The Week that Was - Page 9

Originally posted by: Opti

Excellent analysis Diya. I especially liked the part where you made the case that Arnav's decision to marry Khushi was about both his deep love and hate for Khushi or rather hate for what he thinks she did. Yes, his 'dimaag' wasn't working like it did not in all his past knee jerk reactions taken in anger.

Hey Opti ... thank you!


Posting below what I posted in your bog.

My heart went out to the poor girl. Isn't it ironic that she was emotionally blackmailed into a hurried and unwilling engagement which she ultimately broke on realising her fiance was a married man and now she got emotionally blackmailed again into a hurried and unwilling wedding because she is believed to be trying to break up the very marriage she had earlier saved? What's worse is that the indecent proposal of a short term marriage comes from the man she loves and that too at a time when she was expecting a love confession from him. Her trust in the man which was just beginning to be restored by his thoughtful and sensitive acts during the run up to the wedding just got rudely crushed. It would be a Herculian task for the man to get her to trust him again once he realises the biggest blunder he has made in his life.

Yes, exactly what I felt ... Arnav will learn to trust Khushi through this ... will Khushi lose all her trust in Arnav now? First blackmailed for her father's sake into an engagement which she never wanted ... and now into a marriage for her sister's sake, to a man she loves but who thinks the worst of her and is marrying her for all the wrong reasons ... for that one mistake she made, that too, with the best of intentions ... Poor girl indeed.


If only he had used his famed 'dimag' if not his newly found 'dil', he would have realised that Khushi is the last person who would tango with a married man. Had he not seen the woman shed tears seeing him in the arms of another woman? Had he not seen the stark pain in her eyes when he announced his engagement to that woman? Did she not rush into his arms to seek comfort when her dad was seriously ill? Did he not hear her berate him for belittling the institution of marriage? How could he even think that this woman is in love with another man and that too a married one at that? Yes, he heard her ask him to break ties with her, but what makes him think that she said that so as to get married to him? Oh sorry, he wasn't thinking. After all his brain shuts down when his fury flares up.

Yes, and that is supposed to excuse everything he does ...

Added in this post:

I felt deep down he cannot believe in Khushi's duplicity because if she was capable of leading him on when she had her eyes and heart fixed on his bro-in-law, would she also not have been capable of double crossing him and back out of the forced marriage after ensuring Payal and Akaash were married? He seemed to believe that once she has given her word, she will not retract. One can argue that he was sure she would not take the chance of backtracking because of the threat that he could mess up Payal's married life if she did so. But then could he not have done that if she had succeeded in breaking Anjali's marriage and hooked up with Shyam post the break up? Would that not have deterred her from going down that path, considering how much she loves her sister? If she cared two hoots about the repercussions of a possible marriage to Shyam in future on her sister's marriage, why would she not want to risk her sister's happiness when he laid out his conditional marriage proposal?


He also seemed to believe that she will honour the sanctity of their short-term marriage once she is tied to him and would stay away from Shyam during that period so that Anjali's pregnancy could be stress free. Isn't it strange that such a girl would have no qualms tangoing with a much married man then?


So it is clear that he was not thinking rationally but he knew in the depths of his heart that Khushi has some principles which he can rely on to get her to agree to this preposterous proposal of his. Once his anger dies down I want him to introspect on both their actions. I want him to scratch beneath the surface and dig out the truth, for something clearly does not add up here and if he is half as intelligent as he claims himself to be, he needs to connect the dots. I don't want everything to be spelt out for him.

Exactly ... in fact he was following his heart, not rationalising at all ... instinctively he knew what buttons to press, and also that Khushi would follow through on her side of the bargain ... after all, hadn't he seen that already?

And yes, his remorse, once he realises the huge blunder he committed, is going to be enormous to say the least and I want him to make up to her big time. I know he is a man of actions and not so much of words and I would love to see the lengths he would go to make things right for her. Would love to see him propose to her under a starry night when he first looks up at the stars she pointed out as her amma and bhabuji and promises them that he will always strive to make their Khushi, always khushi in her life, stand by her in all her trials and tribulations and respect and honour her for the rest of his life. I don't think Khushi can resist that. I also want Khushi to know about Arnav past to understand where he is coming from. I'm sure Arnav is not going to tell her about it but she could find out from Anjali, now that she is her sister-in-law.

I do want Khushi to slowly start understanding him more now, his complexities, his insecurities ... whether she will get it from Anjali who is neurotic, I don't know ... but how about Nani? Or Akash? Akash likes Khushi, I'm almost sure he and Payal will support her as much as they can ...

Originally posted by: Opti

Coming to the latest rash action in the form of his sudden decision to marry Khushi, I felt it was a retaliation to Shyam unspoken challenge to him after he learns that he is going to become a father. Shyam gloated seeing Arnav's swirm in frustration when his sister hugged him and said how happy she was that they are in the family way. He had to put the guy in place by taking away the object of his obsession from his reach. He seemed to tell him "So you think you can have your cake and eat it too? Think again because this delicious piece is now out of your reach."


I also think the CVs were tapping in on some old fashioned views that men like Shyam may be more attracted to virgins than to women who have been with other men. So I guess Arnav could have thought that he can create the impression that Khushi would no longer be the virgin Shyam so desires post her marriage to him and what Shyam longed to own is now his.


The good that will come out of this track, as you pointed out, is that the trust and respect between these two will grow stronger after they have weathered the storm.

Originally posted by: DiyaS

What I'm looking forward to is Arnav reaction when he finds out that he has misjudged Khushi .. he has a lot of making up to do.