I do think this gen characters, especially the Mhatre siblings are better than previous gen characters until recently (excepting Ovi), but they are fast losing my sympathies. Why is it that someone always wants to play God every single time--- hiding things and revealing things at their whims, manipulating for the bhalaai of others, taking asinine decisions all the time that make no sense whatsoever? I am firmly of the belief that Ankita doesn't have to tell Naren it's his child if she has valid reasons, and in this case I think she does. But why's she not telling Mansi inspite of her repeated questions? What's Mansi going to do when she knows--- at the worst, go tell Naren without listening to Ankita. So what? Naren may still not believe it and if he does, Ankita can still refuse to let him be part of her or the baby's life. Most likely, if Ankita tells her reasons for keeping it a secret Mansi's going to support her even if she doesn't agree with her.
I agree that sibling bond is something special and you expect implicit trust in such relationships. But it's also true that you can't do whatever you wish and expect support. Instead, the right kind of family is where they support you when you're right and correct you when you're wrong, whether you like it or not. Otherwise, what was so wrong with the Karmarkars supporting Raunak and Rushali continuing to support him--- if being family automatically means supporting every crap whether right or wrong?
Ankita might have been like a mother to Mansi and her other siblings growing up, but she needs to realize that Mansi's grown up and is going to become a mother herself. She needs to trust that she can handle things like an adult--- in fact, so far Mansi and all the Mhatre kids have handled things much more maturely than expected. It's not just Ankita who had a hard life, her siblings had the same life she did. Ankita did sacrifice for her siblings, but didn't Mansi also try to sacrifice when she first hid that she was raped because she didn't think her family could handle it? I don't remember this but didn't she try to persuade Ankita from going against Raunak becoz the marital life would be affected? So repeating that Ankita's sacrificed her life for her siblings will not cut it for me. I respect it, but I don't expect her siblings to be indebted to her throughout their lives and agree to everything she says. Why is it that Ankita finds it ok to take decisions for herself and for others as well? She may have manipulated Mansi to get married to Shashank for Mansi's benefit, but it was still manipulation. I don't accept that it's ok for one person to lie and decide things for everyone else (read Ankita), but not ok for others. The same rule should be applied to the characters.
I think Mansi's wrong for even thinking Ankita's baby could be Shashank's, but I also believe she's not completely without cause and that Shashank and Ankita especially are equally to blame. If she's finally telling Mansi the truth about her baby, good! But only if she also tells her the truth about her own baby as well. Coz otherwise it'll be hypocrisy and revealing only information that is convenient for her. If she only revealed the truth about the child being Raunaq's without telling that her own baby is Naren's, it would then make Mansi feel she's in the way of her sister's and husband's happiness and they've been sneaking around coz of her, they were actually doing her a favor by lying about everything. Mansi may then decide to sacrifice by going away so that her sister and husband can be together. Ankita should tell the whole truth and then blast Mansi for even thinking such cheap things, coz now she knows about Mansi's suspicions and what hiding the truth from her has done. If not, sorry but I'll personally blame Ankita more. I may think my sister is the worst kind of fool or completely hate what she's doing, but I'll never leave her alone to make a fool of herself coz of her misconceptions or make her feel she should be grateful for my support or let anything ruin my relationship with her. Anything! Especially when I know telling her the complete truth may resolve her misconceptions.
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