It was 1st feb 2010 1 am, they returned to Mumbai from Bangalore and were having pizza at home, now Harsh brings up the topic all of a sudden, "When are you changing your surname?" and she replied with a "very soon". Even though she wanted to make it clear that she wants her name as Nidhi Rai Pandit, because Nidhi Rai is her name she have had since childhood, people know her by that name, how can she let it go just like that! Now he insisted on Nidhi R Pandit and she on Nidhi Rai Pandit "who would know what R stands for? I might as well remove it!" His justification "once your married to a Maharashtrian you cannot keep your maternal surname! No one keeps!" She never thought his family is so conservative, knowing his mom she is sure she will not have any issues, but for some reason Harsh is sure his mom will be upset, and he cares too much about his mom being upset! Nidhi wondered "Where did all that affection and concern for his mom and everyone else go when he was sulking and misbehaving occupied in her thoughts (yeah his mom has told her too much about his past) post break off with this girl named Anjela whom with love he used to call Anji" how Nidhi hates that name! Even more because she never had any affair and Harsh was her 1st BF now husband, she believes she kept all her love for just one but didn't get the same in return. Too socked at his behaviour regarding her name, Nidhi retaliated "that’s my name for god’s sake and I will decide how I want it!!"
She wondered "where did all the lovely promises to convince his parents fly away. What happened to all that I will stand by you? May be he stood so much for Anji that he is too tired to stand for me. Why does the girl in a marriage have to go through so many changes?? Right from calling someone else’s parents mom and dad to changing Surname. A girl who hates bindi is now expected to wear one everytime only to look like Virar local or Dombivali crowd! A girl who never liked any kind of piercing now has ears painfully pierced for the sake of culture! Now should I be grateful that I don’t have to wear a ‘Ghunghat’, and can at least roam around in jeans! It was stupid of me to say that I love him more than my mom! But he never said that! (Smart guy) why should I love someone so much who has already given all his love to someone else, I am so sorry mom I love you the most. I tried to love someone else more than you and I am hurt terribly."
Love is nice only till it’s just the two of you. Trust varies people to people and has different meanings. To her it’s a great word and only infidelity can break her trust for Harsh since there can never be any excuse for cheating. Harsh being a very committed one woman man she trusts him blindly. But to him Trust is broken every time she had to do something she is refrained from doing like taking a sip of wine for courtesy’s sake in a get together without Harsh around, like consulting a Numerologist before name change and when it is a trouble to find a good one Nidhi’s decision to keep her name as always desired. Now that explains! 