I haven't posted on this forum before or on IF for a while but I thought maybe I could put a different spin on this.
Let's start with the hug... Pragya just saw her mother broken ( that is painful to say the least and soul destroying on a very real level) her running to Abhi was natural. Yes he talks a mean game but on a more basic level they are friends. He says one thing but his behavior is much more from the heart. He has shown nothing but respect for her mother and grandmother.
Tanu on the other hand launched a personal attack by dragging her mother into their messy situation. Pragya is not using Tanu's relationship with Abhi as a reason to attack her character but as a way of letting her know she is not defenseless. Tanu and Aliya have been using a relationship that they know the Society won't condone as tool to control Pragya. She's simply had enough.
No she's not angry with Abhi as far as she was told Tanu was the one who got her mother wound up and ultimately that's what the whole slapping business was about... Not Tanu and Abhi's relationship but Pragya's mother.
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