Originally posted by: adi2512
Now, with the way, she blurted out, e/body was shocked including Shiv...If he comes to Anandi's defence r/away., what could it have shown...just another of his defence mechanism.,will it really help CM to change her view...no it will not and he knows that !
adi2512:
I really appreciate your view and fully appreciate the fact that CM will not change her mind.
However, I think we need to speak ou in certain situations and tell people when certain things are not acceptable to us and not in good taste. It is not really about changing the other person, but just about "hearing our own voice" and drawing boundaries.
What kind of society would it be if we all went around voicing our opinions about other people? Particularly hurtful, nasty comments.
I think someone is an ass, does that mean I can say he is an ass.
Choti maa is fully in her place to think whatever she wants to think. But she has no business actually saying her thoughts out loud.
She knows anandi is a divorcee. It is obvious to her that there is still some residual pain etc.
Then why make that comment??
If we all stopped telling people what we thought because we think they wont change their mind, so what's the point, then I think human civilization would stop evolving. There would be no need for tv debates, for points of view in newspapers, for movies or any other communication media.
Nobody is saying that choti maa has to be attacked or verbally abused by either shiv or anandi. It is however important to set boundaries with her and this has to be done with shiv.
Yes, anandi did a beautiful job of parlaying choti maa's verbal volley with finesse.
But the point is that choti maa has to be told this is not appropriate regardless of anandi's deft skill at politely deflecting.
In shiv's place, I would have told choti maa then and there "references to anandi's sasural and ex-husband are not done' ... and the matter would have ended there. There is no scope for a battle.
If she asked why, I would just say "It is not in good taste to dredge up old issues. Let dead bodies remain buried"