The Little Munchkins – Ansh, Payal and Palak
Children are great imitators. So
give them something great to imitate.
Give them hugs, you get bountiful hugs
back; shower them with love, compassionate they become; instill values and
morals, good human beings they grow into; reprimand them with the right
discipline, they know to differentiate right and wrong in life; give them
plenty of kisses and blessing and you get kids confident in their parents’ love
and support. Love and support that can only give the children the much needed
courage and security to become successful as they grow.
Ansh, Payal and Palak – the three little
munchkins stealing our hearts in the show “Punar Vivaah” are no exception. They are sweet little toddlers who have a
loving family, pampered to the hilt and their whims and fancies fulfilled. Yet they come with insecurities, they miss the
unconditional love from a mother or father; they miss that steady and
comfortable blanket of security that only a father and mother together can give
to a child. This the tender age, when children make create images that can
never be erased.
It is the fact of life that girls and boys
are wired differently, right from birth and they are also disciplined
differently. Boys are in constant motion versus girls. Girls are more prone to
thinking constructively than boys. Boys can be more emotional despite being
boys and girls are much more confident in handling their feelings. Girls are
all for delayed gratification versus boys who need instant gratification. And I
see all these qualities in our three little firebrands.
Ansh, the extension of Aarti’s life and the
apple of the Dubeys; a toddler missing a father’s love in his life, a toddler
who dreams to have a normal family as every other kid. He is pampered and is
adored by the Dubeys. He is the reason for Aarti’s survival and he is the
reason for Aarti opting to remarry. He is loved, hugged and kissed with lot of assurances.
There has been a remarkable change in Ansh from the inception of the show to
now, and it was so skillfully portrayed. Be it his naughtiness and stubbornness
in the beginning, or his very demure and mature interaction with the family, he
has grown quite a bit. He needed instant gratification and assurance that Yash
would be his Naye Papa, and once that was established, all he saw was the big
picture and his future being secure. He was all ready to cooperate because he
sees the upside to it. The upside goal was more important to him than anything
else in the whole wide world, and it was easy for him to adapt to the new
situations and new restrictions.
The prim and proper Payal and Palak on the
other hand, despite having a loving father, are the by products of constant
discipline, boundaries and a dearth for hugs and kisses. No shouting, no playing in the rain, no
getting dirty, no talking at the dining table; every act is disciplined and
controlled. Being motherless and deprived of those constant hugs and kisses
from other members of the family, they have grown to be quite and insecure and
of course a constant need of their father in their life. And then comes Ansh,
vying everyone’s attention, warranted or unwarranted. It is very natural for
the evil face of jealousy to surface. Young and innocent toddlers, having lost
their mother and a witness to the attention that Ansh is getting, it is so very
natural for them to feel insecure and neglected. And who can blame them, when what they see is
what they understand in their tender minds. And unfortunately we as viewers seem
to be critical of these innocent ones. Well they are just learning from their
elders!
A person is a person, no matter how small or young. And children are no exception. It should have been the responsibility of the parents to explain the situation to the young minds. It should have been the parents who took the time to reiterate to these innocent minds, that there is an upside to the whole situation. As the story progresses, I can only hope that Payal and Palak will get their fair share of being loved by their Naye Mama. I hope that they get their fair share of spending time with their Naye Bhai. I hope that they will be treated as people who, though young can understand the importance of sharing and being nice to others.
A person is a person, no matter how small or young. And children are no exception. It should have been the responsibility of the parents to explain the situation to the young minds. It should have been the parents who took the time to reiterate to these innocent minds, that there is an upside to the whole situation. As the story progresses, I can only hope that Payal and Palak will get their fair share of being loved by their Naye Mama. I hope that they get their fair share of spending time with their Naye Bhai. I hope that they will be treated as people who, though young can understand the importance of sharing and being nice to others.
It is important that we treat our kids with
respect and love, as they would be watching our every move going through
different phases of lives. We as parents are their educators and children hang on
to our every action and word. And they unconsciously ape their elders. Besides,
as adults we tend to learn a lot from our children, from being patient to
pulling our hair out!! How can we not love them whether they are our own or
not? How can we not nurture them as delicate flowers, to avoid their innocence
from wilting. It is important to remember that as we teach our children about
life, they are teaching us what life is all about.
Ansh, Payal and Palak are adorable and
doing a super fantastic job in the show. My wish is to see these three little
rascals becoming a riot in the Scindhia Mansion and driving Mrs. G up the
wall!!! My wish is to see them become “The Three Musketeers” and change Mr.
Scindhia’s attitude. My wish is to see them create some beautiful memories for
Yash and Aarti as their parents. And I wish for Yash and Aarti to build their
children’s future with self-esteem, confidence, security,
loads of hugs and kisses as they journey together as a family.
Alima Livsletlivs
Rangmunch.tv
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ReplyDeletewow ..such a sensitive and beautiful post ... it was really a pleasure reading this .... even I would like to see,'The Three Musketeers',making happy chaos and giving their parents,their extended family,us -the viewers happy memories...Deepa.
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