Originally posted by: aparnauma
DS is not great because she got Anandi married.
DS's greatness lies in the fact that she proves that it is never too late to realise her mistakes and make amends for them and change her ways of thinking.
This is the same lady who was responsible for the death of Basant's first wife because she wanted pota from her.Now she is the same lady who is more concerned about the health of Basant's second wife than wanting another baby in the family and this times she hopes that it will be a girl child who she can bring her up.
She made a big blunder by chopping the wings of little Anandi just because she was found to be better than her ladesar and in eagerness to bring in equality in that relationship she curtailed Anandi's freedom and stripped her off all the rights she is entailed to.Then when she saw thta it was the consequence of her deeds which are being paid by Anandi she moved heaven and earth to rebuild the life of Anandi and to day Anandi's life is much more beautiful than what it would have been.
She turned Jagya into a spoilt brat by being overindulgant towards him.That resulted in Jagya ending up as a selfish immature young man who is not capable of maintaining and nurturing relationships.Now she is doing everything in her control to give him a relationship that will nurture him and support him.
DS is a strong lady who was widowed at very young age and left with two sons to fend for.This barely literate lady grew to be the most prominent and well respected woman in the village simply because of her hard work and standing up for what is right.
Her hard earned wealth and power have made her arrogant and made her look down on people who are less powerful than her.
She looked down on the family memebers of Sumi Gehna and Anandi and at the same time she went with folded hands to the in laws of Suguna.Because she belonged to patriarchal society.
She was product of circumstances and her surroundings.Her thoughts and actions were shaped by these two.But whenever she realised that she had been wrong or made to realise her mistakes she never ever blamed anybody she took responsibility for those mistakes and took steps to rectify them.That is one thing that should be learnt from her.Never blame anybody or never blame the circumstances for her mistakes.
Even in Ira and Urmidevi's instance - she never gave excuses for the wrong thing she did she just asked for forgiveness when she did not get it she only requested her not to punish Anandi for the mistake that she had made.
I don't know whether that makes her great or not but that definitely makes her human being who evolves into a better human being by realising the mistakes that she made.