anyways. back to my point. seriously, IMO, as of now, pratigya has done, as much as a woman CAN do to stop krishna from abusing her. krishna is wayyyyyyyy stronger than her physically, therefore he can easily overpower her that way, so you guys tell me, how's she suppose to stop him when he forces himself on her...??? yes, she MAYBE can escape SOMEtimes, but he LIVES with her, he's her HUSBAND. she can't escape from him all the time, its impossible. so this is why, in this case, krishna and ONLY krishna is at fault for SEXUALLY ASSAULTING her or ATTEMPTING TO RAPE her; because he has committed the ultimate crime, both against the law and humanity, by MISUSING his power as a man, for having greater strength physically, than a woman. he's TAKING ADVANTAGE of the fact that because he's a man, he's stronger physically, naturally. and this is why not only is it a crime, but also a SIN!!!
pratigya has also tried TELLING him, DEMANDING him that he stay away from her, even that she HATES him. to me, that takes an INCREDIBLE amount of courage and strength in character, to stand up to a man, who she KNOWS is incredibly malicious and even DANGEROUS. yet, she had the courage to stand up to him. she even had the courage to stand up to sajjan singh, when he forcibly tried to change her name, during that PSYCHOTIC, ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS, UNNECESSARY, name-changing ceremony-thing!!! i mean, seriously, who DOES things like that??? but back to my point: pratigya even had the courage to stand up to SAJJAN SINGH during that! and so many other times too, like when she stopped shakti from beating up kesar any further, or when she saved kesar's baby, and when she even interfered SAJJAN SINGH from beating up his wife, something, which the MEN could never even do; all these incidents, IMO, show INCREDIBLE amount of courage in prati's character. but really, what ELSE can she do, besides TELLING krishna to stop, when he comes near her, and tries to force himself on her...? like i said, krishna can EASILY overpower her. its NOT in any way, prati's fault, nor does it make her a weaker person personality-wise.
as for WHY she stays quiet, almost SEEMING (seeming being the keyword here) unaffected by the abuse after wards...my answer to that is, first, just cause she may SEEM unaffected outwardly, does NOT mean she is unaffected inwardly as well. and secondly, its like what ice-thinker said in one of his posts,
"like the condition of a fearless and free goat when it is tied to a butchers bamboo... seeing the other goats being slaughtered systematically ... this ONCE UPON A TIME RESTLESS AND COURAGEOUS GOAT looses its courage and gives up internally ... just wanna sit and take it all ... the inner strength is being suffocated ..." and THAT, i believe, is what has happened with pratigya. just like that goat, after seeing so much abuse being the "norm", and absolutely NO JUSTICE being done anywhere to stop that abuse, pratigya has slowly started to accept that abuse. but just cause she has accepted it, does NOT mean she's unaffected or not hurt by the abuse inwards.
lastly, many of you may think, "well, why doesn't she take any legal actions then...?" believe me, i too once felt this way, but once again, that was BEFORE i watched the show from the very beginning. i mean, the POLICE, the POLITICIANS seem fearful of the thakurs, and follow whatever the thakurs tell them to. so how is pratigya gonna take legal actions against krishna, huh...??? last time they tried to do that, HER FAMILY was the one who was arrested, FALSELY, humiliated and defamed....while KRISHNA sat at the POLICE INSPECTOR'S chair, and only when KRISHNA told the police to release him, for a crime btw, which KRISHNA COMMITTED, the police let her family member go!!!! 😲😲😲 so obviously, the thakurs hold GREAT POWER legally, in their community. so you better believe, taking legal actions, that too for women's rights, is gonna be DAMN HARD, especially when the norm is, "a woman should just learn to accept/take it"!!!!
anyways. i'm not gonna make this thing any longer and end it with this thought:
for those of you who are saying pratigya isn't being strong enough, you tell me, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE???Edited by pricey28 - 15 years ago