Parents / elders - esp in South Asian societies, find it easier to forgive their kid’s mess-ups if the reason behind it is academics. As sad as it sounds, it is a fact in the majority of households. A child getting caught copying in an entrance exam says - I couldn’t handle the pressure and I was so scared of disappointing you. They would be angry and disappointed but accept it faster than a kid saying - I couldn’t live without this guy / girl, I was scared of losing him / her so I ran away to be with him / her.
Reason at the end of it all, I feel, is a simple one - in the first case, the kid says not wanting to disappoint parents is the priority so he / she chose dishonesty over their disappointment. Whereas in the second case, the kid is obviously prioritizing another person over the whole family, their heartbreak and their “izzat”.
Anyway… your question is what is forum’s POV. I will share mine. Neither case is a black and white one. It’s different shades of grey (no pun intended)
Arohi - she did not do it for her studies and career. She did it for her ego. That is a fact. She is merely stating that as a reason - just like the kid in the above example took the easy way out by copying but when questioned says I didn’t want to disappoint my parents by failing. Is it justified? No. But she is in a position to yell because she was lucky enough to get back to her wedding on time. She is the jilted bride.
Akshara - she did not do it to hurt her sister or the family. Hell, she had no intention of any - bhago aur shaadi karo. She did it because she had no bloody choice. If not for the realization that Arohi is on an ego trip with that marriage with Abhi…that he was and would be nothing more than a trophy for her going forward. She probably would have kept quiet and gone on with her sacrifice mindset even then if not for Abhi and his threat of - mein kya karjaunga yeh tum soch bhi nahi sakti. From then on, the situation was out of her hands. Is it justified? No. But it hadn’t been planned either. But she is not in a position to yell because her sister is the jilted bride at the end of the day and her family became the talk of the town because she chose Abhi over her family.
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