I actually LOVED Komal's reaction, for several reasons. My only fear is that the CVs might overdo it and make it an all-out jethani-devrani war, and ruin Komal's character completely. At this juncture I can't help but think of how they might damage the serial anyway.
1. The other two women had their issues with Sia and the danger she posed for the family out before Viraaj's secret became public. They had their chance to vent. Tashu's assault occurred at a point where she was in a position just like Sia's, and because she'd mistrusted her earlier, Tashu was able to see Sia as an ally. Gayathri almost threw Sia out of the house for keeping things from her, along with Raghav. Komal's detachment so far allowed her to distance herself from the situation and sympathise with Sia at a time when she'd just found out what Krish had been through, but then again she wasn't a hostage in her own home or seeing her son at gunpoint at that point
2. It's clearly breaking-point at this stage: Komal knows there is no point in raging at Viraaj...remember he is clearly at the peak of his power at this point. They've not just been victimized, they've been placed in a position where they can't raise a voice against him or vent in front of him. She's not just angry -- she's frustrated, she's stressed, she's in fear of her life and her family's. That's something she can't express to the actual cause for all this because she knows he has the upper hand here. Her tirade towards Sia is really her frustration speaking. It's misplaced, but it springs out for her own trauma. Just as Jhanvi's pointless self-blame at the Dobriyal house did. Just as probably Sundar's temporary alliance with Viraaj did.
3. Like Ana said, the Singh women were as much victims as Sia herself was. The women faced having their own loved ones being assaulted and abused before their very eyes, were not allowed to speak or even breathe through their mouths, weren't allowed to defend themselves even once, spent hours being hostages in their own house and not being able to do a thing about it. Imagine spending an entire night or two in that state. Imagine the thoughts they'd have been forced to think. Imagine the kind of stress they must have been undergoing. Gayathri and Tashu can rationalize because they've allowed themselves space to be angry with Sia and to give vent to how they felt about what she didn't do. Komal hadn't. Just as she was beginning to realise the danger Krish had been in, she'd learnt of Jhanvi's situation. Does she have the chance to do anything other than sympathize? She doesn't.
Situations like these are not nice and easy and people are not going to be their normal selves in that kind of a situation. By stating that she had no right to do it just because Sia is, in principle, innocent...is delegitimizing their own suffering IMO.
Edited by BizzyLizzy - 13 years ago
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