He's constantly lying to Ruq. These days Jalal is always trying to provoke Ruq and get her mad. He "embellishes" his stories of moments spent with Jodha just to piss her off and then tries to tame her when she gets too mad.This is the same Jalal that use to plot against Jodha with Ruq. After he visited Jodha he would go straight to Ruq to express his concerns or anger. Now, he doesn't seem to want to do that. He leaves his personal life with Jodha away from Ruq or embellishes the truth to piss her off.
Thus, good or bad Jalal keeps his personal life with Jodha away from the scrutiny of Ruq. Even if he's upset with Jodha he doesn't go running to Ruq to get solace. He keeps it to himself. Unlike what he did in the past. Why the change?
Plus, Jalal outright lied to Ruq today as well, or so I believe. He mentions to her that the only reason he is celebrating Jodha's birthday is because Hamida wants to. Wasn't it Jalal who informed everyone it was Jodha's birthday? Isn't he the one who created the monster? He seemed most excited to me when Rahim informed him. If Jalal hadn't said anything about Jodha's birthday to others no one would have known. When the women were in Jodha's room they gave all the credit to Jalal for the birthday. It seemed like he wanted to be in the background because he didn't want Jodha to know he did this random act of kindness. Therefore, I feel he lied to Ruq because in a way he was the one behind this whole birthday thing. It was more him than Hamida in my opinion.
What do you guys think? Please let me know. :)
Riya