It's so good to be back on the forum after a long-weekend away. So, I caught today's episode and much to my chagrin, Babi was giving her speech to Naku about her rights and my particular favorite, who was Dutta to decide about the marriage? God?
I found this humorous...matter of fact, I found Babi's shock at what was happening to be humorous. At how her daughter was being disrespected and deprived of her rights and future. How she was going to take Naku to Dutta and AS and demand her rights. [GP00 rolls her eyes at the irony of it all]And I also found it irritating...very irritating, just as I had found Ganpat telling Naku that Dutta's family will now embrace you after saving them. Setting up false expectations, even unreasonable ones, is heartbreaking for Naku because Naku knows what the situation truly is right now...Dutta has given her her freedom, it was HIS choice, and there was nothing she or anyone could do about it.
Perhaps, these days, I like Babi less because of her hypocrisy. I respect and admire her love for her daughter. But she forgot that SHE is the one who first sabotaged her daughter, while trying to save her and give her a future. With each stroke of the dark coal/soot or whatever onto Naku's face and hands, she deprived her daughter of respect with HER OWN hands. She deprived her daughter of a chance at life and at love...all to protect Naku and herself from pain. And I think that was the whole point of Babi's decision: to protect Naku and herself from pain and separation...fear...it was an act arising from fear.
Further, Babi was angry at Dutta for what he was doing to Naku. When Babi said he filled your maang with sindhoor, I was thinking, well, he was drunk off his a**, was enraged, and had mistreated/abused Naku, and she wanted Naku to fight for her love, when she was NOT loved back, but rather hated by her husband. [Of course, we know Dutta's feelings run much deeper for Naku, but as far as Naku, Dutta, and everyone else is concerned, this has not be expressed so far or understood]. And she wants Naku to fight for her due rights and respect?
I was dumbfounded. I wanted to say to Babi who are YOU to get angry? You too have been unfair, even slightly, to your daughter. Your actions have made it impossible, so far, for her to live. It is her face that people see first, that makes them not take her seriously or belittle her, and NOT the purity and love in her heart. And now you are angry at Dutta's reaction...his desire to set things right? As if he took away her life, her future? Babi, take a good look in the mirror.
And, by the way, is the anger you are feeling at everyone for what is happening at Naku also because of the guilt you feel too?