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Emotions and Rationality
So how would you explain the decisions made by Gulkand and Payal?
Were they based on reasoning or on emotions?
One often thinks that one cannot mix the two when making a decision. If one is logical then there can be no place for emotions - the Mr. Spock of Star Trek is a perfect example.
More often than not however both reasoning and emotions are involved in decision making.
Let's take the case of Payal. Gulkand has exposed the Prasad's to her. Payal's better judgement tells her that even now it is not too late and that she should not go ahead with the wedding. Yet, when she hears about her father's retirement and his wish to see her married before he retires - she is so torn, that she weeps profusely.
She realizes she cannot take a decision based on her values. She has to take a decision that will shield her family from the derisive comments of society - a decision that will give them temporary happiness. She cannot refuse to marry and break their heart. So swayed by love for her family she will reason and decide to go ahead and marry Dev.
What she will never realize that they would prefer to live with a broken heart rather than see her as a broken bride.
Gul on the other hand is driven with the strong desire to prevent any woman from suffering the same fate as her. This desire is based on moral reasoning. But alas with time she has lost perspective and has made the issue personal. A personal emotional battle that is she waging with Ayyo , Bhaktin Billi and Natru.
The truth is humans by nature are emotional. Emotions prevent us from making long term rationale decisions - so well depicted by Gulkand and Payal. Both could not differentiate 'thought' from 'emotion' and have become victims of circumstances - thereby bringing chaos into their lives.
Anupamaa
