Originally posted by: AnjanaYYZ
@Khusi - I don't think its Bitter - it judgmental - She cannot get beyond her own experience to grasp Anandi or Anandi's situation. Its how dare this damaged girl phasofy my naive son...he is senseless in love and I must stop this nonsense with my immense sense.
I don't think she is jealous cuz she had choice and did the "honorable" thing...staying true to her husband's memory...not burdening another with them.
While i agree with the basic point anjana, i think that these things are not so sorted sometimes subconciously in heads of people portrayed like her - on one hand she held on to staying true to her husbands memories etc , but obviously since she has not grown in openmindedness and basic human genorisity and kindness - so people who remain narrow minded and to some extent even orthododx in thinking often have repressed emotions too .
So on one hand all the reasons you outline hold, the fact that her remaining true to her husband's memories has not also made her a more open hearted human being (who's love and sorrow have not moved her to a more deeper and humane understanding of relationships) also suggests that while she did what she thought was the 'right thing' , over the years there might have been other desires and needs in face of loneliness, which might have been constantly repressed and led to perversly a degree of self righteousness where she cant stomach the idea of a village girl and a divorcee moving on in life like this with her own ladla ...it could be a mix of self righteousness, repression , envy , obsessive love for shiv ( which becomes even more pronounced in single mothers sometimes)...
Unlike anandi - she's not shown with that core of basic unadultered goodness - which would have made annadi welcome these developments if roles were reversed . Afterall - its what we make of ourselves and our lives through our experiences - of love, loss, life ...that makes all that difference . CM 's behaviour betrays the complex emotions of an ordinary woman - with leanings on the conservative side...