'Aaj se aap sirf meri maa hain'. | There you go!

There you go! To all those who said Maya loves her mother unconditionally and she wouldn't dare hurt her ever. Didn't I say Maya won't hesitate in hurting, harming, suffocating and destroying even the one's who she loves deeply if they refuse abide by her rules and her world? Show the slightest sign of disloyalty and betrayal even if in reality it's just your own right to live life the way you want to and Maya will annihilate you. She won't allow anyone else to lay a finger on you but she can very well chop you into fine pieces if she wants to.

Lets keep all that Jhanvi's done aside for moment and look at the scenario, your mother is just back from the hospital and you treat her...that way. Jhanvi was right in way that after all Maya is Ashwin's daughter. A failed marriage, a horrible and unforgivable case of parenting resulted in a highly damaged child. Such a scary moment when you both feel for Maya and get frightened by her. The way she recounts the incidents of extreme physical violence she's been subjected to and the very next moment, abuses her own mother. This further cements the theory that Maya indeed does seem to have done something horrifying in the past as a result of having been abused mentally, emotionally and physically to a great degree. And that one thing gives Ashwin all the authority and power over Maya and Jhanvi.

Jhanvi, you're greatly responsible for what Maya is today. Now, I don't think I'll ever be able to ship Arjun and Maya with a sane mind because admit it or not, Maya is an extremely dangerous person to be around with. Right now, what she needs is diagnosis, therapy and treatment and not an obsessive love which will wreck havoc on her, Arjun and everyone around them. Genuinely worried for what's to come, Arjun, Saanjh and all those involved better tighten their seat belts because Maya is going to make sure you have one hell of a ride. Quite literally. 😳

I just proof read my post and I realised I could be mistaken as someone anti-Maya. So before I'm told not to speculate and just watch or that I'm too harsh on Maya, allow me to clear the air. I, with all my heart deeply empathise with Maya's pain. No one should be subjected to the kind of childhood Maya has had, absolutely traumatic and grievous to say the least. A person who's been a victim abuse (be it of any kind) can broadly turn into kinds of people.

One, the kind who refuses to let anyone be subjected to the same fate as theirs, the kind who make it apart of their existence to fight against such menacing practices, the kind who'd never personally abuse someone ever.

Two, the kind who consciously or unconsciously torture and abuse other because they had been through it, the kind who tend to believe that abusing others would serve as a payback, the kind who eventually transform into perpetrator from a victim. Maya with or without her knowledge or consent is showing signs of the second kind I spoke about.

She doesn't trust anybody because none proved to be trust-worthy while she was continuously suffering, she think its okay to be extremely possessive about someone because she's never had healthy relationships, she believes she has some sort of a right over her mother because despite her mother miserably failing at being her mother was all she had when she deep down in that torturous pit. She not scared of self-harm because she's been through immense pain, a cut here and there and a little blood spilled over is joke for her. The possessiveness, the extremities, the lack of a moral compass, the crazy streak in her, all stem from her childhood experiences.

She's unhealthy and dangerously possessive of her mother and now, Arjun because both of them have proved to be her only support systems. She derives her strength from these two people, she feels safe, secured and loved (three of the emotions she's never been fortunate enough to experience) only when the two of them are around. She madly and desperately wants Arjun for herself and herself alone because she fears losing the strength, security, stability and acceptance Arjun provides her.

So, I do get Maya. Although, I do believe there's always a choice. I wish Maya had tried or at least tries in future to not become a worst possible version of herself. Because, think, she's pulled herself and her mother out of that torturous pit to build a life. That's a testimony to the strength she possess and undying will to survive. If she's treated medically, if she's treated with love, care and acceptance, if she's allowed to be a human and actually live a life sans the highly damaged and mechanical life that she leads, what great things is this woman is capable of! 😳