Sorry, I might be missing a point here but when has he gone back on any of his promises. Yes he is delaying them due to the promise made to Imlie and circumstance but he is not shifted from his stand that he wants to spend his life with Imlie. It was Imlie's decision to go stay with AC when she knew how AC is. Didn't Aditya not ask her to come back? Didn't he request her? Has he ever worried about the consequences? You cannot blame her "sar phootna" on Aditya. That is only on AC. Plus, I do not understand why this craze for pitayi..I, for one, am not a fan of it and frankly, pitayi is really not a solution. How is getting hurt physically atonement for all the misdeeds Keeping him away from Imlie would hurt him more. I would have love to see the tadap and emotional pain rather than pitayi.
Secondly, when has he ever thought beyond a single step. Not when he brought Imlie home the first time, not when he married Malini, not when he brought Imlie home the second time after gunshot, not when he went to PD, not when he brought Imlie home the third time from hostel. So why would you expect him to think now? He is not plan first, act later kind of a person, he is act now, think later, jo hoga dekha jayega kind of person. So I am not at all surprised that he has no plan. Triggers are what works for him and Imlie missing would be the next one for him to start acting.
Yes, he is blind where Malini is concerned but that's because she is the least of his worries, has been and always will be. He will only see her for who she is when it affects Imlie. If Malini refuses to let go now and insists on clinging to this dead relationship, then he might start questioning. No hopes there. But other than that, he is always going to keep "lihaj". Isn't that how its suppose to be? You are breaking a 7 year relationship, a marriage, you cannot just be "ok bye bye tata"... That would actually be damaging his character.
Never condoned violence. Never will. What I mentioned was what both are being subjected to and not to draw equivalence to them because one is not the same as the other.
We are all well aware of Imlie’s masochism but she is after all 19 years old. Anyway, all this is a moot point because we will have to agree to disagree. Turning words into actions are two different things and that is what I find lacking in Aditya because they want to keep Malini on some sort of pedestal. And his blindness regarding Malini is irksome because even his defenses sound token when she is a part of the equation