Hello everyone! I thought I'd pen down some thoughts that I have been having on the current track.
There are two decisions that Anu has made recently - one to stay away from Rajat and the second to agree to marry Veer. These two should be looked at separately to understand her motivations and emotions.
Coming to the first decision, Anushka has always been a practical, level headed person who loves her family. Such an attachment always influences people very strongly and same is with her. We saw an example in the Devyani fiasco. Similarly, when today, her father, who she has always admired and listened to, went through so much and is asking her to do something, she cannot help but at least give it some thought. You always trust your parents to do right for you and she is doing the same. But I believe this is only half the reason. The driving force behind her staying away from Rajat also comes from the fact that she herself can see the problems that could arise if she agrees to this relationship despite Minty's extreme hatred. In the Anuraj relationship, Rajat has been the impulsive one but Anu has always thought things through. She can foresee that her relationship will put a strain between the families and also lead to discord between Rajat and his mother. All this could also affect Anuraj in the long run. She doesn't care so much about herself but she does care about Rajat's well-being and overall, it will be tough to lead a happy life. While this may not necessarily be true, I'd say these are reasonable assumptions given the way things have been going. This is why she is agreeing to let Rajat go, regardless of how hard it is for her.
The second decision of marrying Veer is, according to me, purely for Rajat. Her decision to leave him has naturally affected him really seriously and he is desperately clutching to whatever he can find to stop her from going away. Anu has observed what this is doing to Rajat and she can't see him ruining his life for a relationship which according to her has no future. She has seriously started believing that all she has given Rajat is misery and his reactions are cementing this notion. Anu will do anything to make Rajat happy. Since she cannot be with him, she does the next thing she considers best. She wants to remove herself from his life permanently by getting married to someone else. This will get Rajat out of the limbo he is living in now. In today's episode, she only agreed to marry Veer after her confrontation with Rajat when it became clear to her that Rajat will not move on in any other way.
Sure, these may not be the most rational decisions. But then emotions never are. It's not easy for her but she is doing what she thinks is right. I also think that no matter how much she tries, she will not be able to go through with this as Rajat's love for her and hers for him is too strong to let her move away from him. It will probably need a jolt of some sort for her to realise what she is doing and rethink her actions. But even now, I think whatever she is doing, is all for Rajat, one way or another.
Your thoughts?