Originally posted by: soapwatcher1
Jai, that is too sweet, thank you, deep bow :)
I don't think Archu is capable of ever siding with evil. I don't doubt she loves Purvi and Sulo's comment today was crazy. In fact, if push comes to shove, Archana will always choose Purvi over Ovi, more than mamtha and the act of giving birth, association, habit, nurturing all have a powerful part to play and Archana has these bonds with Purvi, not Ovi. She has been dazzled by the glamor of her two Canada returned daughters, wants to curry favor and prove to them that she is not biased, she really truly loves them, she is fair and will uphold their rights come what may. With this faulty but somewhat natural feeling, she started off on that tirade at Arjun, ended up elsewhere by going off on a tangent about him being incapable of earning his own living and the 10K challenge. Brainless, senseless, unfair to Purvi because in trying to act fair to her two natural daughters, Archana bent over backwards the wrong and opposite way so as to make it unfair to Purvi. Purvi, on the other hand, has no doubt in her mind about her mother's feelings towards her (except for that one instance after the engagement party when the girl was overwhelmed by news of new relations and the jilting), she is confident her mother loves her and it is that belief in her aai's love that makes her go against Archana's express wishes not to meet Arjun. Purvi knows her mother loves her enough to understand and forgive her even if she errs. All this of course, does not make a 45 to 50 year old's confusion any less palatable or easier to bear for us viewers.