Originally posted by: AnushkhaA
He does love her, value her and respect her... what he is doing is borne out of his own deep rooted insecurity of abandonment. He needs to come out of it to be able to move on in the truest sense. Him not telling about the night is wrong. But his intention isn't. He is scared she will leave him.
And he knows he can't live without her. And he also knows that she can live without him. That is where this thing is coming out of. I am not justifying him lying. I'm telling that we need to stop telling Pallavi deserves respect, trust and love (implying Raghav doesn't give that to her) and say she deserves honesty and the truth.
Raghav loves her there is no doubt about that, not at all.
But I agree to disagree about respect and value here. He's always lashed out at her, kept her separate from his business and family and insulted her at the drop of a hat (I have several instances to cite but let's not get into the details here).
I totally get his insecurities and abandonment issues but what assurances has Pallavi not given - left D family for him, never left him during accident track or the idealogy track, gave him assurances multiple times during Mandar track and even taken a bullet for him.
I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt only due to his intentions but lying to Pallavi is wrong on so many levels. Like you said can't be justified or defended at all. Just because he fears she leave him and go, he's taking away her choice to stay married to him or not. He knows he can't survive but she can and so does it make it right to lie. I really hope he does eventually tell her the truth.
There's no marriage without honesty and truth and that is what Raghav is denying her. If he respects her he should come clean. I stand by my words that Pallavi deserves a partner who loves and respects and values her and is honest to her, coz she gives the same back in return to Raghav. It's a two way street.