Zoha thank you for this intelligent, well stated balanced point of view. No matter where Khushi searches in her life she would never find the love she has found in Arnav. Arnav has stood with her ever since she told him she loves him, given the assurance of her love, Arnav stood with her as your shots portrays, the man needs time, he was just confronted with the worst news yet since his parents suicide, he is now finding out who this other woman is, now he knows the connection , Khushi's aunt, he is about to marry Khushi, what do the people on this Forum want, Arnav to just go to the mandap, say come on Khushi let this wedding continue and just digest this, the people who is blasting Arnav for taking time to process all of this and not coming to Khushi immediately, I want to ask them if they were faced with this very situation would theybe able to do better ????
I guess it would be no. The person who could have avoided all of this today is no one else but Garima, I hold her 100% responsible, why???? because Dadi and Shyam only used the weapon she put in their hand, she says she did not know he was married, I will give her that, but, when she found out Khushi and Payal's connection to the Family she had ample time to address it, she should have told Arnav, by hiding it caused all of this, the shame is not the affair she had, is the fact that she hid it.Sometimes as much as we disagree with someone, we cannot change facts, we can support our love ones as Garima's daughters are doing and I think it is admirable, I am of the mentality that when a ship is sinking I will not abandon my love ones and secure myself alone so yes, that is admirable, but to read what I read on the forum about how the Raizadas insulted Garima and the Gupthas, apart from Dadi and Shyam vindictive, deceitful, inhumane behaviour, what did the others do, ask what I would ask Garima, why did you not tell us, Garima brought this shame on herself by hiding the truth. She is responsible for all of the pain and anguish her Family and The Raizada's are feeling now. I am so happy to read your post and I can't tell you enough times how intelligent your points are laid out, it is a shame that people who are one track minded in mentality can't see the wisdom in this direction the serial is heading, to learn from the mistakes human makes and try to handle it differently where a negative can turn into a positive if it is handled in an upfront manner, This same situation with Garima would not be so degrading to her if she trusted the one person who I am confident would stand with her after hearing it from her, that person would be Arnav, he would have taken a moment or two to digest it but he never would have degraded her like Dadi did but she choose to trust Dadi.I will stand with Arnav in this and say with all confidance, that after digesting this he would come for Khushi, he would not let her down, he is not a quitter, his character would not let that happen, is it going to be a challenging road ahead, yes, why because Khushi would expect him to forgive her aunt / amma, he would in time but not just yet. My full faith is in Arnav and yes I salute Barun Sobthi for a commanding performance, it is easy to show emotions of that depth when you are personally involved in it but to portray it as an actor, it is the most difficult thing to do, Barun it cannot get more real than that and you have caught my attention, you will go very far in this your career choice, let as wait and see. Great post Zoha, you and Shy, a winning team.
Sammi, You nailed it with this post. The only thing I would add is that I would have liked to have seen Khushi advise Dadi that as Arnav's wife she, Khushi, wants her to leave and state that it is only Arnav who can stop that wedding. Until he does she will await her husband's return!
Cheers,
Maya
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