa, I know. But this is Nikki's choice. You know when I went to meet Nikki, she didn't hide anything from me. So that means that she is very serious about this relationship. So we also should be happy for her.
Ishwari says: Who is this boy? Tell me about him.
Sonakshi says: Don't worry about him, Maa.
Bhaiya: Yes, Maa. We have met him.
Ishwari: Okay. Then what can I say? You two met him. Then tell me who is that guy. How is he?
Sonakshi: Maa, I will tell you everything.
Ishwari leans forward to listen: Okay.
Sonakshi: But for now I will tell you this that the boy is very good. And the best thing is that he loves Nikki a lot. Isn't it, Dev?
Bhaiya is on hot seat. He stammers: Yes, Maa. He is a good boy.
Sonakshi says: And I think that you will like him too.
Bhaiya: I think I will go meet his family.
Ishwari isn't convinced. But says: Okay, you two have met him. You two will do whatever is best. But I can't believe that we are talking about my young daughter, Nikki. She grew up so much that she took such a big decision herself.
She leaves.
Me: Incomplete information. Ye Gods!!! Like I said, partial truth is worse than complete truth. Sonakshi, you know that Lakshya and Ishwari work together. So what if Lakshya mentions his girlfriend, Nikki to Ishwari? Then what? Ishwari will have a meltdown at her workplace.
Why couldn't you reveal everything? She is already distressed. How much more distressed she could get in private?
Anyhoo, at Nikki and Lakshya's home, Lakshya is in the kitchen.
Nikki asks what is he doing there for so long?
Lakshya comes out and says: If I tell you what's the surprise, will it remain surprise?
Nikki asks: Won't you eat?
Lakshya says: I ate at work. You taste it and tell me how it is.
Nikki tastes the food and recognises her mother's cooking.
Lakshya excitedly asks: How is it?
Nikki doesn't respond.
Lakshya says: Very nice. It's very nice you are eating it. But tell me how did you like this food?
Nikki asks: First you tell me who made it.
Lakshya says: Intern Aunty made it. She had brought food for me at work. So I saved some from that lunch for you too.
Me: Awww... He is such a sweetheart. He could not even eat the food he loved without sharing with the girl he loves. I love Lakshya. He is a lovely boy.
Nikki cries.
Lakshya asks worriedly: Why are you crying?
Nikki says: Intern Aunty is very bad.
Lakshya asks: Why?
Nikki says: She reminded me of my Maa. My mother's cooking also tastes the same. My mom is world's best cook.
Lakshya says: You are missing your mom? Your world's best cook Maa didn't teach you how to listen to others? Come here.
He feeds Nikki with a lot of love.
Me: Ah, so sweet. There is a lot of sweetness in Nikki and Lakshya's relationship. May be because their base is friendship and focus is on each other. They have figured out who is the top priority in each others' life. For Nikki, it's Lakshya and for Lakshya, it's Nikki.
Even if they decide never to get married, this sweetness won't disappear.
If you ask me, their commitment looks more solid than season one Bhaiya and Sonakshi's relationship whose priority was never each other.
At Bose house, Ronita is clearing the wardrobe.
Saurabh doesn't want to throw out anything because the wardrobe will look empty.
Ronita says that it won't look empty. Most of the stuff is his in the wardrobe and she has her stuff to put there.
Saurabh remembers something and hurries to the wardrobe. He offers to clean it for her.
But Ronita finds baby socks.
Saurabh says that those belonged to Soha, like childhood memories.
Ronita says that Soha's childhood wasn't in 2017 because the socks has tags that says 2017.
Me (facepalming even more): Seriously? These days Socks has manufacturing date? Are they perishable goods? Kuch bhi, huh CVs? Likhne se pehle sochte nehin ho kya?
(Anything, huh CVs? Don't you think before you write?)
Saurabh takes the socks from her.
Ronita teases him: So this is what you had been hiding in the wardrobe.
Saurabh says: I went to the mall yesterday and saw these socks. They were so cute that I bought them.
Ronita says: You are so cute. Wait here.
Saurabh asks after her: Where are you going after catching me?
Ronita opens a drawer and brings out baby shoes. She shows it to Saurabh.
Saurabh says: Who got this?
Ronita says she did because she could not control herself either.
Saurabh says that he had been admiring baby stuff since last few days.
Ronita says that she feels the same. She feels hugging babies on the street.
Saurabh asks does she think that they should...
Ronita says: Kid.
Saurabh says: No, not kid. A lot of kids.
Ronita says: Why a lot of kids? Just two.
Saurabh says excitedly: Really?
Ronita nods.
Saurabh hugs her.
Me: They are as usual adorable and as always on the same page. Both wants kids at the same time. So mini Saurabh is on the way. In fact, mini Ronita will also be on the way along with mini Bijoy, mini Dida and mini Asha (Gosh, I hope not), but mini Obhodro won't come.
Why?
Because his parents decided to devote their life to problem solving and clean living. So clean that they are wiping out any possibility of ever having kids.
At Dixit house, Sonakshi tells Bhaiya: I am sorry. I told Maa without telling you first.
Bhaiya says: No Sonakshi, it's okay. If you had told me earlier, may be I'd have been scared. The way you handled Maa... I thought Maa will get angry, will scold us, but you handled the situation. You didn't let Maa get hurt.
Sonakshi: How could I let my Maa get hurt?
Just then Ishwari calls them.
Mama and Mami also come there with Bhaiya and Sonakshi.
Ishwari got Jassi to take their family portrait down from the wall.
They ask what happened?
Ishwari shows their old family picture without Sonakshi and says: This picture is not right. Sonakshi isn't in there. I want my whole family in one frame so that my kids never stay away from this house.
Bhaiya says: Maa, as you wish.
Sonakshi and Radha both smile.
Me: Hain? Sonakshi ka to mujhe pata hain, lekin Radha kyun has rahee hain? Keys haath aate hi inka bhi personality transplant ho gaya kya?
(Hain? I can get about Sonakshi, but why is Radha smiling? The moment she got keys, did she have a personality transplant too?)
But see the irony. At one point of time, Ishwari wanted Sonakshi to stay out of her family picture and now she thinks that it's incomplete without Sonakshi. She is not upset about Soha or Aru not being there. She is upset about not having Sonakshi in her family picture.
Nikki is thinking about her mother and misses her. She picks up the phone to call. But hangs up the phone.
Then she calls again and Radha picks up the phone. But Nikki doesn't talk to her and hangs up again.
Sonakshi guesses who it must be.
Nikki calls again. Radha is about to pick up the phone when Sonakshi stops her asking about the sweets she got for everyone.
Radha thinks where is the sweets.
Sonakshi ushers her away giving excuse for sweets and tells Ishwari that if the call comes again, she should pick up.
Ishwari agrees.
Nikki calls again and this time Ishwari picks it up.
Ishwari keeps saying hello, hello. But Nikki doesn't say anything.
Ishwari tells Sonakshi that no one is saying anything. She asks her to check.
When Sonakshi picks up the phone, she hears sound of weeping. But Nikki hangs up again.
Bhaiya asks who is calling constantly at this time?
Sonakshi says that her guess was correct. It was Nikki.
Bhaiya is surprised.
Sonakshi says that her guess is that Lakshya must have taken his lunch home and Nikki ate the food and remembered...
Bhaiya says: Her mother...
Me: Good guess. But you better prepare Ishwari fast. You two are behaving as if you have plenty of time. But everyday the time for full disclosure is decreasing.
It's like someone is on Titanic and can see the ship slowly sinking into the water, but staring at the life jacket because they think the water will be too cold. Whether you wear the life jacket or not, you won't be spared from cold water. At least the life jacket will somewhat keep you afloat and give you time to blow the whistle to call for help before freezing to death.
I can just see the disaster approaching.
At Bose house, Saurabh and Ronita comes to Asha and Bijoy.
Asha asks: What happened? Why are you standing like this? You didn't screw up, did you?
Bijoy asks: Saurabh? What happened? Why don't you say anything?
Saurabh and Roniya giggle.
They put the baby shoes on the table.
Bijoy asks: Who these shoes belong to?
Asha says: Bijoy... (She signals him)
Saurabh says: Baba, these shoes don't belong to anyone yet. But these shoes and socks can belong to someone. Ronita and I want to start a family.
Bijoy says: Really?
Saurabh hugs Ronita.
Bijoy says: Oy football. You are not joking, are you?
Saurabh says: Baba, why will I joke about this? Read as much newspaper as you can for a year. You won't be able to read papers after a year.
Bijoy and Asha stand up. They are very happy.
Asha says: You guys are so mad. Does anyone make someone so happy like this?
Bijoy says: I am so proud of you. You two have made me so happy, so happy that I...
He hugs Asha.
Saurabh says: Baba, don't dance on this chance.
Bijoy says: Asha, not tea, today us father and son will drink scotch. Let's go.
He drags Saurabh away.
Asha pretends to be angry but she goes and hugs Ronita.
Me: Typical cute Bose house. But question. Who tells parents that they are starting a family before even starting the process? It's like inviting people for graduation party before the kid even entered kindergarten. No?
I mean, the women in my family even say that one shouldn't speak about pregnancy until the first trimester is over. Because anything can happen in the first three months.
And here they are announcing to whole family even before conceiving. How strange.
Next day, Lakshya is peeking at Ishwari and then decides that he can't wait.
He comes to Ishwari's desk who has headphone in her ears.
Lakshya says: Hello...
Ishwari sees him and takes off her headphone. She says: Hello beta. I completed this much.
She shows her book.
Lakshya says: I know there's still time for lunch. But what did you bring? Can I see it?
Ishwari laughs: Yes, there's no need to ask. See for yourself.
She hands over the lunch box.
He thanks her and eagerly opens the container.
He smiles big: You will make me fat feeding me all this.
Ishwari says: No one gets fat from homemade food. Eat eat...
Lakshya says: I ate your lunch yesterday and took it home to my girlfriend.
Ishwari asks with a smile: Did she like it?
Lakshya says: Yes. I will take some for her from this too.
Ishwari says: You meet her everyday?
Lakshya says: We live together.
Ishwari says: Live together? Without marriage?
Lakshya says: We don't believe in marriage. We don't want to get married.
Ishwari says: Oh. And your families? They have no objection...
Lakshya says: What is there to think about the families who don't care for their children?
Ishwari is shocked.
Lakshya grabs the lunch and says thank you.
Ishwari gives him a fake smile and thinks.
Me: Huh!!! I was right. Lakshya's family don't care about him. That's why he was so envious of Ishwari's bond with her son.
But ouch Bhaiya and Sonakshi. You should have told Ishwari about the concept of live in relationship.
Lakshya explained it worse than you could have.
He didn't talk about the commitment which doesn't need a stamp of approval from society to stand the test of time.
He didn't talk about the equal relationship where no one is more important than the other.
He only spoke about the live-in part where they live like husband and wife without being husband and wife.
Now Ishwari has the whole day to turn this scenario into a desperate situation where a boy and girl have been doing wrong because they have no family and she will reach a horrible scenario in mind.
This is what I was worried about with Partial Truth.
Sonakshi tells Bhaiya: I will call Nikki tomorrow morning. She must have got emotional after eating Maa's food. Before Maa meets her, we should...
She signals Bhaiya. Bhaiya says: Hummm...
Me: See? This is what I was talking about. The way Sonakshi is behaving it's as if she wants to reveal that Nikki is dancing topless in a bar and she can't say it in a nicer way to Ishwari. How will she convince Ishwari when she herself is not comfortable with their relationship?
That's why only Nikki could talk about her relationship because no one else has the motivation and more at stake than her.
Bhaiya is openly uncomfortable about Nikki's lack of marriage certificate. But Sonakshi is pretending to be modern, while she is really not comfortable either.
Ishwari comes there and says: Dev, Sona. Here's Aam Panna (drink made with raw mango which they didn't get at the restaurant).
Me: Wait a minute. Isn't Aam Paan light green in colour? Hence the name - Aam (Mango), Panna (Emerald)? What is this cloudy muddy thing?
Bhaiya is happy. He says: It's my favourite.
Ishwari says: I know. That's why I made it just for you. I didn't make it for my boss. So don't be angry with me.
Bhaiya says: Maa, if you had even made it for him, I won't have been upset or angry with you.
Ishwari is surprised to hear that. But she says: Anyways, it's not necessary that he will like everything I make. Just like it's not necessary that I find him right every time.
Bhaiya and Sonakshi get worried at her tone.
Sonakshi asks: What happened, Maa?
Ishwari says: He said something to me which made me question my belief.
Bhaiya: What did he say?
Ishwari says: Do you know he, with his friend... his girlfriend... live together. Like husband and wife. Without marriage. How can kids these days do this? Don't they care even a little of their family's respect? And why just kids? How can any parent do this? How can they let their daughter live with just anyone like this? And that to without marriage? I know that the world got ahead. But it hasn't moved too forward that the bond between parents and kids get broken. Whatever it may be, but I don't understand this.
She leaves in a huff.
Me: And this is what I had said. It would have been better coming from someone she trusted and the full scenario needed to come out. Now all her imaginations are much worse than the reality. And it will be hard to change that perception.
Bhaiya is worried: Oh no. Oh no. Why did that idiot Lakshya have to say all this to Maa?
Sonakshi says: It's not his fault. At least now we know what Maa thinks about all this. I am scared seeing her reaction. Actually all this fault is ours. When we came to know that Maa works with Lakshya, we should have told Lakshya that. May be this won't have happened and he won't have told her.
Bhaiya: If you had told Lakshya, I am sure he won't keep any secret from Nikki. He would have definitely told her. And now Maa doesn't even know that the girl Lakshya lives with is her daughter Nikki. When she comes to know about that, I don't know what will happen. I am getting worried for Nikki seeing her reaction. I am sure Nikki hopes that Maa will accept her and Lakshya's relationship.
Sonakshi: What can we do, Dev?
Bhaiys thinks.
Me: Both of you are correct. That's actually what I advised yesterday that you two alone won't be able to do everything. People whose concern is this matter, should be involved in this themselves. But you two think of yourself as super hero duo. You think you alone can fix everyone's concern.
Now you are trapped in half truths and half lies by omissions. Now what?
At night, Ishwari is talking to Neha.
Ishwari asks Neha: You and Vinitji will both come, won't you? Yes, I have also called Riya. Nikki? I will call her too.
Then she hangs up the phone.
She thinks to herself and then calls Nikki next.
Nikki sees her mother is calling. She says: Maa, why would she call me? I hope Bhaiya and Bhabhi didn't tell her...
She picks up the phone.
Ishwari asks how is she. Nikki says she is fine and asks about Ishwari.
Ishwari says: You don't about me. You live in the same city. But you don't call me, don't come to see me. But no matter how much you get older, you will always remain my youngest, cherished, naughtiest daughter. Don't you want to meet me?
Nikki says: Yes, I want to see you.
Ishwari says: You come home, Nikki. Dev and Sonakshi have told me everything.
Nikki asks: Everything?
Ishwari says: Yes, everything. Let's not talk about this now. You just come home. Neha and Riya are also coming with all their family. We will take a family picture together, huh?
Nikki says: I will come for sure, Maa.
Ishwari says: I will wait for you.
She hesitates and then says: Nikki, bring with you...
Nikki says: Of course Maa. I will bring him with me too.
Ishwari hangs the phone.
Nikki is very happy.
Me: And this is exactly what I meant when I said why partial truth are more dangerous than lies.
Nikki thinks Ishwari knows everything and accepted her.
Ishwari thinks that she knows everything and trying to keep an open mind.
But we all know including Bhaiya and Sonakshi that only they know everything, no one else does.
In this family, no one shares complete information. They always work as single unit. That's why there are so much chaos in here. Not only that, they don't even include the people who are going to be directly affected by their decision/planning.
Everyone wants to be the saviour of the family, the angel of mercy, the beacon of light. No one wants to be a team player.
Nikki is crying holding the phone.
Lakshya comes there worried and asks: Nikki, why are you crying? Tell me what happened?
Nikki says: I am crying. But these are not sad tears. These are happy tears. Bhaiya and Bhabhi told Maa everything and Maa called us home.
Lakshya says: Really?
Nikki says: Yes. I am so happy.
They hug and smile happily.
Me: Oh boy. I am feeling so bad for these two. Poor things got caught in someone else's mess. That's why I say, if you want an important job to get done properly, don't delegate it to someone else. Do it yourself because you have the largest stake in here so the way you will pay attention to detail, no one else will.
People delegate unimportant tasks to others, no one asks others to sign their credit card slip.
Next morning Ishwari is busy managing the workers to clean out the room.
Bhaiya and Sonakshi come down.
Bhaiya asks: Maa, what are you doing? Are we having guests coming over?
Ishwari eagerly says: Not guests. My whole family. Today is photoshoot. So everyone is coming. EVERYONE!!!
Bhaiya and Sonakshi are shocked.
They look at each other.
Sonakshi asks: Everyone? Who are coming, Maa?
Ishwari says: My three daughters are coming. Dev, your sisters are coming. Neha, Riya and Nikki.
Bhaiya says: Neha and Nikki are also coming?
Ishwari says: Yes. I called them myself. Nikki got so scared.
Bhaiya asks: What did Nikki say?
Ishwari says: What could she have said? I told her that you two have told me everything about her friend, boyfriend. She could not believe me. Then I said to bring him with her. Then we can talk to him. Find out about his family. Then we also have to talk about their marriage, naa.
She notices Bhaiya and Sonakshi's shell shocked expression.
She asks: What happened?
Me: Tote udd gaye inke to. Saanp sung gaya. Dimaag ki ghanti baj gayee. Raita phail gaya.
(The sky has fallen on their collective heads, the grounds has moved from beneath their feet, out of the pan and into the fire)
There are many proverbs suited for this occasion. Pick one.
Now is the time you two. Ab bhi bol do to poora din hain sab kuch samjhane mein. Ab kya Titanic doobne ke baad life jacket dhoondoge?
(You still have the whole day to make Ishwari understand. Now will you go looking for life jacket after Titanic sinks?)
Bhaiya says: Nothing. You did good.
Ishwari says: You two also take off from work today. There are many tasks still to get done.
She walks away.
Just then Bhaiya gets a phone call. He picks it up in a hurry.
It's Riya. She says: Bhaiya, you set up everything so fast? I am so happy.
Bhaiya is confused: I set up everything? What do you mean?
Riya says: You are asking me? Do you know I just got Nikki's phone and she said that you have told Maa everything about Lakshya and her. Nikki is very happy. You know what Bhaiya, you are the world's best brother. But tell me one thing, how did you convince Maa?
Bhaiya stammers: Riya, I will talk to you later.
Riya says: Okay. See you soon. Bye.
Bhaiya: Oh no.
Sonakshi asks like an idiot: What happened?
Me: You duffer. You don't know what happened? All this was done by you, Mrs. Fix It.
Bhaiya says: There is a very big confusion, Sonakshi. Maa thinks that Nikki has a boyfriend and they will get married soon. And Nikki thinks that we have told Maa everything and she is okay with her relationship. Now when they will meet then...
Sonakshi: It will be a mess.
Me: Exactly. But that was not hard to guess when you know that a. you didn't talk about live-in relationship and after Ishwari's reaction to the term, got chickened out and b. Ishwari told you just now that she talked to Nikki and Nikki is happy that you have told Ishwari everything when you very well know that you didn't. Not to mention Ishwari is also planning to meet Lakshya's family and plan marriage which she also said.
The fact that you needed Bhaiya to interpret that just tells me what a total clueless person you are. Even a kid could add 2 plus 2 and come up with 4. But not you.
So now what are you going to do? Knowing your chicken little tendencies, after creating this mess, you two will be running like headless chicken shouting the sky is falling, the sky is falling. But neither of you will go to Ishwari and clear the complete situation by revealing the truth so that she gets the whole day to prepare for the truth.
Bhaiya's idea is: We have to stop them from meeting. I mean, we have to stop Nikki from bringing Lakshya here.
He tries to call but his phone is not working.
Then Sonakshi is trying to call.
Me: Wow, brilliant. So now they are hoping to avoid the iceberg looming ahead using a spoon to steer. Amazing brain these two have, no?
At Bose house, Bijoy is doing something in Asha's computer.
Asha comes there and peeks into it.
Bijoy sees her and says: Asha, what are you doing hiding behind me? Oh, are you spying on me?
Asha says: I have to keep an eye on you. You do things like this. First let the good news come, then look for names.
Bijoy: We already got the good news. And if we look for names now, is there any problem? We should be prepared for everything.
Asha teases him: Like you booked the venue for our wedding two years in advance. And ultimately what happened? Court marriage. The entire deposit got wasted.
Bijoy: One minute, one minute. Why are we talking about our marriage? We should pay attention to Saurabh and Ronita. They are going to be parents for the first time. We should help them. And yes, if you can't help me, then don't disturb me.
Asha is impressed. She agrees to help. She asks what name did he decide.
Bijoy says: Two names I have shortlisted. Anirban and Arkodaya.
Asha: These two are boys names. Why didn't you decide a girls' name?
Bijoy says: We already have Soha. So the next one must be a boy, naa?
Asha: What logic is this, Bijoy? That if one is a girl, the other must be a boy. Besides boys bother too much.
Bijoy: Girls don't bother any less.
They bicker.
Me: And this is exactly why you don't tell family about your plan to start a family until it's on its way. I rest my case.
Ishwari calls Raman and asks him to tell Lakshya that she won't come in today. Whatever work she got, she can do it from home.
Me: And this after she said that she won't need days off again.
Raman tells her that Lakshya isn't at work and his cell is also unreachable.
Ishwari says: Yes, that's why. I tried to call him myself, but could not reach him.
Raman says that if he calls or comes to work, he will tell him.
Ishwari agrees and thanks him.
Me: She got the job less than one week ago and already took two days off. It's good thing that Lakshya is in a live in relationship with Nikki. Otherwise she would have been fired already.
Bhaiya and Sonakshi try to sneak out.
Ishwari catches them and asks where are they going.
They stammer and make excuses.
Ishwari doesn't let them leave. She tells her that they have no boss either. She had to call her boss and tell him. But she could not reach him. So she told her other boss.
She doesn't listen to them and .
Me: Come on, you two. Now speak up at least. Even Titanic survivors knew when to jump into the freezing water. When you are stuck between a hard place with no way out and freezing water, smart people jump. You idiots stay in that hard place and stammer.
PRECAP: Bhaiya calls Nikki and asks where is she.
Nikki says that she is coming.
Bhaiya says: Nikki listen. He can't come here now, please.
Nikki is shocked to hear that and takes the phone off her ear.
Bhaiya keeps saying hello, hello to empty air.
Radha says: Look who is here. Our darling Nikki.
Everyone looks to the door. It's just Nikki.
Bhaiya is shocked and worried.
Ishwari comes to the door excited and says: After so many days...
Just then she sees Lakshya standing behind her.
Bhaiya and Sonakshi are shocked.
Me: And the Titanic sinks to the bottom with these two morons and rest of their victims.
No seriously. This time, I won't blame Nikki.
Why? Because if she had suddenly asked Lakshya to not come, then what respect is she showing to her relationship?
Why should she come alone when she is in a committed relationship for seven years?
Will Bhaiya go to meet his family without Sonakshi even though they never even lived a year with each other?
It was solely Bhaiya and Sonakshi's fault to first take the responsibility to talk about Nikki's relationship to Ishwari and then making a botched up job for it.
The only mistake Nikki made was to give them the responsibility to reveal her relationship. But she finally took the responsibility herself and decided to tell Ishwari about her relationship.
As I said, I wish she had done it first before Bhaiya and Sonakshi screwed up.
NO RULES!!! YAY!!!
Tia, agree with the all you said..epi was ok.
ReplyDeleteBose family scenes were cute
Thanks. Episode seemed to me like watching a train wreck. We know it's coming and we also know why. Nikki did exactly what Bhaiya did in season one when Ishwari didn't want Sonakshi to be part of his family. After all, his sister has to be like him.
DeleteQuite true, Tia. Lies, partial truth can lead to problems. I really could not understand why Sona and Dev avoided telling the actual truth when they knew Nikki is coming with Laksh! :O
ReplyDeleteBose family is cute but seriously who says they want to start family to their parents! LOL! It would have made more sense if Raunita had conceived and they started this topic.
I totally agree with you, Jas. That's exactly my point. When the train is crashing and it can't be avoided, they might as well take a leap of faith and jump. Because they will die either way. But these two are so much in denial.
DeleteAnd yes, the Bose family was cute. But who breaks the news of family planning before actually conceiving?