Originally posted by: S.Stephy
A nice, thought-provoking topic, Rima!! I think we all have discussed a lot about Arnav's flaws in this forum. And so this is one of Khushi's flaws- her lies.
I think Khushi uses lies/or omission of truth to avoid certain difficult situations - some sort of an escapism method she has developed. The time she hid about Shyam's truth to Anjali and Raizadas was because she feared the consequences of the truth on Anjali and Raizadas. She lied about Buaji's health to everyone because she wanted to avoid staying at RM before the contract is over and she fears the consequences of the contract truth coming in front of everyone. Here, she is basically trying to delay the consequences. Again, this is the same reason she has been lying to Arnav as well... she wants to avoid going back with Arnav but instead of directly telling what is in her mind, she avoids the actual reason and resorts to a lot of lies.
Frankly, I do not consider Khushi's lies as an act of mahaanta. Yes, I agree she does all this with good intentions and yes, she thinks about others but lying can never be mahaan. Plus, seeing how Khushi uses her lies to avoid certain consequences, etc can never be a mahaan act (esp the lie about Shyam's truth that caused grave consequences to everyone and her cannot be called mahaan).
But I agree that most of Khushi's lies are because she has been a person who tries to deal with all the problems on her own... she doesn't include anyone dear to her to be involved. Its like she is trying to dispose off life's difficult situations without anyone's knowledge... and in trying to do so, she uses these lies (thinking that they are the right solutions)... but alas, she ends up creating more mess and entangling in the mess herself.