Posted this someplace else too, seems apt for the topic at hand
With Afsana, I feel like there's so much lost in translation, mainly due to the semantic barriers in her commutation with the rest. Her issues with Shamita began the day she refused to let Shamita teach her the rules of the house when she herself was disregarding them and that irked Shamita. Ego pe baat aa gayi, rightfully so, I mean Ms. Shetty ko koi kaise question kar sakta hai? A seasoned player who has been on the show thrice now, is not gonna answer to a newbie like Afsana. And Vishal dislikes her because she has a mind of her own and refuses to listen to Vishal and follow his directions. The sheer disrespect by Afsana, how dare she, right?
Having said that, Afsana's words and actions cannot be candoned, they were extremely disrespectful and crass. She went to a point of no return. The issue with Afsana is that she doesn't think before speaking and then she doesn't shut up for the love of god. Her jabs towards Shamita were below the belt, she has no right to comment upon another person's personal life, career, age or anything as far as it isn't concerned with the show. She can have a heart of gold but words once uttered, cannot be take back. She needs to realise this
However, she didn't start that fight with Shamita & Vishal, they were the ones who inserted themselves into a conversation that had nothing to do with them. They both purposefully egged her along, they can't feign innocence now, everyone knows how Afsana is and if you claim otherwise, I'm not buying it, especially when it comes to two people who've locked horns with her in the past, both of them knew the direction things would take once they joined the conversation.
They probably did not realise things would get this ugly but they definitely knew that things were about to get dirty. A part of them wanted that, Afsana played into their trap and got an earful. Not saying she didn't deserve it, she deserved to hear every bit of it. But, I don't like the fact that neither of them were held accountable for their roles. If you are as classy and poised as you claim to be, why engage in a conversation with someone who you tag as a pottymouth? Why give that person a chance to put you down and affect your mental health?
Both Shamita and Vishal have maintained that they feel Afsana loses her marbles when she feels cornered or threatened, if you both know that's her blind spot, why do everything you can exploit it and get yourself insulted in the process unless that's what your plan has been all along? To turn tides against her and gain the audiences sympathies? Vishal used everything he had to instigate Afsana into using force against either himself or Shamita! Had it not been for the rest of the housemates who were constraining her, Afsana probably would have been out of the show by now.
And for those who feel Nishant spoke against Afsana first, yes he did but he did not keep agitating her to a point of blind rage. He took a step back when he sensed things were about to go south. Someone who claims to be as smart as Vishal, definitely knew what his actions would result in. He wanted Afsana out. Simple. No harm in that but to do that to someone who is already a live-wire is ill-advised. Afsana, could have caused serious harm to herself or someone else and Shamita and Vishal can't absolve themselves from the parts they played in it.
Salman was very respectful with Afsana during WKV, I wouldn't have the same courtesy had I been in his shoes tbh. He really tried to make her understand her flaws and gave her guidance as on how to make herself better. I would have appreciated it more had he just, even in passing, acknowledged that Afsana's words weren't unprovoked. I'm in no way saying that her actions are justifiable, provocation or no provocative, she was wrong but hers was a reaction.
Afsana needs to think before she speaks, now more so that she's on national television, and thousands are privy to her actions and reactions. Life is extremely unpredictable, wishing death to someone is one of the vilest things you can possibly do, and god forbid, if your words come true, the guilt will take you down along with it. She can't always hide behind her anger issues. Hopefully, Salman's advice resonates with her and she betters herself.
Coming to reactions of the rest of the housemates, I don't blame them for reacting the way they did. Afsana clearly has a set pattern, whether we accept it or not. She has never gone off the rails this bad but everytime she falters, she apologises & says she's turned over a new leaf but then it's back to square one in a few days' time. Anyone in the right mind can perceive this was stubbornness and after the things she said last night, people are not wrong for clapping for what they believe she should rightfully hear. I'm of the opinion that they were clapping at Afsana finally being set straight because she never would've let anyone of them talk sense into her. She needed to hear all that in order to grow, otherwise god knows what she would've done next time.
It was evident that Shamita is being sheltered by Salman. That is the only reason why I feel like Vishal and she got a clean chit. Also, Shamita, the Captain, continuously breaks the house's rules left right and centre and Salman doesn't mind. Miesha was warned of not following the rules, what about Ms.Shetty then? She's above them?
Madame Shetty can't finish a conversation without using English for the most of it. I'm not saying the use of English is to be completely stopped, you can't have conversations nowadays without some English words creeping in and it's okay, but since there is rule about speaking in Hindi for the most part, she should be obligated to do that just like the rest. Bigg Boss has in the past, punished Captains for not following the rules. Lagta hai iss baar BB is sleeping. No one pays heeds to his words anyway, bol ke kya fayada.
Just after Salman asked the housemates to adhere to the rules, Shamita and Tejasswi had a conversation in English. Shamita, the captain. The amount of things she can get away with is hilarious. Even the scissor incident was conveniently brushed under the rug.
The power of a surname has never been more evident than this.
Edited by CobraKai1972 - 4 years ago