Smitar's: Loving Khushi #3 Part 9(1A,1B) Pg 106 22/8 - Page 80

Originally posted by: Japonica

That was a terrific analysis of chapters 9(1a and 1b), Rashmi!

You are right, it was a masterstroke on Arnav's part to manipulate everyone by confessing to them the true story behind their marriage.

What upsets me is that he is gloating over his victory without once thinking how he is again pushing her into a corner where she has no choice. It makes me feel his ego is more than his love, however deep and endless his love is.

I wish he'd once told the family how much he loved her and could not let her go and deeply sorry he was for what he had done to her while he was playing on their reactions and leading them to the where he wanted them to be.



I wish he would give her some choice, even if he is doing it all out of love for her.

Sorry, Smita, I don't mean to criticize you, it is just that somehow your portrayal of Khushi's pain which she voices in Chapter 8 has really got to me. This is a person for whom agency has been denied, now all she wants is to gain some agency.

Isn't it ironic that ASR the man who has complete agency of every aspect of his personal and professional life, refuses to see her need though he claims to love her so much??

Don't get me wrong, I do want Khushi to be with him all her life, just want her have the right to decide for herself. 😆

Originally posted by: rulama

Thanks for the pm, R.

I agree, Arnav has understood unconditional love rather late, unfortunately for him.


You have made some very good points which i totally agree with, yet i am not fully happy with him.

He is now doing the right thing by her so that she can act without any harm to her reputation. I understand that, but i get the sense that at the same time he is making it difficult for her choose, what will she tell the family on the 15th when they ask her why she is leaving? They will point out that she loves him and he loves her.

I wish he'd said to the family, that he she wants to leave him for all the hurt he has caused her and that he is marrying her to protect her reputation, that he is truly sorry and that he does not want her to leave, but he will let her do as she wishes because he loves her enough to respect her decision.

He is thinking love alone is enough, he has to acknowledge that respecting the other is also equally essential . The issue for Khushi is not of love, but one of respect for herself, not her just of her reputation. She as a person needs to be acknowledged.

Edited by Japonica - 12 years ago

Originally posted by: Japonica

In response, I would like to quote what I had written in my post titled UNBOSOM. The closing lines is given below.

She had reached her limit and within the next few days she had decided to severe her ties with all of them. She needs time to heal, time to recover, time to decide. That is why she asks him to set her free in the name of love.

Along with what I wrote in the post titled MASTERSTROKE,

It also once again gives him leverage over her though this time he might not opt to exercise it. If she wants to go away from him she could go for a period of time but they would be bound together for their lifetime.

For her life is along with him. She has to decide what she really wants and that I feel she will get. This time the option will be hers I think. Lets see how Smita takes it.

Edited by rulama - 12 years ago