Originally posted by: ShipIsSailing
Brilliant questions.
First of all, no it isn't right for Sai to do so. The things is, and it goes for both Virat and Sai, there are several things they do when it comes to their relationship that wouldn't exactly be considered right, but the correct word to use here is understandable. Sai's behaviour isn't right, it is understandable. And understanding the character is something which should be done in every case, be it Sai, Virat or Pakhi.
Now, the reason why Pakhi is criticized for acting like a delusional or psycho is because Virat had already cleared it to her that he is not interestedin her anymore and that he loves Sai, but she still pines after him.
There are various reasons because of which Pakhi is considered wrong and not Sai. First of all, she is married and she wants to be with someone who is also married, but I can ignore this, because I can understand that her husband is not there for her and unpopular opinion, but of course at her situation she would crave someone's love. She is also human afterall. But the problem is not that she loves Virat, the problem is that she forces Virat to love her back, the problem is that using her love as her defence, she hates Sai and use every opportunity to mentally harass her.
Pakhi and Sai's situation are really different, both of them are in an unwanted relationship but here Sai was actually forced to marry Virat by the villagers whereas Pakhi was never forced to do anything. Here, both Sai and Virat had to marry each other knowing full well the boundaries of their relation, but Pakhi, in her fully conscious mind married Samrat to be close to his brother, without even once thinking of his feelings, and now, she blames Virat for him.
Here, you can point out that even Sai blames Virat for their situation, or even Sai doesn't care about Virat's feelings. But, Sai doesn't blame Virat for their marriage, she blames him when he tries to remove the line which they drew in their relationship, when he tries to break down the walls she so carefully built around herself. And it isn't as if Sai doesn't care about Virat's feelings. She did everything he ever asked her to do to make sure she doesn't hurt his family, which would hurt him. So, she tried to make peace with Pakhi, tried to make pace with his family. But Pakhi on the other hand, she never cared about anyone's feelings except her own, not even Virat's. While Sai understood that hurting Pakhi might hurt Virat's feelings, Pakhi never understood how much she hurt Virat whenever she tries to wrong Sai.
This is why Pakhi is delusional. Because she says that she loves Virat, but she never actually thinks about his emotions and his feelings. Everything she ever does feels like a list that she is checking off. How to impress a boy: Impress his family. Check. But impress only those who are actually in power here and never those who remain silent but actually care about him. Think about his wellbeing. Check. But only when it is easier for her to show her care in front of him, not when he actually needs it. Think about his brother and show how much of a good wife she is. Check, but only when it is to gain his attention, otherwise ignore him and ignore his mother especially at a time when she will need her the most.
Everything Pakhi does is to gain Virat's attention and not by her own good intentions or not because she cares for him. Sai, on the other hand, even now, is thinking about everyone's feelings, even Pakhi's. She knows that loving Virat is not easy for her,and she knows that there is a huge possibility that in her attempt to love him she might wrong Pakhi.
So, yes, it does matter if Sai is hurt in the process. Because at the end of the day, she tries to help everyone, she loves everyone, she gives every relationship her everything. Just that this one time, she is unable to do so because she put her own heart above Virat's, because just this one time she wanted to protect herself.
And tbh, to some extent, this is the same case with Virat too.