Word to both your points on this. Imlie is palpably traumatized by what Malini put her through these last few days....and I feel this needs to be addressed rather than everyone just yelling at her or shaking her to make her see sense.
Malini ne koi kasar nahin chhodi in making sure Imlie feels miserable and guilty over this sindoor thing as if Imlie ne directly iska sindoor chheen ke laga liya ho....that is the feeling she gave to Imlie very pointedly by even handing her the sindoor dabba and yelling over and over again ki Adi is insulting her for "baaharwaali, naukraani"......these things are not easy to get over and have clearly left a deep wound on Imlie's psyche.
It's important that someone address the basis of that guilt for Imlie and try to heal it with warmth....Malini bahut damage karke gayi hai and aage bhi karti rahegi....but Imlie needs love and support to get over this. I understand Adi is dealing with his own stress and guilt and thinks ki bas sach bataane se yeh sab solve ho jaayega.....but he's also being kinda shortsighted about the psychological damage Malini is leaving on Imlie......I'm hoping Rupi sees it to some extent and helps Imlie with processing this trauma and moving past it.
+1 to all you said
It is not just the sindoor related drama malini made sure to dampen her success since the very day too be it taking away kaunse college jaana hai choice away or more smaller ones like how she felt on day 1 when she went for admissions pe bolne na dena.. or constantly systematically not letting her bask In the glory of her success by being 2nd hi toh aayi Hai what big deal.. she heard it that day .. and then follow up.with uttran sari making her feel so unworthy of any happiness by that and adding how she becomes the reason for malini's unhappiness and if all that imlie was pushing behind then she did the extra sindoor drama .. makes one think real hard it is not as simple as it looks at first glance one may think and I did it too that she is compromising on her dream but is she really then? when she is being continously told ke kuch bada kaam nahi kia and everyone is just hyping her up caz they value her.. obv that will make you doubt yourself and 100 tareefon main woh ek critique dimaag se jaayegi nahi..
Didi single handedly made her feel ke she hasn't achieved anything and everyone is just being kind to her caz she is poor village girl with no manners who went to school and it is not big deal and is not worth of this success
P.s still not defending imlie ka reaction just giving a perspective