All families have some level of dysfunction but Goenkas and Birla have taken that dysfunction to another level. It is amazing to me as to how unfair/borderline emotionally abusive both households are to their kids and how they seem to neglect the negative undercurrents in the family. Goenkas enable Aarohi's behavior and ignore Akshara's abuse calling it sisterly love and familial love. It is clear to me that Akshara feels inadequate and neglected in the family compared to Aarohi. The situation is so bad that Kairav does not even question Aarohi on her misbehavior despite having an inkling of what is happening but instead asks Akshara to leave. Birla's disrespect for Neil, considering Abhimanyu's anger issues normal and ignoring Parth is no less a sign of bad parenting. Not to mention the level to which Mahima, Harsh and Anand are willing to fall to show each other and Manjari down is crazy. Mahima was willing to play a gamble with Abhi's happiness to show Manjari down.
We react to a situation based on what life has taught us.
Manjari believes Abhi should marry someone who loves you more than you love him and preferably a doctor. That is what she thinks went wrong with her life ...she loved Harsh when he did not reciprocate and the underlying reason in her mind is she is not a doctor. She is probably not wrong when it comes to her life but she forgets that Abhi is a different person than her.
Mahima is a very complex character. She sees being emotional as a weakness and keeping control and putting others down success. That is what her life has taught her, she is very successful but she yearns for emotional fulfillment. She does not want an another competitor in household and that is the only reason that she is team Akshara. Strangely she has better EQ than Manjari and understands the emotional state of all family members a lot better than Manjari in any situation. I wonder why she resents Manjari so much. Is it because all the kids in family love Manjari more than her or because she believes that Manjari is stupid and weak but she gets a pass because everyone is constantly sympathetic to her or because she thinks Anand wanted a wife like Manjari and not her.
Aarohi's confidence stems from what she has managed to do in Goenka household, alienate Akshara and drive her away by hook or crook and constantly keep the focus of Goenkas on herself. She seems to be succeeding with Harsh, Manjari and Anand so there is no reason for her to think that she won't succeed with Abhimanyu too. Also I don't think she is as interested in winning as she is in seeing Akshara lose. She wants whatever Akshara wants and seeing Akshara not get it gives her pleasure. In some ways she seems to be taking a revenge on Akshara for things/motherly love she thinks she lost because of Akshara.
Akshara is a complex character too. She is strong but she yearns for acceptance and over years she has forgotten to fight for herself when it comes to her family. She sometimes explains it away as family love and at other times as practicality. I wonder if she is scared that she will lose whatever love she has if she does not give in to Aarohi. She is confident but she she feels inadequate when compared to Aarohi. She has constantly mentioned she is not the right choice for Abhi despite his constant support't
It is said that "Truth sets you free" but in this case Aarohi's truth will not change much for Birlas or Abhimanyu. It will only frustrate Abhimanyu even more. If Akshara sacrificed her budding love as first Ahuti in the fire of Aarohi's zid, Abhimanyu just added second ahuti as he sacrificed his love and himself for his mom and to get over Akshara's denial of her feelings for him. The ball is truly in Goenka's and Aarohi's court now. Either Manish or Kairav has to force Aarohi to back off and decide to marry Akshara to Abhimanyu or Aarohi has to back off because something better caught her eye.
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