First of all, in reality no mother-in-law is going to slap their damad, i mean no matter how modern a society gets a damad is a damad right. They get so much respect from the girls family.
Secondly, Archana should learn to trust Manav. Everyone is that house knows what Ajit and Manju have done to date and what Manav has done in that house to date. He has saved Arachana from humiliation and saved her dad from dying compared to Ajit and Manju who have always insulted them. Weighing Ajit and Manav seriously cant she make her own judgement who is what.
Or how about giving Manav a chance to explain. Jeez this day and age sure a woman gets mad and when you see something with your eyes its hard to believe but atleast you give the person time to explain themselves.
Third, slapping a child never works. In our indian community we think that the best form of dicipline is hitting your child so that they get scared and dont do it again but really do we want them to be scared or to understand the consequences of their decision. Its talking to them and making them understand. Listening to their point of view, trying to understand where they come from. YOu cant just say a person is wrong you have to understand why they are saying what they are saying.
Suloachana has always made a difference between Archana and Varsha, after everything that has happened why would Varsha want to confide in her mother about her whereabouts. I mean its not like the mother trusts this daughter of hers. Suloachana for once needs to understand that if Varsha has studied and is working then work has comittments. To trust her when she says she is doing something.
Varsha atleast is not a chupi thing like Archana and speaks her mind, i wonder if we will ever see a day when Archana speak up and actually tell someone off for being wrong. She might just be another Bani, Gauri or Tulsi....