@Tanvi,
Of all the questions and serious issues like bigamy , cheating etc u choose to ask a question which holds no importance...
Yes Pratap was dead, agreed Shyam never saw him, but he was fully aware of the relationship between the two...dead or not , Shyam was never jealous of Pratap , he was frustrated and worried that Sugna might not be able to move from her depression and pain. If hypothetically Pratap was alive then there would not have been a Shyam, the former would have married Sugna and would be happily married unlike certain sum1, Sugna would not have had an extra marital affair. There was no lie or any cheated party in S-S relationship, the issue was SUgna adjusting to her changed environment and her varying feelings which she has every right to undergo and likewise Shyam's frustration is justified. J-G relationship is based on lies, mistrust and a crime, its insecurity is based on whether they can still stay together , and rather than blamin themselves for this mess Gauri uses Anandi as the fall back.
The big underlying difference is SUgna , a widowed pregrant girl was in luv with her dead husband, she was holding on to his memories, u can never blame her...WHile an educated girl lyk Gauri is a willing keep of a man who has lied in his lyf throughout! Whatever reason Gauri is insecure of ANandi...the blame lies with G only, before she married Jagat, she should have asked for a legal separation between A-J, she would have understood the relationship and his families reaction and then should have taken a call on her relation with J. Gauri is not like Sugna a victim of tragedy, she is a victim of her own deeds. Anandi as u quote has respect and devi lyk status, well honey that is cosmetic, she lost her husband, her right to study, all those haveli tortures, Gauri saw on Jagat's bday how J mistreated Anandi, he didnt even acknowledge her socially, and she now thinks he respects her, B.S...If Gauri claims that Bal vivaah was an evil for Jagat then she is foolish enough to think that it was a boon for Anandi.
@Anmol,
Every wife is living in a bubble ready to explode when her husband enters into an extra-martial affair, she has a ryt to react in any way, Gauri was fully aware of the marriage of J-A, whether that was legal or not for her is secondary issue but she was aware of a 3rd person , yet she never tried to see what is happening to Anandi and how her lyf will be destroyed... SO yes knowingly she was party to the destruction of Anandi's lyf...We are crticial of her becoz of the simple fact that JAgat's lies have been all there for us to see but Gauri is being paranoid about Anandi's presence and asking JAgat y does he respect her even now...when she should have for once thought about what has happened to Anandi...
Divorce is not a cakewalk, Jagat will go to jail irrespective of whoever files the case, then again GAuri will blame Anandi not herself for being a willing keep..., And The irony is Gauri has lost her own self respect by not asking for divorce for herself...yet her hunt is based on an insecurity, if a person cannot have enough self-respect the she has no right to ask respect for others.
@Tanvi the hard facts are:
Sugna was not Shyam's mistress but he married her , there was no pratap or ny1 in the frame, they didnt need to divorce some1 to work over their problems, there issues were between them lyk many husband and wife...But Gauri is not a wife she is a keep and anandi is the legal wife, so for any action of JAGA ,Anandi will alwayz be in the picture.
I repeat, Sugna would not have nor would Shyam have gone for each other , if Pratap was alive.They have enough respect for others and for each other.
U and I have seen the evils of bal vivaah on Anandi, v all have read them in books , v know the hardships a girl undergoes, simillarly G has read the same, she has even grown in that environment yet she keeps forgetting and only thinks about how anandi will take away J...she saw how wives were suppose to eat from used plates , did she pause and thought , that Anandi did the same.
She hears Jagat saying he respects Anandi , yet she has wittnessed the bigger truth which is he married her inspite being Anandi's husband, where does that respect stand,hypocrisy is for all to see.
We cannot have this excuse that Jagat has blinded her with lies, she is educated and knew about everything before getting married...so is is a partner in crime..., if they truely luved each other, they would not have jumped nto a relationship lyk that, there was no pressure on Gauri to marry soon, she is an independent girl who unlike Anandi had the biggest advantage on her side:freedom.
Gauri has killed all the possible respect , she could ever had, with ehr own deeds.