I would not write her off ...
Pratigya does have a caring side and we saw that when she took care of Krishna after Angad knifes him... we also saw it when Amma makes her run to get her medicines ...we saw her compassion and humane side when she falls over Kesar and offers her body as a protective shield from Shakthi's beatings..I would not write her off as a cold fish, we have seen how happy she looked when she was talking about Mithilesh..
I think it is the realistic and selfish action's of SS and shakthi that makes her scuttle back to her shell, she has an innate distaste of their feudal thoughts, methods and tries to remain uninvolved in their deeds...
Here too she realizes it is a vote catching gimmick and also Pratigya is not an extrovert nor boisterous neither is she spontaneous ...she must have felt crowded and wary with Thakurs and his men surrounding her ..Such an action would cause an uncomfortable feeling in any introvert and make them robotic..and Pratigya was tru to the dictum.
Edited by tanthya - 15 years ago