Was just surfing forum and reading some fanfictions, when I came across this post about feeling sorry for Shaurya. So decided to go through it. The points were very nice and legit but one sentence just ruined it all for me.
The discussion was centred around the Goa episode and it was months back and the reply option wasn't there as well so really needed to get it off my chest.
Someone wrote "Not getting father's love is still ok and also Anokhi got her mother's love throughout her life. But Shaurya never got his mother's love and it feels like suicide" something like this.
Whoever wrote this, if you are ever reading this please remember both parents' love is paramount in a child's life. Not having even either one of them is traumatic. To top all this, it's not like Anokhi's father ignored her or something? He abused her–physically, verbally, mentally! He always expected her to be grateful of him for having birthed her, supplying her with the basic necessities of life and "allowing" her to study. Her very OWN father reminded her of the "ehsaans" he has been doing for her when that's the responsibilities of any parent. He was also the same person who was getting her married to a drunkard dude when he knew all the truths about the groom and the family and also knew about the sort of treatment she would get once she was in Canada yet proceeded on to push her to the deepest pits of hell. Her father didn't even provide her with the financial support for her education. It was Anokhi's own calibre and mental strength that helped her survive in that toxic household.
About mother's love? Yes she did get it. But it was shown in the earlier episodes that her mother and her sister were only mute spectators of the abuse going on around the house. They accepted it as their fate and even tried to convince Anokhi the same. Especially when Babli had that dialogue "hum ladkiyan choices nahi kar sakte aur humari aakhri manzil shaadi hoti hai". Also when her marriage got finalized and her mom said "Bas ab koi tamasha matt karna". Even if she got the love, she never got the support and was pretty much on her own since childhood, fighting for survival until Aastha came along the way in probably her first years in Divyajot College. Atleast her mom and sister plucked up the courage at the right time and helped her escape the marriage.
All of these incidents are a trauma to anyone's life and this is just a part of what was shown as a whole. Just because Anokhi doesn't act like a cold rich arrogant man with a good heart deep down doesn't mean she hasn't had trauma. To be very honest her trauma was thrown into the gutter by the CVS and wasn't explored anyways. But saying "still ok she didn't get father's love cause she got her mother's love throughout her life" is so insulting for all those girls who in reality go through this situation. Also considering how her mother's love was actually not enough to be honest because even if with a heavy heart, Anokhi's mother did follow the rules of a patriarchal society and tried to make Anokhi one victim as well. Anokhi's strength and determination changed her and Babli for the good.
Sorry for the rant :)