Originally posted by: .annihilation.
I second Khushi's post on this but I'd like to add some points. All that I said is my own view/opinion/perspective, some of the points are implied, some based on suggestive scenes and some that I found blatantly obvious.
Shruthi, I chose your thread to put forth my views because I trust that even if you'd disagree, you wouldn't jump on me for what I said, misconstrue my statements/views or derive a 'hidden agenda' of sorts from it. As far as your own views are concerned, I hope you do know that I have always respected them irrespective of whether we happened to agree or not. 😳 Needed to say this out loud because I really do not wish to cause any commotion here.
Of course I won't jump down your throat for having a different opinion 😆...It's a fictional show that is meant to be interpreted in different ways based on how you perceive a certain situation. We can both perceive a situation in the same way one day and interpret another situation differently another day. That's what discussion forums are for na 😃 to discuss your interpretations of the story and characters. So please feel free to put forth your views...I would love to read/discuss them even if we might differ on certain aspects. That's the fun of it.
Ok now coming to today's episode. I agree Maya manipulated the situation to suit her purpose. I am not overlooking any of her manipulations or justifying them as being correct. What I am trying to say is that Ar-Sa cannot be held unaccountable for their behavior just because Maya tricked them into having Bhaang . If they just exhibited general foolish "being high" behavior I would have said ok they are just acting stupid because they are high. This was'nt that.
This is not an isolated one time behavior under the influence of bhaang..They have been building up to this behavior, the bar scene, the hollika scene all happened without Maya being involved. So with / without Maya's interference Ar-Sa have been slowly crossing the line of acceptable behavior. Suman has seen that before and has already advised Saanjh to stay away from Arjun-Maya.
Instead of Maya had someone else forced them to drink bhaang would'nt they have exhibited the same behavior??? Would we then be able to blame it on Maya's manipulation? Maya's actions WERE WRONG but so were AR-Sa actions.
So to sum it up:
1. Maya giving them bhaang without their knowledge - Wrong
2. Arjun ignoring Maya when Saanjh is around - Wrong
3. Maya being insecure of the Ar-Sa closeness - Not Wrong
4. The way Maya decides to go about breaking their friendship - Wrong
5. Saanjh behaving like she still has all the right on Arjun - Wrong
6. Ar-Sa close almost sensual at times dance - Very Very wrong
7. Maya telling Suman to control Saanjh - Wrong intention but right action
Given the severity of Maya's past actions IMO what she did today was not exactly morally or ethically wrong. Just giving someone bhaang is not the crime of the century considering what Maya herself has done before. That's why I think today Maya's actions were forgivable to an extent given the even bigger mistakes committed by Arjun (in particular) and Saanjh in the last few days.
Edited by sweetshruti - 8 years ago