Hi Radhika ,wonderful post as usual and lot of good response . In today's epi what jodha did was stay true to her nature . She understand as women and as mother rukku's plight . Jodha always had mother instinct in her that is why she bonded so well with rahim , now bb's kid , so her view on rukku is perfect , she has not witness cries of women who is all about audha but she has witnessed a cry of mother & it is goodness of her heart which is why jalal loves her and for many more reasons of course :) .
Now rukku , we need to understand reason behind her audha possession -there has to be reason for that . The only thing she feels secure about is her position as she has lost jalal to jodha ,she can't be Salima as Salima had found love in baharam khan so now she is content with her relationship with jalal , in case of rukku becoz they grew up together and at that time maham and bk had strong grip on jalal on convincing that he does not have heart , heart is sign of weakness , so being kid by herself she never had chance to bond with jalal on heart level ,so she moulded herself as per him and only thing kept her going was her position and friendship with jalal as she saw many women come and go until jodha came , when jodha came in picture she saw jalal with heart and now she realized it could have been different for her & it is too late so her jealousy comes from deeper roots ,up till now she has her position but she can see that she is loosing that too not just title , jalal is becoming more dependend on jodha from personal problem to political one which she used to do so now she has lost both a friend who used to come 1st to her whenever he came back home , who used to take her advice on political matters and her position too so her actions are now like desperate time seek desperate measures , sad but true . Jalal found jodha , jodha has jalal , Salima had bk but what about rukku ? She is mugal princess who prides in her timur blood can't be just another begam of harem . I don't know if I make any sense but I am just trying to understand her not supporting her , so please do let me know how u guys feels .
I do agree Ruks insecurity is the root cause of all her problems which is only getting her into more and more trouble. You cannot just demand or ask for love, it just happens. She had plenty of chances to rectify herself but she did not opt for it. So Initially I did sympathize with her, but now I don't. she just cannot care for others feelings at all. Truly selfish.