Originally posted by: charminggenie
- I agree with you. Sonakshi should have never gone back. However, as I mentioned that there were two things that was the reason of her keeping the child away.
1. Dev relinquished all rights to their children and children's rights to him at the event of divorce as per pre-nup. It was a legal document prepared by lawyer, signed by Dev. Sonakshi doesn't know about how it came through.
Indian law doesn't recognize pre-nups. They are null and void. Divorce laws, especially custody ones favour the mother mostly. It's a fictional show, it's a lazyass excuse if we need legal technicalities to cover something.
- That is so weird. I didn't know that. Dev's lawyer himself suggested a pre-nup. If it is legally not recognized by the law in India and only is a piece of paper, why would any lawyer recommend it to the client and in fact go behind the client's back screwing client's confidentially which is legally enforceable to his mother and re-enforcing it's necessity? Such huge plot holes.
Anyhoo, at the end of the day, Sonakshi was not lawyer. She was a pregnant woman on her own without her husband with her entire family's responsibility on her. Whatever choice she made, is not something I can disagree with considering her role as a wife ended and she was playing the role of a daughter as well as a mother at that time.
Of course it's all speculation at this point. But that's what I think. May be, I have extra sympathy for abused women and very little for the abusive family who ganged up against her.
2. As a daughter whose parents' property was mortgages to the neck and knowing her husband's tendency to hit on the opponent's livelihood (also the fact that she thought that Dev threw them out of their home), she had reason to believe that Dev will snatch her baby and destroy her parents' life using his money and power which he is capable of based on his past behaviour. Her parents needed her protection at that time, more than the man who has broken her heart and threw her love and sacrifice on her face.
So what changes now? That fear should be present forever that someday Dev will snatch her baby, irrespective of the power angles.I am sure she would be aware of Dev's anger too, if he now realizes that she hid the child from him. Legally, if he tries to pursue, he can now have the upper hand where the Courts will see that irrespective of solid ground Sonakshi Bose , hid the child from the father and denied the rights. Your point about protection would have been valid at that moment but it's been years now..she is supposedly a successful person..which means even couple of years or an year back , storyline, she would have been able to "protect" her family and fight Dev for a custody? So why hide?
- Again, Sonakshi never hid her child. Dev could have any point of time find out about her. He knew they were trying for a baby. Sonakshi only had 7% chance but she did not have no chance. Otherwise the fertility expert won't ask them to try in a stress free environment.
I am glad Dev didn't stalk Sonakshi. But he never even try to find out if their tries were successful or not. Like I said, he wrote Sonakshi off as barren the day he found out.
However we are yet to see Sonakshi's side of the story. We have only seen the spoiler for Dev's side.
If Sona is okay for her baby to choose her dad at this point then I wanna know how is it independent of the fear she had about Dev snatching the baby.
- Because of two things.
1. Dev can no longer snatch her child against the child's will. Now she is on the same social standing as I mentioned before. And hence only child can decide which parent she would like to live with.
2. She is not without her fears that Soha might choose Dev. But the fact that she swallowed that fear and let Soha decide without manipulating or enfluencing her decision is what a good parent does.
That's why people say that your behaviour determines your trustworthiness and character. Dev would never believe that Sonakshi can bring someone to street, but Sonakshi herself went through that and so did Ranveer. And Dev was unapologetic then which makes one think that this is not at all a difficult thing to do for him.
But then Sonakshi having his baby , would have made Ishweri bow down too. Dev as well would have been frantic..you see thats the cue for Dev to play the husband, protective father card. We know Dixits would have licked the floor at that point for Sona.
- But then, Dev also played the loving husband who did not care about children only to turn the next day. Ishwari also said that she loves Sonakshi for herself not for her baby, yet the moment she found out there's no baby, she turned on Sonakshi. What is the guarantee they won't pretend to care for her again only to take away her baby using her family's situation as leverage. Who gives that kind of weapon to people who have deceived before?
At this point this question and freedom of choice to a 6-7 year older seems to be an emotional trope.
- I'd disagree on that point. Sona informed her daughter of the truth and handed her the choice. She may have made a different choice, but Sonakshi didn't make it into a final stand either unlike Ishwari who issued ultimatum of either choose Sona and forget pre-nup or forget her for ever.
Nope, this choice cannot be independent of what Dev would have done had he knew she was expecting their child which was formed after consented sex during the time they were going through all those shitty arguments.
- But Sonakshi found out about her pregnancy after her divorce. So same rules apply.
Soha knows the truth now and if in future, she chooses to meet her father at any point of life, I am sure Sonakshi will give her the same choice. Just because Soha chose otherwise now, there's no reason to believe that she won't choose differently later in life.
It is not about Sona denying the child now or ever. it's about what has already happened. If ever the custody case comes to the Court, the reason is never strong enough to deny a willing parent even visitation rights unless under some duress.
That choice to Soha is manipulative because she is now given a choice between a loving parent against an ambiguity. How would the choice ever be fair?
- The fact that Soha was given a choice at 6 years old is fair. If Sona was manipulative,
1. She could have let the lie continue. Sona never asked for her dad.
2. She could have told all truthful incidents that has happened to her at Dixit house and make Dev look like someone whom her daughter would have hated even before meeting him.
3. She won't have respected her daughter's decision to move with her father without anyway trying to influence her, emotionally blackmail her or trying to use guilt trip.
In which definition is that a sign of a manipulative parent? It's like saying that a parent giving a choice of an excellent arranged alliance vs. the girl's own choice of groom is being manipulative because obviously, the girl will choose the familiar man. Having a choice to decide without anyone influencing your decision is the most fair thing anyone can have. Now if the choice is in favour of the person giving a choice, it's not that person's fault. An unfair person will issue ultimatums not give choices..
Also, Sonakshi is going with Soha to Delhi where she will get an award which means media coverage. She has made no attempt to hide her daughter. She could have left her in Kolkata with her grandparents.
Biggest lol of the show. Sona is ex-wife of a bigshot businessman who was regularly featured in papers and she is now a succcessful person who gets all these awards and media coverage. So pretty impossible that there is no media over her personal life or that she movement wasn't played out in media. Plot trap. Sonakshi is taking the kid coz now the dad has to enter and kick start the new season
- Agreed on that. And how doesn't Elena know about Sona's child considering Elena's mother and Asha are sisters and they have been living in Kolkata for 7 years.
Dev could have at any point of time found out about his daughter. He just was never interested. Because for Dev 7% chance of conceiving = barren and hence he wrote her off. Despite the fertility expert saying that if Sonakshi is stress free, she might conceive. Now I know it's a far-fetched idea to suddenly an infertile woman conceiving but not unheard of.
The point is that Dev did absolutely no research or gathered any information after finding out about Sonakshi's condition and once he reached the conclusion that Sonakshi can't be mother, the possibility of 7% chance never crossed his mind even though they were trying for a baby.
Bingo, see I am glad he never kept tabs on Sona because that would mean his stalker tendencies be at it again and denying Sona the basic freedom. For him the break was clean but it won\t have been so, if the baby was known to him. He would be constantly at Sona's business .
- Yes, I agree on that too. Another reason for not telling Dev about the baby.
This is a tv show, in the end, this is a start to a new HEA for the 3 but it makes it really manipulative of both the leads. Sigh..will give up in few days when Sona and Dev's story re-starts. Meh.
- I agree with you there. In real life, people in similar circumstances would never get back together. But oh well. It's TV show.
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