There are 3 instances of impending Check Mate in PR as of yesterday, as an avid chess player, one might be tempted to ponder the moves possible in all 3 instances but the choice lies with the opponent being challenged. The gauntlet has been thrown, the dice rolled, will the 3 rise to the challenge?
1. Savita has made her brilliant move, she knows Archana's Achilles' heel, her weak point (thanks to the eavesdropping), her two daughters. Making haste, she plays her trump card, drags in the two, Ovi and Teju to meet "that woman". Any move that Archana makes in the short term will backfire on her, she will be "check mated". Long term, we know she will win the war, just not this battle.
2. Punni has declared open war against Purvi, using every weapon in her armory to defeat Purvi. Punni is a past mistress at this game, she is employing emotional blackmail as regards to Purvi's mother, defamation as regards to Purvi's character and distrust as to Purvi's integrity. She has nothing to lose and she is going at it missiles full blast. Will Purvi have a chance against this incinerating cannon ball in the short term scenario? I doubt it, Punni has already commenced upon her evil plan by sowing the seeds of doubt, ever so casually, in her mother's mind.
3. Now coming to the weakest link, our tarnished hero, Arjun. Purvi has time and time again thrown down her velvet glove, challenging him to combat, asking him to rise to the situation. He has failed, failed to pick up that glove, failed to even notice that it is staring at his face. Purvi has loudly and repeatedly announced "Check" a while ago, he is still staring at the board, in a daze, still contemplating when it would be opportune for him to make the next move. Stalemate, shall we call it?