@anshanash -- yes, he went to mumbai saying he hated jayetsar. That is before the whole gauri thing came to light. Now family feels that he will stay in jayetsar if they accept gauri ... and in any case, he keeps coming back - with requests for aashirwaad, whether it was his visit to gauri or whether it is calling sumitra back. So, even if in the past, he didnt want to live in Jayetsar, times change, and it is obvious that even if he doesnt move to jayetsar on a permanent basis -- he will still like to visit them on festivals and occassions -- and they too want that.
As far as anandi's legal right is concerned -- yes, she is legally bahu of the family -- but is this a matter which is to be viewed just through legal lenses? as if she is a tenant who has a legal right to stay in a flat ?
This is also a matter of reading your surroundings, understanding and assessing relations. In life, everything cannot be spelled out -- one has to have the art of reading between the lines. And this art allows one to preserve one's dignity even if the legal setting is intact.
For instance, let us say that someone (x) is working in an office. They have a legal contract to be there and work. But then, the boss hires someone new as a competitor to x. And then x's role is slowly being truncated -- and the competitor is taking over the new role etc. etc. Then, yes, x has the legal right, but will soon be hanging around without any real work -- because the company may not want to fire them and get into a lawsuit or something. So they will manufacture a situation where person x becomes uncomfortable and voluntarily leaves.
Now if person x has dignity, then they should leave right away, regardless of the legality, because they are not really wanted there and their skills and talents are not being valued.
If person x needs money and job security, then they can stay in the job given that they are legally on contract -- but they should use that time to find themselves a new job and then leave with dignity.
But just to keep hanging on because of legality is meaningless, especially in the case of a human/interpersonal issue which is now dead.
She is legal wife of jagya, she is legal bahu of haveli. Okay fine.
But when the relationship is finished with jagya, it is not becoming of anandi to continue staying there for an indefinite time. If there were children in the relationship -- then maybe it would be okay. But her by herself -- I dont think so.
Particularly, when as we are seeing, the singh family wants jagya back in their lives -- it is anandi's presence which makes them walk on eggshells. He will not come back to them so long as anandi is there in the house. And they too will feel guilty calling him or welcoming him if she is there.
At this point, given the state of affairs, the only relevance of legality is for her to get a final settlement in terms of her stridhan and her property. Staying in the house on grounds of legality (and that too permanently) is ridiculous.
