Hi Becky,
Good Topic! I would like to sail against the Wind here and say that, NO, according to me, Jai has not sinned by sleeping with his sister-in-law! What Jai has done is a huge blunder, a big mistake and something extremely rash and stupid, but it is not a SIN, per se!
What marriage are we talking about? Jai might have broken his so-called Marraige vow by committing Adultery, but did he really have a Marriage? Till Bani told him the truth, all he knew was that his Wife not only hated him from morning to night-fall, but actually ended up killing his child and then claiming all his wealth.....His wife held back a huge truth from him, his wife refused to communicate or speak with him, his wife refused to forgive him for a mistake he made in his past, his wife refused to acknowledge his love, his committment and his dedication and sincerity to their marriage...She chose to crucify him for every possible non-existent reason on Earth! So, what marriage and what sin are we talking about???? What Jai and Bani shared was not a Marriage in any sense of the word! Bani might have loved him to death but her actions have always been otherwise...hence, when he decided to overstep the boundaries of his Marriage, he might have technically committed 'Adultery' but in no way was he 'Sinning.'
Jai would have sinned if he and Bani were in a normal and happy marriage...Jai would have sinned, if he knew fully well that his Wife loves him and trusts him...Jai would have sinned if he knew that their marriage means the whole world to Bani....Jai would have sinned if he knew how much Bani cared, loved, respected and cherished him! If Jai "Knew" all this and more and still gone ahead with Pia, then he would have been a Sinner in the eyes of God and in his own eyes! But the fact is that Jai was unaware of all this, courtesey Bani and hence, what he did was plain and simply adultery, which according to statistics is committed by 3 out of every 5 married Males across the Globe! š
So what if he went ahead and slept with his sister-in-law? If Pia doesn't have any hassles of committing adultery with her much married Brother-in-law, then why should he share the burden of guilt alone? And why are we bashing Jai for going and sleeping with Pia....Does that mean, if Jai had gone and spent the night with any other woman, we would have forgiven him?????š Why should Jai think of Pia as his wife's sister....When has Bani been a Wife to him?
The reason why most of us are so upset with Jai is not so much because he supposedly betrayed Bani, but more because he chose Pia of all the people to go and have a fling with...The same woman who walked out on him a few months back....But then on the other hand, it seems like a classic case of Getting Even and Out for Jai! š
My two cents...
Cheers,
MT
Edited by mistletoe - 18 years ago