Originally posted by: soapbubble
I agree with you.
Food and cooking has been an undercurrent throughout this serial.
So many examples throughout.
RK refusing his mother's food.
The various instances where someone cooks with love, sometimes eaten, sometimes not.
Food being evocative of memories (Ballu, RK). Food as a vehicle for love, concern... protectiveness.
Food eaten as a blessing, with shraddha...
The sharing of food to depict intimacy...
I loved how they sat facing each other to eat the makke ki roti and sarson ka saag yesterday. Great Superstar and his wife, but it came down to behaving with such simplicity. As if they had already left this glittering world and were living in some some kutiya in a village somewhere.
Food is used in a very symbolic manner in this serial and I like it.
Nothing wrong with Madhu cooking. Let's not be so feminist or cynical that we forget the basic goodness of life. Eating is integral to our lives and so what if that is celebrated?
Bubble