Originally posted by: shruthiravi
@jagrutid I only told from Damayanti's POV, from sethji's POV he was between devil and deep sea. His daughter is manglik and if he doesn't accept the deal, her marriage will happen to a old man. And he has seen his daughter crying asking him not to marry her of to a man older than him. He understood Gayatri loves Ranaji and her feelings are used by Rajmatha for Ameerkot. He doesn't know how much Ranaji will love her. But atleast he knows his daughter loves Ranaji.So he took the decision, if doesn't accept the deal he will be morally correct but then Gayatri can never be happy and her marriage to that old man is gross injusticeIf he takes the deal morally he maybe incorrect, but he can hope at some point of time his daughter will get true happiness.Actually for me in this case Sethji was not wrong. He took the best option available to him. On most occasions woman like Damayanti will take these morally incorrect decision as wrong. Because they realize only black and white. Not the grey.Great stories that transcends time and age will always have characters that are grey than black or white. And it is exactly the reason even after 5000 years still Mahabharata is read and enjoyed. Because even today what happened then, happens now. Struggle for power has not changed even now. Rules of game are still the same. Even now more than talent cast and creed matters. Even now woman are treated as properties. Even now idealistic Abhimanyu's are killed in Chakravyuh because they don't know the rules of game. I love such stories where you transcend the realm of grey than see things in black or white. Because we humans always have black and white within us and based on situations we can be right or wrong.
I agree it takes a strong mind to see beyond the definitions of right and wrong and her has farther has that and I'm sure Gayatri has to. She's going to see for herself sooner or later that this ideal is not as it seems. I actually think Rana will the first one tell Gayatri that he isn't some perfect husband or man for that matter that will always be right or be perfect for her.