I think nandini hasn't acknowledged properly to herself that she is being abused,that he is wronging her.She says sorry when he berates and demeans her for daring to think about taking a bus,she does not confront him after he slaps her,she is not even shown to cry or think alone about his abusive behaviour.Why is she like this?We don't even know anything about her parents' relationship or her father's behaviour yet.Her jerk husband did say her parents could not even make her study for long,so a family with financial trouble perhaps...may be even conservative which didn't do much for her self esteem or independence...or may be years of abuse have made her so okay with suppression...idk...they really need to show her immediate family...I hope they will...does she not talk to her mother on the phone...how many days has it been for her in the new city?
May be she has realized that she is being abused and wronged but does not pay attention to it now (because she can't do anything?no support or empathy from parents?)...like in the car scene when he was demeaning her,all her focus was on mouli and if she was following her.
I feel bad for her too...she seems really lost...and is demeaned over everything...what a douchebag of a husband man...he seems to have his own issues too...focuses too much on what others will think of him...and kind of a control freak...what it must be like for nandini as she has to be unsure of her every step around him.This is complete abuse and suppression which seems to have affected her sense of self terribly.