Although I love all your posts n agree with whatever u say in all of them, particularly this part, "
He is trying to break you!! You failed a test, the most important one, of trust!! And he let you and the world know that he has given up on you!! Really...is that so?? Then why put you through this?? Cause this is all a test too...and that is what this man is going to do now..test you!! At every step, at every bend n turn...test you if you would stick with him through thick n thin, through tears n tantrums, if you will still love him at his worst, if you will bear the pain along with the pleasure!! Test your loyalty, your forbearance, your love!! He has not given up on you Nandini, he still has faith in your claims...and that's why he is putting you through this, giving you chances again and again to prove your love, your blind, unconditional, love!! He is so desperate for you to pass...to reclaim your grades...he cannot accept your failure..more so than you!! Remember as kids we used to do the litmus test...with acid and base...today marked your acidic test...the litmus test of your love...and you passed it with flying colors!!" This part is what I agree with the most.
You know, while Manik was instigating Nandini to accept his dare, to gulp down the acid through her throat and all Cabir Dhruv were asking her not to do it, I could read it in his eyes that he wants her to drink it.. not because of the torture he wants to inflict on her, but he wanted to see whether she would bear the pain just upon his words.. Nandini's eyes too got the hint (it seemed to me) and as soon as it happened, she just took the glass and drank it all. I could see just a hint of smile on his lips when she accepted that glass from him.. but more was supposed to come!
With the acceptance of 2nd glass from him, he was surprised. It looked like he did not expect her to just take it. He did not expect her to bear all his tortures with out even a word or an expression. She just heard him n accepted it. It was like she was telling him by her actions that try as much as you can, I would even walk through fire to reach you if you want it to be so.
The interaction between these two people is most significant when they talk through their eyes rather than their words.
Hats off to your fab post!!