hi :) so i've been following the show since its inception like all of you, and i noticed no one had opened a topic on explaining durga's motives for her action today. i saw one topic criticizing her action and in her defense, there was comment about the "need" to do it. well, i actually have two theories in my mind... disclaimer: i dont wish to hurt any sentiments, feel free to disagree, this is just my opinion based on what ive understood of the characters so far. so here i go.
personally, i feel there are 2 reasons why durga might have done this.
1) paradoxically, to trick sakshi. now, this might seem a little strange, considering how durga has basically "proven" sakshi's fears to be true. but i think this is exactly why the plan is so ingenious👏, reverse psychology. till date, durga is a chor to sakshi. she is a scheming, cunning woman who has set out to destroy the goenkas. now the fact that durga herself has brought shaurya to payal may, in her mind, cause that suspicion to die down. i mean, come on. what kind of thief brings the police over to the stolen goods? knowing sakshi, she will suspect durga, but these thoughts will run through her mind. which is why, i feel, she went straight to mathur, to find nitya. despite her suspicions about durga, this bold move may actually have turned sakshi's radar AWAY from her. no, i am not saying sakshi is completely over durga, but she certainly is looking for other clues now. hopefully, during sakshi's hunt for nitya, durga will throw her next plan at her and deviate her from that as well. i pray very, very hard now akash is with durga, because i am sure, he'll be the one put on the case to find nitya.
2) for payal. see, i understand how much anguish and terror payal went through today, but i feel it was necessary. not only for durga, but for payal and her treatment as well. the best way to fight your fear is to face it. sure, she's mentally unstable at this point, but seeing shaurya and knowing durga is there to make sure nothing happens will certainly eliminate at least part of the fear payal has in her mind. it might actually encourage her to overcome her trauma because she's seen shaurya and nothing happened to her. sometimes PTSD patients need things like this to shock them back into reality...as upsetting and unsettling as it may be.
thank you for taking the time to read this! 😃😃
love,
Ash