Shymala, I agree that if Ekta has the gut to show Arjun battling for his right, it will set precedences and will be historical from all counts 😃. Our conservative society push things like these under the rugs and no family will come out unscattered in this mess. I shudder think after this mess who will marry Punni and Teju, oh well, Punni is taken care of 😉 but Teju, not to mention, who will get their daughter married with the Deshmukhs..
Originally posted by: sashashyam
Kools,
This is even better than your opening commentary. I am winding down on my way to the exit, but I wanted to tell you so.
This said, the crossfire of 'legal' opinions in the matter of the custody of Arjun-Purvi's baby is mindboggling, and by the end of it, I am sure none of the contestants knew where they stood, not to speak of where the rest stood!
You are all also missing out on something, which is that all this will be decided by Indian law, and as I have NEVER, in all my years seen reports of a custody battle for a child born out of wedlock filed by the father, I cannot tell you how this will play out. Indian law and precedents - there might be some - might not be the same as the American ones that most of you are familiar with. For example, I do not know if Arjun can give the child should bear his name. I think not. In any case, it would already be a Dutt.
As JFK famously said, Who told you that life is fair? It is just like that here. Arjun is deep in a slough of despond, whereas Purvi gets off effectively scot free. She runs away from Mumbai to escape the mother of all scandals, tells a whopper to her aai about the reason for her hasty departure, thus ensuring that Ovi is roundly blamed for it. She lands in Kolkatta and, without any loss of time, gets an Onir Dutt to care for her like the apple of his eye.
Next , when she lands back in Mumbai to create yet another round of chaos, she gets yet another laurel wreath from her aai for having 'persuaded' her husband to come to Mumbai and treat Ovi. They do not know that the 'persuasion' was more like a judicious application of a blackjack, but even if they did, they might not have minded.
What do you bet that when Archana finds out about your 'pavitra bachcha' (putra or putri might be more pleasantly alliterative!) she will find something tyaag samaan in that as well?
I have a yen for justice being done,and a day of accounting should arrive for Purvi. The mills of God grind slowly and all the rest.
But I doubt if any such masaledaar court scene is in the offing. It will be hugely embarrassing for the nayikas Nos.1 & 2, and I am sure the CVs will never contemplate such an open house on the collective dirty linen of the Ds and the Ks and the K2s (the Kirloskars).
Shyamala
