Loved your post as always. Whatever you said about Sai Virat makes sense. I also felt that Sai had too much confidence on Virat to give that challenge to Pakhi 👍🏼. And yes they are so vulnerable to each other but strong with others when it comes to their relationship. :)
Coming to one stark difference between Pakhi and Virat and their choices of moving on in life, I have few observations. Today's discussion around Pakhi's advances/feelings towards Virat also prompted me to take a look at their dynamics from the beginning days of their marriages.
Lets agree that even Pakhi's concern is genuine because afterall she loves him! Because she cannot change her feelings towards the person she loves. Fair and square...let's say Virat also understands that. But, but..his concern is the relationship dynamics that SHOULD exist between them once they are married to different people in the same family. BIL-SIL relationship in Indian family system has several dynamics. Over several generations and different cultures it evolved and devolved. It could go wrong or misunderstood very easily. Virat's repeated requests or Ashwinis repeated admonition is only stressing these facts to Pakhi. She fails to understand that given their past connection and present relationship status and being in the same family they have to be extra careful with their behavior. Virat, even in the beginning days of his marriage with Sai and during his supposed confusion over his feelings towards Pakhi, was very well aware of this LINE between them. His words were always careful and calculated. This can be observed right from the very day of his marriage with Sai. One beautiful scene that shows his character is here.
Please watch the epsiode on Dec 2nd! to know Virat's character in depth. The conversation on the terrace with Sunny, Pakhi and then Sai show the best of Virat's traits. With Sunny, he opened up how worried he was for his wife and her rights in the house. He is mature enough to understand the concept of marriage (deal or no deal). Once he is in it, he respects it fully and wanted his wife to get her rightful place. Then with Pakhi, he was trying to pacify her as a friend, never going overboard, never referring to their past relationship in any romantic way, but yet explaining her to understand his decision of marrying Sai. When he said to her in the end that he wants to ask her 'one' more thing, Pakhi was 'expectant' to hear something related to their forbidden relationship, Sai was 'anxious' to know if he says something about their past relationship. But Virat, speaks about Pakhi grooming Sai to make her acceptable for his family! Whatever feeling he might have had for Pakhi, he never allowed himself to cross the line of respect in their relationship. Any matured person would do the same. And with Sai, he gave her complete freedom to be herself in the same traditional family he wants Sai to be accepted. He knows that Sai cannot take abuse and he doesnt want her to sit and accept any misconduct towards her. And even now he accepts it, when she is not ready to forgive him. 👏
So Virat's expectation from Pakhi is also the same. Whatever her feelings for him, it does not matter now. She has to show restraint and honor their respective relationships with their spouses. The strict adherence to line of respect will force the person to step back and disentangle from the emotions. May be the same happened with Virat. If only Pakhi could slowly let go of these emotions by sticking to the line, it will be easy for her to move on. Thats where her mind should come in and restrain her heart...but when your mind is already taken over by jealousy, possessiveness and delusion it takes no time to swirl down into derangement and. Pakhi is in that situation, so she does not heed to any advice. The line does not appear to her.
Disclaimer: This analysis is only to give fair chance to Pakhi's feelings towards Virat and why she is still wrong. :) I believe that Virat never truly loved Pakhi and Sai is a wonderful human so it was easy for him to move on!