Originally posted by: Michmichi
I believe everyone of us is a work in progress, and nobody is perfect ! Anika too is the same. When you say " raised to be independent " isn't Anika also independent? Or only " working women " to be considered as independent? The only time Anika's independence was taken away was during the forced wedding track that too under an extreme situation, otherwise all the decision making in her life is done by her only and isn't that what independence means!
She is the one who successfully helped the Oberois to solve the fake suicide CD drama during the fokat raja track. She may not have the sophisticated use of the IPC codes for it , but it was observation skills and presence of mind that helped them. She was part of the elaborate plan of expose NB gang and she was the one who put her life at risk at various occasions and she has done it with finesse. Again no need to be an IPS officer ! Mahi track, the same she played her part so well. What's helping her in all this? her life experience , the things that she LEARNED along the way while dealing with people. Yes she is doing it for Shivaay's family which is by the way her family too !
Recent don track , it was Anika who managed to take the gun away from the don 😆 So she uses her strength and presence of mind in different ways than others , may not use the Internet to get ideas or have qualification as IPS, but things get done in her own unconventional way.
It's not true that she is not learning anything new, the way she stepped up to the occasion and managed to do the press conference during Shivaay's absence, it's that something that she observed and learned , may not be as obvious as she going for a course to learn it but still the learning process is there. Besides she promised to make Shivaay his favourite dish, so she is willing to learn 😉
For me her independence represents the way she told daadi " Daadi apko lagta hain mein sunne wali hoon ? " this is in response to Daadi's question of if she is following Billu to Goa while he said no! But she did 😆 Her decision and that is independence!
P.S The reference to other characters is only because that you have mentioned about them in your post as examples.
