great post shreeswathy just cos it got many people thinking about ragini's end of the stick. but heres the thing, nobody influenced her to do anything other than her dadi. but its conveniently forgotten that its not like she's incapable of going against dadi, she did it for her parents once. i think its completely that she only raises her voice when it SUITS her. and then pretends to be a scared dove when that suits her. dadi's influence on her totally ends when she wants something that dadi doesn't just hand her if you notice- whether its Laksh or Shomi as a mother.
Now coming to Laksh, he has gone blue in the face at this point clarifying that he does not love her. but honestly, his plight, his likes, his dislikes, what he wants, hasn't made a spot of a difference to her at all. she doesn't love him. she just felt like swara took his toy and she wanted that back. she's always known i think, even before lucky or swara that they loved each other. subconsciously maybe, but she did. the only time id fault Laksh was when sanskaar was threatening to kill himself. i understand why he would do it, but it doesn't justify playing with the life of a girl who is also someones daughter and grand daughter and sister, just as important to them as your brother is to you. but honestly that was the point i was sure ragini never loved him. she just watched him beg dadi and didn't do squat. just stood around like a shocked pretty fool and then grinned when laksh took his bad decision. she'd gone against dadi for sanskaar before, but suddenly now she couldn't defy dadi whilst her love was on the floor begging. through out she had a creepy smile.
Now Sanskaar, I've thought of it really carefully. Ragini seems to only be influenced when she wants to be. She could've easily exposed him post the revelation or safeguarded her love from him, but she chose to assist him instead. he wasn't unclear about his intentions with her- he wanted to destroy laksh. and she willfully assisted him in that. he never said i will get you your love back. it was always a by product of destruction of that very love. sanskaar may've helped her out by supplying the drugs and getting her in touch with the goons, but the actions were all hers.
honestly until now, I've found her to be extremely stubborn and strong minded. even more so than Swara i would say, cos she aims and achieves by whatever means necessary, her head isn't clouded by emotions that hinder her goal. the signs of a true psychopath. and i agree that one more factor contributed to her crazy- her insane jealousy of swara. she was always praised by all, everyone saw her clothes her quiet demure and sweet nature whilst everyone thought swara brash, talkative and a 'mod'. so it never effected her before. even swara's own mother's testament was she's the most sanskaari girl you'll ever meet. but only for Laksh, swara was a preference. and she didn't understand that. she thus, couldn't accept that. i feel like if shekhar had reacted to swara with a preference over ragini or even shomi had differentiated between the two, then even her crazy would be triggered. laksh was just an excuse. she just hated, more than anything, that her perfect world, where she was the perfect girl, where everything was perfect, got shattered by a guy who didn't want any part in her world but wanted to be a part of swara's much harder life, her imperfect world.
Edited by tejaswiniwenham - 9 years ago