Having heard the news of Gauhar's return, I watched the episode last night.Mr. Khan begins the episode by subtly justifying himself. None of the housemates seem to be excited about opening the topic but he had to justify himself so how could he let it go? He obviously begins with Gauhar. Everyone knew that the topic was "why Gauhar would support Kushal and why was Tanisha spared from being evicted?" But Mr. Khan takes a completely different direction and confronts Gauhar for telling Sangram that he is not portraying himself in a good light for the people inside and outside. Mr. Khan first confirms with Gauhar that she did not have any contact with the outside world during her short stay outside. Then he begins with a very preachy tone and uses the passive voice to ask the question, "Why is it being said to Sangram that people outside do not see him in a positive light?" Mr. Khan we usually use the passive voice if we do not want to insult a person or accuse him/her of anything directly. You were addressing Gauhar directly so your choice of using the passive voice was beyond me unless of course you were trying to appear respectable which you didn't.
Now I am also against such statements but I did not understand your purpose of bringing it up at a time when we were expecting something else unless you began with the urge to bash Gauhar. Anyhow such statements are obviously examples of logical fallacy and we should avoid them. But is Gauhar the first one to have used such statements? Armaan has said repeatedly to Tanisha that people outside see them as honest and genuine players. May I ask why you never felt the urge to confront him just like you did in Gauhar's case? One could argue that Arman was making general statements which would apply to Gauhar too. Shilpa was a more careful contestant in this regard because she would always say "do you know how your are portraying yourself" rather than claiming people are unhappy with your portrayal. Oh and let me not forget your logical fallacies too Mr. Khan. How many times you've turned to a contestant and say that it's not just you but the entire Indian population which holds the opinion. I highly doubt you are a person who updates himself constantly with votes and public opinion. My guess is that you come to the show, rehearse for your part, get the results from the organizers and announce them. I base my assumption on the fact that there were times when you reprimanded a contestant for his/her bad portrayal and in the same week the nominated contestant was saved from eviction by the public. So how then can you claim that every time the public is in agreement with you? Kushal was obviously criticized by many but he also had considerable support. Did you have the guts to inform him that he had considerable support too or you just told him that he has jeopardized his career? Isn't that half the truth, Mr. Khan? So my point is that you are no one to tell Gauhar that she should avoid overgeneralizing. If Shilpa had made this statement, I would have appreciated it as I too agree.
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Mr. Khan uses two evidences to support his case.
1. Hiru ji and Fareeda ji have expressed their agreement. If you present this evidence in a court case, it obviously means nothing. I respect their views but like you initially acknowledged people have different views. So even if Barack Obama had shown his agreement, it would mean nothing to me. And then it was not clear to what exactly they showed their agreement? The fact that you confronted Kushal for insulting Tanisha? Well I too would confront Kushal. But were the happy with how you confronted him? Did they also show their agreement to your partiality towards Tanisha and Armaan? Did they also agree that it was okay for you to insult Pratushya day in and day out?
2. I know Gauhar more than Tanisha and Kushal has studied in the same school as me (note they have about 20 years age difference) so my natural tendency would be to support these two over Tanisha and Armaan whom I have barely met. You could seriously do a better job than that, Mr. Khan. You have met many people from the film industry in several occasions, do you treat them all nicely? You probably know Kangna much more than Gauhar but remember when she mentioned that she should only meet you on BB's sets because you treat her very nicely and politely? I hope it was just a joke and nothing else. Besides who cares about how much you know each of these contestants, the point is that you were unjust and mentioning this is not helping your case at all.
He finally said that it was Big Boss's and not his decision to evict Kushal. If it was upto him, he would have evicted Kushal for insulting Tanisha, Tanisha for pushing Kushal, and Armaan for his abusive language. I wish your actions and your words were in agreement with this statement Mr. Khan. When the Tanisha and Kushal incident happened, you never even slightly hinted in this direction or at least warned Tanisha that she could have been evicted for pushing Kushal. You presented it as in the whole scenario not reacting to Tanisha's pushing was the only right decision Kushal made. As for Armaan, please remind me when was the last time you even vaguely stated to him that he does not deserve being in BB's house for his abusive language? I only remember you taunting Kushal that Armaan is man enough to apologize for his words and actions as he did after calling Kaamyaa a divorcee.
Nevertheless, his mere mentioning brought a sigh of relief to Gauhar so she immediately applauded him for speaking out her mind. But as she got too excited, he decided to kill her excitement with the remark "Wait, you're taking it wrong. What Kushal said to Tanisha was 10 times worse than your case." And then he claims not to be partial towards Tanisha. Give me a break. Personally, I would choose Kushal calling me a failure or trash than Armaan asking me to strip off. Like Gauhar rightly said, it's subjective and you cannot draw the lines for everyone, Mr. Khan.
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The worst part of the episode:
Mr. Khan turns to Gauhar and demands to know why she reentered the house after she decided to support Kushal by leaving the house. First of all, it was not even related to the topic at all. We are discussing why Gauhar thought Kushal was right and why Tanisha is not evicted like Kushal. Now that you've asked an unwarranted question, let me give you a piece of my mind. When Gauhar was leaving, we saw Apoorva pulling back Gauhar adn whispering something in her ear twice to which Gauhar said "I don't care, Appu." I thought of many possibilities for Apoorv's statement such as "Stay and we'll bring back Kushal" or "You don't have to leave with Kushal" but the best possibility is "It's against your contract to leave the BB house" because Gauhar's "I don't care" would fit nicely with it. In any case, Gauhar did not receive a divine revelation from angels to tell her that BigBoss will try to convince her to return after she leaves the house. So the moment she stepped out of the house, she had taken all the risks involved. According to the news, Kushal left the city immediately while Gauhar was confined in a room. We don't know what happened between Gauhar and BB's creatives. I bet you'd know it more than me, Mr. Khan. But the outcome was that they convinced Gauhar to return. Gauhar can obviously not tell you on national TV what traversed between her and the creatives. So why the hell would you decide to put her in such an awkward position? To prove that you are right and she's wrong? How desperate.
Gauhar mentions only one thing that she returned to the house with the same stand with which she left. If the news of Kushal's return is true, then she has proven herself unless Mr. Khan decides to pull the strings and prevent Kushal from reentering the house. Even if Gauhar has not convinced BB to make Kushal's reentry. Her returning back is completely logical. There has to be something strong in BB's contract to prevent housemates from making voluntary exit. Otherwise, they will leave whenever they feel like it's becoming too much because most of them do not need the prize money. And what are the odds that they will win the show? So voluntary exit would be very sensible. But then voluntary exit is not easy. Hence, we saw that Rajat was begging for eviction even though he felt that his health was deteriorating beyond repair. He thought he was dying, why didn't he make a voluntary exit if it meant no costs incurred? There is the report that making voluntary exit means paying 50 lakhs fine. If the creatives had given Gauhar the option to pay the fine or return to house, I bet Kushal too would have suggested that she returns to the house. These matters are not something you can discuss on TV. No one would know this more than Mr. Khan given his professional background. So I was very disappointed and disgusted when you put Gauhar in that situation despite knowing that she cannot answer. Looks like you don't know a basic etiquette, Mr. Khan: Do not ask a question from a person you know would not like to or cannot answer.
In short, you have miserably failed in justifying yourself, Mr. Khan. Better luck next time. And every time I feel you have reached the limit, you don't fail to surprise me by going a step ahead.
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Phew, it took me an hour to type this post. Please read and share your views.
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Update:
Two important points I forgot to add:
I totally hated how Salman was reprimanding Apoorva and telling him that he's responsible for the whole thing. Are you for real, Salman? Neither Kushal nor Gauhar thinks that Apoorva's to be blamed for their protest. Why you?! I mean out of everyone, you?! And look at his foolish reasoning.. Apoorva shouldn't have backed from nominating himself. So what? Pratushya too backed out. It's normal. We decide something and we might change our minds after listening to someone's advice.
I simply loved how Salman felt the need to justify himself on national TV. Even though superficial, I loved how he had to make the statement that Tanisha and Armaan too should be evicted. This means that the pressure mounting outside is considerable. Trust me it would have been so much worse for Gauhar if he didn't face this external pressure. Gauhar would see a worse confrontation than Kushal if it wasn't for public pressure on Salman. Good going guys. Please continue. I remember someone telling me on my previous thread that there's still hope... That certainly is true.
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