Rohini, if you think that bangles are handcuff π² I think it is your angry 21st century approach. I see a angst ridden modern woman, with its burden of individualism here in the post. JMO
For me it was fiction that was impressive in its skill ( talking abt the chemical hazard part) and heartrending in its honest head on approach( the bangles).
It is your choice that you don't wear bangle and it is my choice that I wear bangle as a symbol of my marriage like my ring...nothing wrong right ? For me bangles are symbol of my suhag not a sign of weakness and vulnerability if I wear them. Dressing has nothing to do with being modern and progressive. It sure does not make any of us weak . Bangles, bindi sindoor, payal, 6 mt sari cannot change me or bind me. I'll not take out a morcha & fight for feminism if I'm asked to wear a sari or put sindoor & bangle for a puja or a certain occasion. It sure will not make me doormat or a floor-matπ I don't like this the forced demand for change. My dad spends more time in the kitchen than my mom; but that's because he loves cooking. She didn't demand it - he didn't request it. This is how it shd be. I like it ...I'll do it & I don't so I won't ...keeping feminism and socialism away. OH! ya I'll keep wearing bangles & I'll expect men to be chivalrous by opening doors for me, offering me my 'rightful' seat in a crowded bus π³π
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. π these old ideologies are so ingrained in these girls that is hard for them to come out of it. Like sasural is your true home, Pati is parameshwar. If after marriage Collector would have shifted to BH would he not been called a gharjamai? It is a derogatory term . I still remember when Shiv brought her back to her maika without informing or late informing Ira he was called joru ka gulam π with a negative connotation. I use it on Shiv all the time but I like him doing Aji's gulaami π
Chemical pollution ...farmers and land owners are quite aware and knowable abt it as it harms their crops... time to time they are being educated on this and sometimes they have seminars in Delhi Krishi Bhawan and where many top farmers and sarpanpch from villages come and take part. So their chemical understanding is adept but social ideologies so ingrained in their system that it will take time to come out.
Similarly for DS taking out bangles and putting it in front of CS was just an aggressive angry stance π nothing more. WE are all entitled to our own stance... some are aggressive & some can be termed regressive. On the other side we have maddern Sanchi who says that she is entitled for her own stance, "I can do whatever I want!" to the perpetually angry approach of "leave me alone!".