Originally posted by: Ananya05
Like in Northern part of India, we have 'Karvachauth' to fast and pray for your husband's well being and long life, in Marathi culture(and I beleive in Kannda and Gujrat as well.Not sure), we have 'Haritalika' and 'Vata pournima' where wives pray for husband's long life.
These are couple of occasions where I have seen my mother and aunts seeking blessings from their husband by touching their feet. I was very neutral then to this act. But as I grew up, somehow, I could not bring myself to admire this gesture. I could not support it.
But I don't know why, today, I was so overwhelmed by Madhu's act. đI still can't understand why this happened to me. She is so selflessly submitting herself to him. đ The way she said, 'Mere liye ye mazak nahi hai'. I got very emotional during that scene.
Ananya and all,
I too was like why Madhu is touching his feet. Today I was asking her not to...but then I sighed. You know why ? Because Madhu was backed up by her mother's thoughts about RK. She kind of put all that into Madhu...so Madhu is like if Maa believes him that much, whom I am not to.
Love is surrender. That's why women are able to do it. I was educated by my (female) cousins later that it all becomes easy later in doing all that because, the man and woman share a relationship in bedroom where sometimes the man kisses the woman's feet and sometimes requests or pleads to her through touching her feet. And that's another reason why woman adorn their feet with anklets, alta etc so beautifully from ancient times. The feet are always adorned. I was also told, until a man shows himself ready to adore the woman in that manner of submitting himself to her, the woman is also not ready to surrender. This I am telling of not City bred women. This I am telling of women of India, rural part of India...where the way of life is not dictated by just orders and customs, but by also practicality.
Coming to RK and Madhu
- At Karwachouth time RK did not allow Madhu to touch the feet.
- Today also he said not to, and yet when she did, he accepted her surrender. This I know for sure that RK allowed it to happen, because he did want Madhu to trust in him this time, as he knows its going to be good for her only. I know RK, he has led Madhu to trust him only to the extent he wanted her to surrender to him. He never wanted her to bow down to him to satisfy his ego. So today, if he allowed her that means he was ready in his mind and was preparing her life ahead of her and that she could trust him.
This I am 100% sure. I have always observed RK, how much he respects Madhu, inspite of being intimidating to her and trying to be the egoist man.
Edited by 0-SD-0 - 12 years ago