If I ever meet a Kiran Di in real life, I'm going to sit with her for hours and pick her brain to understand her thought process. She is such an amazingly wise woman and I'm completely in awe of her. Thanks Pilli, for introducing such a wonderful character to us. Having said that I'll also say that, evn though I understand her, i don't agrree with her completely.
No matter how hard I try I can't understand Maya's apathy towards her grandaughter. No matter how hard I try, to me, her behaviour is incomphrehensible. The tubectomy was their personal decision as a couple and what gurantee was there that a third child would have been a son. Inspite of knowing all this, Kiran said that she'd have changed her decision. It leaves me in awe of her, yet I don't understand her either. How can she change her outlook, her decisions just to satisfy Maya's insecurities. Am I making sense here, or am I being confusing, i wonder?😕
But then again this is an age old debate that has no easy answer. That is why it is said that a wife and a mother- in - law, start with a W and a M. These polarr opposite consonants that their names start with, represent their attitudes towards each other.😆
Personally, the way I deal with is with humor. For example, my MIL is a Vastu Shanti Fanatic and I don't understand even the V in Vastushanti. i remember the first time she came to visit us, she had us moved everything in the house around and drove both of us crazy.😆
The final task of the day for her was putting a very heavy object in the southmost corner of the house. Me and your Anna were exhausted, moving things around the whole day and he refused her point blank. I knew she wouldn't let it go till it was done, and so I went and sat in the south most corner and told her, the heaviest thing in this house is definitely me and that for now I was going to sit there and ward of all evil till she fed me and then found another heavy object to replace me. She cracked up at that and relented. 😆
I totally agree with Kiran Di about generation gap and we should definitely let them have things their way when possible, but if their "perspective" was going to cause life and death harm to another loved one,for eg aarvi. Though I understand that she was not directly responsible, her"perspective" definitely was.
I'd definitely make sure she understood my "perspective" too, of what was acceptable and what was not.
Forgive and forget is definitely not the answer here, neither is turning a blind eye. So, I'm waiting to see how you are going to solve this Mayavi problem.😆
Chod chaad ke apne Saleem ki gali
Anarkali Disco Chali,
Aur Sola calls karke, Maan ko chodke, uska dil todke
Geet chali Ganga nahane.
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Ab kya?
This chapter gave me a lot to think about and hence a long bak bakful comment.😆
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