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Watching Desi Bling honestly felt like watching patriarchy wrapped in luxury branding. The unmarried women Laili, Alizey, and Tejaswi were the only ones who seemed self-aware and willing to question the dynamics around them.

Most of the married women came across as deeply conditioned to worship their husbands and tolerate behavior they normally wouldn’t accept like they had to be ok seeing their husbands go to parties with girls every weekend.

The “raja beta” mentality was everywhere especially with men like Dyuti, who was emotionally absent as a father yet blamed his wife for not being there for his kids because his mom said so, while he could casually lie and party with other women and his wife is supposed to be ok with this. His wife Iryna, although outwardly modern, ultimately represented the archetype of a financially and emotionally dependent housewife trapped in a toxic marriage. What stood out was how casually her complaints about him were dismissed by Dyuti, largely because he held the financial power in the relationship and could threaten divorce at any moment.

Satish and Tabinda’s relationship looked “stable” on the surface but felt incredibly toxic underneath. Tabinda used to pedicure/manicure her husband almost worshipping him, would turn a blind eye to him partying. The worst moment was when she secretly went to Karan Kundra and asked him to reconsider proposing to Tejaswi, simply because Teja held up a mirror to their behavior and called out Karan hanging around Satish as a bad influence. Funny part was when Pam warned Tabinda about Satish being spotted with another woman multiple times, Tabinda only cared about society finding out her husband was cheating. Her insecurity was even more obvious when she instantly said “No” to her stepson inheriting the business. It really showed how dependent marriages can make women feel insecure and threatened.

Most men enjoyed being worshipped or controlling their wives while women were ok being gold-diggers.

Pam was another huge red flag for me living off an ex-boyfriend while acting like it was normal while the ex-boyfriend still felt entitled to dictate when she could start dating other men again. The whole dynamic was just bizarre to watch.

Overall, the show felt like patriarchy wrapped in glamour and parties. Many of the marriages came across as transactional, exposing the unhealthy dynamics often present in transnational relationships.

YUCKKK!

After listening to Suzanne’s podcast and hearing Yogesh’s lame excuses, it’s pretty clear he doesn’t genuinely care about either Ruru or Akansha. What he really wants is clout whether that comes through Splitsvilla, Bigg Boss, or any other reality show he can get into by using Akansha’s name or even trolling Ruru.

He comes across as the kind of guy who emotionally manipulates girls by constantly talking about how much a show “means” to him first Splitsvilla, then winning it, and now getting an entry into Bigg Boss. Even if he gets hate or looks cringe in the process, it clearly doesn’t matter to him as long as it keeps him relevant and trending.

My request to everyone: whether you hate him or ship him, constantly posting about him positively or negatively is exactly what he wants. Every trend, meme, outrage post, and discussion only helps him move closer to his goal. He’ll keep rage-baiting and attention-seeking because people continue giving him engagement.

Some people simply don’t deserve relevance, and the best way to deal with them is to stop making them the center of conversation.

So basically, Yogesh comes across as someone desperately trying to become the next reality-show king in the mold of Prince Narula: Roadies → Splitsvilla → Bigg Boss and beyond. He was already dating Ruru, yet still wanted to enter Splitsvilla so he allegedly convinced and gaslighted Ruru into joining later.

During Splitsvilla, he connected with Akanksha but once Ruru entered he had no option except going back to her publicly. At the same time, he likely realized that the love triangle controversy was giving all three massive screen time and entire episodes revolved around them. After the show he reportedly tried convincing Akanksha that Ruru was “toxic” and that they could continue cashing in on their unfinished storyline outside the show. Since this was Akanksha’s first reality show while Yogesh already understood the industry game, he was guiding Akansha on sympathy clout and probably also helping her diss him coz any publicity is good publicity afterall. Remember Akansha was throwing so much dirt at Yogesh while he was mum at that time, had no issues with her at all. People also noticed how Akanksha became close to Yogesh’s circle, including Sourabh and Gullu, which further fuels speculation that Yogesh was helping shape narratives behind the scenes to gain audience sympathy for Akansha. Publicly, though, he kept pretending to feel “guilty” about Akanksha and hinted that something could have happened between them if Ruru had never entered. Master stroke to create opportunity for BB since it entertains a story without closure.

Before the finale, it honestly looked like both Yogesh and Akanksha came prepared to do damage control and shift the blame entirely onto Ruru to save their fabricated unfinished storyline for BB. The whole “pre-planning” issue was especially suspicious because Yogesh himself exposed it conveniently during the finale while simultaneously acting like Ruru was threatening to reveal it. Akanksha also appeared to frame Ruru as emotionally toxic, claiming Yogesh needed therapy and that she had to console him out of compassion.

In the end, when Yogesh likely realized that his pairing with Akanksha may not help him reach Bigg Boss, the controversy with Ruru suddenly became useful again. A messy unresolved dynamic gives reality shows exactly the kind of “unfinished tea” they love to exploit. That’s why he was intentionally rage-baiting audiences by openly grinning and saying he’d pick Akanksha over Ruru.

Overall, the impression is that Yogesh treats emotions like a storyline to be managed rather than real relationships to be respected. He only wants to get Bigboss be it with Akansha or Ruru..that's why he is so happy after finale fiasco even though audiences are trolling him left right and centre!

So basically Yogesh wanted to go to Splitsvilla even though he was dating Ruru. He convinced Ruru to let him go and join later. Ruru probably thought he would resist any real connection there, which he clearly couldn’t. He fell for Ak while using the same “taramandal” bs he used with Ruru.

When Ruru entered, he went back to her publicly, but internally he was already in love with Ak. The show aired on Jan 9th, and Yogesh/Ak were meeting since January while Yogesh still hadn’t officially broken up with Ruru. Ruru realized they were meeting, so she started confronting Yogesh, but instead of telling the truth he kept lying. When Ruru confronted Ak for meeting Yogesh, Ak rolled her eyes on Ruru.

At the same time, Ak started gaining sympathy for being “betrayed” by Yogesh and even questioned Ruru’s upbringing on podcasts. Meanwhile Yogesh was still meeting Ak, confiding in her, and bitching about Ruru being “toxic” because apparently cheating shouldn’t be a big deal “everyone does it,” right? We literally heard his mentality during the Sorab expose situation too.

Suddenly Ruru being “toxic” and bi became an issue only because Yogesh desperately wanted to be with Ak. And honestly, it feels like Ak also leaned into the sympathy narrative abandoned girl from the show, wronged by Yogesh while conveniently portraying Ruru as some mastermind who preplanned everything, even though going to the show itself was Yogesh’s opportunistic idea to begin with.

I know all three messed up. Yogesh is the biggest asshole here and I genuinely feel sorry for any girl who falls for him, so honestly good riddance for Ruru. Ruru was wrong for pretending she wasn’t dating Yogesh and letting him go to Splits, but isn’t that basically what Aryanshi did with Deeptanshu too? Then why is only Ruru getting this level of hate? Compare Yogesh with Deeptanshu Yogesh clearly crossed far more boundaries emotionally and personally.

What also makes no sense is Ak gaining sympathy for being “dumped for Ruru” while she was literally seeing Yogesh at the same time. That’s a contradiction in itself because in reality she was already involved with him, while Ruru was still being misled into believing Yogesh was with her. Ak has gone on podcast denying that she never met Yogesh intentionally, they barely crossed paths and how people are targetting her by lying!

And as always, when the cheaters get exposed there is a common gaslighting “the girlfriend was too toxic.” But Yogesh literally CAUSED her anxiety by constantly lying and hiding things and not giving closure or breaking-up and now conviniently blamed her for reacting and confronting him.

AK built her entire image on a victim narrative while sneakily dating Yogesh. It honestly feels like both of them were shaping narratives together while the audience was being misled. She dragged everyone else’s upbringing, parents, and personal lives into the drama, even making problematic comments about bisexuality. So calling other girls ‘jealous of her clout’ now feels ironic when that clout was largely built by publicly tearing others down and portraying yourself as some devi who always gets targeted by others.

We know Ak will eventually get karma I mean mature audience already know she is a vile opportunistic person..she is sasti copy of Divya Agarwal..Divya could atleast win BB but she ain't gonna make it that far..her tave jaisa muh and black armpits will not give her any main lead role on TV or sponsor opportunities either..Yogesh wanted to be next Prince Narula but has lost the plot, he can’t read the audience, has zero understanding of morals or ethics..I doubt he will make it all with his chapri face.

My request to the audience: keep exposing their hypocrisy, lies, and opportunistic behavior instead of falling for the fake image they sell. No amount of PR or branding can hide an ugly personality forever, and brands should think twice before making such toxic people their face.

It was honestly horrible to watch the position Diksha and Himanshu were put in literally begging contestants for meagre splitcoins.

Sadaf blaming Tayne’s actions as an excuse to not support Himanshu and Diksha made no sense at all. She came across incredibly petty and bitter in that moment. The irony was satisfying through instant karma when Dip and Sadaf were left with no option but to compete against Yogesh and Ruru for the semi-finals. Their expressions after realizing they were up against Yogesh were priceless. I genuinely couldn’t stop laughing because if they had supported Himanshu earlier, they still might’ve had a real chance to survive.

What’s even funnier is that the same splitcoins Sadaf was obsessing over eventually ended up benefiting Yogesh and giving him leverage instead. That’s exactly why selfish gameplay backfires.

I still don’t understand how Gullu’s herd kept receiving kindness from other contestants despite their behavior. Mohit literally gave coins to Sadaf even after the pool incident where she made him remove clothes in a humiliating way and after that she threw Anushka’s clothes into the pool for revenge. If you noticed, Anushka barely wore jewellery after that because all her jewelry got damaged. Yet when it was her turn do something kind, Sadaf couldn’t show big heart to her own friend Himanshu.

And Kaira? Diksha saved her bestie Zalak by giving away 40k splitcoins, yet Kaira couldn’t spare anything in return and was even gesturing Sadaf not to give coins to Himanshu. That was such an ugly moment to watch.

So yes, watching Sadaf lose badly against Yogesh and Ruru, and seeing Kaira’s disappointed face after watching her group members lose and part their precious coins to bhaichara finalists was extremely satisfying. Karma really did its job in this episode!