Week 54 - Pursuit of Happiness

Who doesn't pursue happiness? Even if we have a really bad day, as the sun sets and the world rests for a bit, we tell ourselves that tomorrow will be better and try to seek the peace and happiness at least for that moment, with that affirmation. 😊

In the past, Dev has gotten into a lot of trouble by his weakness of not able to think beyond the moment.. But, it now seems that, it is the only way to seek happiness...in his sorrowful and lonely life! In his pursuit of happiness, Dev went to Sonakshi to ask her permission to take Suhana with him to his home, to his mom who wanted to spend some time with her. What struck me first in that scene was Dev's yet-in-tact regard for the Bose parents, especially Bijoy as he addressed him "Baba"..👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Sonakshi has long given up that regard for Ishwari and did not hesitate to address her as "Mrs.Dixit" and rightly so! 

This fear or disregard for Ishwari is what made her prepare the contract, especially after Ishwari had come to the Bose house and challenged them... Although I totally understand Dev's position and his harmless attitude.. I think this contract will only do him much good, if at all, in future..I hope so. He just wants to genuinely be Soha's father, and for that moment, signing the contract is the first step. I really like how Dev lives in the moment only, without a fear of future or regret of past.😄❤️

Suhana is pretty much like Dev in her personality and in her seeking her mom's validation for everything.. I am really thankful that the makers have kept Soha out of the picture during the contract.. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I don't know if all other Indian shows are mindful of these things...about keeping the kids as kids. With her cute little bag, a cuter dimpled smile, and innocence as a child, she was ready to hold her papa's hands to go to her home, to her dadi, to the family that is dear to her papa. I will say a lot of "papa" for her, even if Suhana is not ready to say that yet..😉😉

The Dixit house was in celebration mode and decorated by the "good-hearted" people, including Ishwari in this case and excluding the Vicky-Maami duo...Golu is the charm of the "Dixit" family and his abundant love for his Big cha comes through scene after scene and its so heartwarming to see this love for Dev! Cake for his Big cha's daughter, his sister, Suhana was the best way to welcome her! Golu will be the one to teach Vicky and Mami about the lesson of selflessness and love. 😄❤️

Finally, it was also so good to hear those positive words for Dev from Eleena when she confronted Vicky!! 100% true words and its sad that she got trapped with Vicky..But its amazing how she pulled through in this family for so long..a girl who was such a rebel even from the beginning!! Its probably because of the genuineness which she saw in Dev that she decided to stay there and be a support to him. And I wish that she be the bridge in the gap that now exists between Dev and the Bose family! As fans of this show, I know a lot of us feel sad for Dev and pity his current helpless position and Eleena's talk was quite a medicine for our aching hearts! 😊

Ishwari's flawless happiness as she welcomed her grand daughter added with the joy of Golu and cheer of Ms.Beautiful and cool dadu made the Dixit house only sparkle more! and so, we can ignore that burning smell coming from the direction of Vicky and Maami.- atleast for now. Yet, Suhana overheard mami..and I am sure she has made an opinion about mami. I cant wait to hear what nick name Suhana will give the Ex-GKB 😂😂

Dev's attempts to keep everyone happy, irrespective of how he feels about it - is a trait that he was born with! The teeka for Suhana's sake and eating from his mom's hands for Ishwari's sake are just his ways of giving the moment's happiness to the people he loves. He never has an agenda behind doing these things... However, for people like Ishwari, this becomes a big piece of information in determining how much the person loves her! Well.. what can I even say about it? But I am extremely scared with her determination to somehow make Suhana "Bose" into a Suhana "Dixit"..😞😢

But let me try and live in the moment, like Dev, without fear of future, because I want to feel happy now, and why not? The little kids running around the house can make even the walls and floors and sofas look happy! 😄 Anyone, who had the experience of living in a house with little kids can relate to the happiness in the Dixit house that night.

Sonakshi's fear and confusion at this point is quite understandable. She has sent a part of herself back into the Dixit home...Coming back to Delhi, setting up her office close to Dev's, letting Suhana meet Dev and now letting her go into the Dixit home may all be the fate's plan..however Sona had a choice of not getting into any of this, but she let herself into this fully aware of the implications. Its because of the love she has for Suhana. Any parent will want the best for their kids. A dad is an essential relationship for a child and Sonakshi wants to give it to her daughter, not because, she cant handle being a single mother..but because, she wants her daughter to have everything in life..Suhana's happiness is Sonakshi's happiness and this phase of the story is about this mother-daughter's pursuit for happiness! 😄

The little flashback of Sona was just apt for that moment - I totally get how helpless she must have felt in the initial days of being a new mother.. Even when everything is perfect, life changes, the moment a woman becomes a mother... and in Sona's case nothing was right at that time.. I definitely feel sorry for all that she had to go through... In this society, a father's role is very understated when it comes to child birth. Dev had all the qualities for being that support for Sonakshi, but yet because of fate he never got to play that role! Sigh...

Well..lets not dwell in the past.. the present is God's present to us..💓

What a lovely time, Suhana had in the Dixit home.. Running around, playing with her brother, being pampered... everything that a little kid needs! It was such a pleasure to see Ishwari, mama, Eleena, little Golu and Dev enjoying Suhana's company... my own evil eyes must have fallen on the little girl that she got hurt... But the world's bestest father came to her rescue! I shouldn't be thinking this..but the time when Ishwari applied medicine for Sona's knife cut long time ago was what came that moment to my mind.. But I prefer Dev's table story. And I always believe that those daughters who hear from their dads that they are strong will grow up to be one!💪🏼💪🏼

Well.. however prepared we are for the storm, we do resist its effect in all possible ways, when we are in a storm.. Suhana being with Dev was a storm that Sonakshi had feared...and her reacting to the little bruise on Soha's knee was just that..Even though she knew fully well that Suhana is fine and Dev has kept his words, she had to show some resistance to let go of him, just like that... Suhana's rescue to her papa was the perfect daughter style rescue! Daughter's somehow manage to have that magical love for their dads and it was nice to see that magic, even if they met only after 7 years!👨‍👧

Even though the summer camp scenes that came later this week, made some really good impression on the viewers, my favorite part this week, was watching Dev missing his daughter after dropping her off with Sona... Whenever we return from my parents' house after a vacation, my parents and brother always tell me how quiet the house has become and how they don't feel like cleaning the place at all... Even if I go back after a year, I will still see the little stickers stuck on the fridge or the little scribbles of my kids on the wall still there.. and my dad never allows that to be cleaned.. Dev is after all the father of Suhana and this is her own house and the emotion that Dev brought out that night did not fail to bring the tears to my eyes.. I must look for new adjectives to describe Shaheer's performance.. Let me just say, "Shaheer, you are a splendid actor! you are enormously talented.. keep entertaining us!!"👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻

For some people, money is happiness and for others, relationships are. Those who run behind money, will in the end only realize that money cannot buy happiness.. and those who run behind the relationships will be the ones to experience the bliss that happiness brings! The camp will surely bring Suhana closer to Dev!

Dev is a handsome guy. We all know that.. The moms drooling over him is not quite surprising for us... But Sonakshi is clearly surprised and very clearly bothered about it! I noticed it..Dev did too.. Every time Dev flirted with the parents or teachers, Sonakshi's possessiveness quotient was on the increase!!  She really needs to work hard on keeping those emotions inside her... otherwise, she is sure to find herself blown away by the charm of Dev! 💘💘

From Dev's side, he had and will always love Sonakshi. We don't need any proof for that. Sonakshi probably is aware of that too.. But she is angry with him for all these years, because he was never able to express it enough, when it was most needed.. And in the past 7 years, she had almost convinced herself that Dev does not love her at all! It was so good to see the old Sonakshi peeking out to see, "is it really my Dev?"...as Dev expressed (to the teacher), that he is in love with someone... Dev of course meant her! 😉 There is really no doubt in me about his love for Sona at all. Whether he was/is/will be able to stand up for her in all circumstances and whether he was/is/will be able to manage satisfying his mom, while still showing his abundant love and care to Sonakshi - is a different story.

However Dev's only aim now, is to somehow impress Suhana and make her call him "papa" by the time the camp is over.. And in this journey, Dev also has a very capable "Junior"! The Junior Dev aka Golu, in his attempt to make a great impression about Dev, went on to even say that his Big cha got rid of all the dinosaurs and thats why, there are no more dinosaurs in this world! Golu's cuteness, his voice modulation and body language are just perfect and he captures our hearts over and over again! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Golu's exaggerated praises seem to work though! A long shot, but the ball thankfully went inside the basket. I think the Gods are on Dev's side now.. 🙏🏼

Apart from making Suhana call his Big cha as "papa", I think Golu also has a secret agenda of making Sona his "Big chi" 😊

The Summer camp to be continued next week. Sonakshi might be able to resist the handsomeness of Dev, her ex-husband. However, she probably does not realize that men look more handsome and more attractive when they become good dads to their children! 🤓🤓

Before we wrap up let me quickly touch upon Saurabh-Ronita. They are a very good couple! Ronita seems to be an extremely grounded, smart, intelligent woman - the kind that will fit with ease into the Bose family. Saurabh is a normal person with faults and goodness, both. While advising Saurabh, Sonakshi spoke about "Trust" and how Saurabh was so wrong in coming to a conclusion about Ronita, without talking to her.. Agreed. 
However, I was not able to recollect when Dev judged Sona based on any assumptions about her.. Correct me if I am wrong! But even though its a fact that Dev did not stand up for her, when things went out of control.. he had always openly expressed to Sona, how he is eternally obligated to keep his mother happy under any circumstance..On the contrary, Sonakshi was the one who judged him and came to conclusions, without investigating the facts...be it about her infertility diagnosis, or slapping Bijoy, getting her family out of their home or even the prenup.. During all these occasions, wasn't she the one who made judgements about Dev? 🤔

Well, past is past and thinking about it and arguing again and again only spoils our happiness... The same can be said about future as well. I am extremely scared about what GKB's plans are...But worrying about it will not do me any good! This current moment is our life and to live this moment, is the only way to be happy...

Its Holi and what can be a better time to be happy!? Sonakshi spread the colors of love on Dev on one beautiful Holi day and Dev let himself drown in it, willingly. Sonakshi is his happiness and Suhana is the gift from God for their true Love. I am sure Dev's pursuit of happiness will be successful!