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Ali has much been in the talks in recent times and for good reason. He's coming out to be an entertaining contestant. But much more than that (at least for me), he's portraying himself to be a sensible person. I've started this post to demystify the incidents occurring in recent times, and posing my opinion about them.
First, let's talk about the incident that occurred. Puneet, on judgement day, was handing out punishments to his 2 vice captains Upen and Gautum. That showed that Puneet's a mindless fool. His reasoning was that he didn't want to punish Ali as it would be too little punishment. Let's analyze Puneet logic. What is a better way to teach someone a lesson who's done some "wrong"? By giving them a little punishment or none? Obviously the former. Yet Puneet decided otherwise. What's more is that he decided to punish his vice captains, whilst there was an array of other contestants who could be punished as well.
Notice above that I put "wrong" in quotations. That is because Ali has done absolutely nothing incorrect in the house so far. Sure, he may have spoken a few harsh words, but who doesn't do that? No one in the house is a saint, and even Upen and Pritam (the two supposed nicest and calmest persons in the show) have done the same. So what is wrong if Ali discloses some of his feelings about other contestants? The only thing he has done wrong is disclosing it with people not worth trusting. He should have known that the people which whom he his sharing his feelings are people who switch sides regularly. You never know when you get on their bad side and then they'll publicly expose everything you've said. If Praneet found what Ali said about Sonali so disturbing, why didn't he make it clear that he disliked it when it happened? Why would he release it with other people 3 weeks later and pretend to be so upset about the comment? Another issue raised is that of confidentiality. Salman, in Saturday's episode, mentioned that men privately talk with each other some things which should not be publicly stated. I'll take this a step further and disregard the gender. Everyone, irrespective of whether they are male or female, says some things privately with their friends. Those are things they wouldn't say publicly and they expect the person they are saying it to keep it confidential.
Moving on from that judgement decision incident, immediately after that everyone started exposing things that Ali said. Of course the housemates would do this, since everyone had an easy opportunity to show Ali in bad light. And you can't expect them to back off from such a wonderful opportunity, can you (little do they know that it back fired completely, but I'll get to that later)? One of those things exposed was some harsh words Ali may or may not have said about Sonali (of course, with these housemates, there is a high chance that much of what they say if fabricated). Sonali, without even being a little skeptical about the housemates' claims (primarily because Sonali wanted some extra footage), slapped Ali. You may argue that it was a light slap, but the people arguing that side of the story are the same people who argued that Puneet should have been evicted because of a light incapacitating move. Make up your mind people, does intensity and intent matter or not? To me, it does, but intent matters more than intensity. And in this case, Sonali's intent obviously was to hurt Ali. To further prove the housemates stupidity, they contestants started encouraging Sonali. I literally laughed so hard when they said that Sonali should have slapped him more.
I also read that Ali called her a sl*t. While I certainly dislike that comment from Ali, I think Sonali overreacted. When all the women were proving that Sonali was switching partners everyday, Ali was the one who exposed them to her. What happened after that? Sonali blamed Ali instead. So now when Ali says the same things those women were talking about her, Ali deserves to be slapped? I think not.
This is where Ali made another mistake. Instead of telling everyone off, he started some nonsense about leaving the house. Of course, this is understandable as no one is able to handle having everyone against you. But he should have known that the people against him are insensible.
Then, Ali was called into the confession room and thereafter shifted to some special room. Around this time, some other housemates jumped on the "Hate Ali" bandwagon, such as Gautum and Pritam. This was the best part of the episode. All the housemates gathered in front of a camera, looking like a herd of sheep, folding their hands and trying to persuade Bigg Boss. They argued that Ali has no respect for women. They also argued that Ali said bad things to a woman, he argued with a woman, he told a woman how she really is etc. Oh my god! The nerve of Ali to do all that to a woman (note to the development team, this is NOT moral policing, but rather my opinions on the matter)! I wanted to go to the contestants at that moment at slap them. Why a women? If a woman says something bad to a man, it is fine? If a woman slaps a man, it is justified? These housemates think that they will get more votes by falsely supporting equality between genders. I want to promote equality too. But in the process of doing, I don't want to make women of a higher status than men, such that we'll have to worry about men not being equal to women.
Anyway, after this Ali came back into the house. Thereafter, he made his biggest mistake. He tried to clear things up with the housemates. That was an extremely stupid decision from his side. Apologizing for something he never did? Talking casually with the people who encouraged violence against you? That's why Ali hasn't truly won my support yet. He needs to stick to his words and gather some courage to say that he is right. For the first week, Gautum lacked this courage. However, in the third week and after, Gautum strictly started telling everyone what he felt, without changing his statements or worrying about others. And I'm sure you already know the result of that. So Ali's doing great, as soon as he gathers that courage, he's becoming the new and improved version of Gautum. Especially since he has a girlfriend outside, so he won't be sidelined because he can't start a relationship with Diandra.
I'm quite saddened that Pritam and Gautum did not stand up for Ali, especially since Gautum went through the same thing and Pritam supported him thoroughly during that time. Perhaps those two are too indulged in trying to act nice with each other such that they have forgotten to stand up for what is right. The part I'm excited about is what will happen when Ali, Gautum and Pritam actually understand that no one in the house is his friend. Obviously then, they will unite, making the last few weeks the most entertaining.
Best of luck to Ali, and thanks for reading this post.
Pushpa Impossible
