If you ask a crow to shut up - will it stop crowing ?
All that will happen is you'd lose your own voice from yelling in the process.Every time G screams and gets tired and cries croc tears and gets patted by J and spoilt silly by her mom. What wud Anandi achieve by getting into a slanging match with her ? G wud just scream louder.In hindi there's a lovely saying - keechad me patthar maroge to chheentey khud par hi aayenge. (If u throw stones in sewage - the splashes will fall on you).Anandi knows and understands this and hence does not get down to Gauri's level. There r quite a lot of times when A has had enough and has soundly told her off. But G has selective amnesia and a very loud repetitive whine. I know I would bang the phone down on Gauri in these moods as that wud really really piss her off.
Totally agree with u!!!
So Isha, i hereby conclude that Anandi did not compromise on her Self-respect in either case. With J, it was love limited to friendship...in G's case it was her high levels of maturity!