I think Jagya(Though he is a big jerk in the way he broke off with Anandi) really loves Gauri...but I never called it true love/divine love or anything. God knows what is true love...and how many people in the real world are in true love...because I have never seen unchangeable love ever in life...though have seen lot of people in love.
Given that situation, and given that it can change again...Please don't throw stones at me😆--but I am so pro-choice, that I feel...if at some point of life, he feels strongly that he can't continue with Gauri...yes, he has the right to break up again...and Gauri has equal rights too.
But yeah, it will be veyr immoral on his part to treat her like trash, or stop respecting her at any point of time. I feel staying married is not more important than keeping your respect and honesty intact for your partner...and if you have to break up, you can't leave her in a lurch. To some extent its your responsibility that she is not left as a destitute...or a person with no means in society...so atleast in a developing society he needs to give her all the financial and humanly support at the time of separation...
I saw a discussion on western culture of greed...marriages and remarriages-yeah, in western culture-its not abnormal to see men and women , who have married say 3/4 times in their lives...and a lot of men and women stay married to the same person. Their relations begin with live-in, and if it works they decide to marry. Because of all this, earlier, I thought Americans have less "values" compared to we Indians. But honestly, now I don't think so. They respect and treasure their marriages too. Even they don't jump to get married to every next available man and woman, or else they would have been like those Saudi Arabian Sheikhs--hungry for more and more women. But in reality a lot of men and women really work hard and try to keep their marriages intact, and if it cannot they accept it and move on...but I have seen a lot of them genuinely work on their marriages. This freedom of choice in western countries, gives them the ability to take decisions for themselves...if things fall apart or the marriages goes completely love-less, lot of them separate...but doesn't classify all of them as immature decision makers.
Also, the way we have a view point on them...they have their views about us and out values (which might be categorised racist)...e.g. Indian men, are considered disloyal on a general level. (A lot of Indian men, don't understand why white women rarely/marry dont date them in spite of Indian men being so professionally successful.)... A lot of Indian men are considered chauvinstic and disloyal. Many Indian men have a reputation--that they just want to "enjoy" with other women...but run away from commitments and marriages. And that they don't want real women, but automated machines...who are chosen by his parents...and those women are supposed to perform orders and traditions, without questioning anything.
I defend Indian culture in the west, because I know there are good and bad Indian men.A lot of Indian men are not commitment phobic...and even they work hard on their marriages...unlike a general reputation that has been formed about them. same way, I'll defend Western culture too...they are not people who break marriages at the drop of a hat..or for every "better" girl/guy they find. there are "bad apples" in every culture...be it Indian or Western
I dislike Jagya because the way he treated anandi...however I do think, he has tried to work on his relation with Gauri...and tried to stick to it. Watching this, I would give him a benefit of doubt that atleast he might try to work on his relation with Gauri...however he needs to make it legal first. Also, after he has genuinely tried and later things don't work out with Gauri even.. he can choose a his way out. But I expect him to respect and talk things out with her first. and in case he fallls in love with another person again...and lets assume that love is as strong as we r seeing for Gauri now...he should definitely not continue his relation with Gauri...but neither should he jump into marriage with the third girl at once. His repetitive behavior, should make him first want to look into himself, to see whether he is even ready for marriage before showing dreams to another girl this time...Maybe give time to himself...take some counseling..and then see what he really wants.
However, without getting into any arguments with anyone...I am only stating my own POV... because I am a pro-choice person when it comes to marriages, and I know not many people would agree with me. According to me a pro-choice culture is not necessarily a bad culture in which every person is walking on each other. However thats just my opinion...:-)
Edited by hima_123 - 14 years ago