Thanks for the nice episode , Tanya. All the characters were somewhat real!
I can understand why Sulochana wants a good match for Archana in terms of salary etc. After all, Archana did give up on her future so that the house runs. Sad that she never went back to studies but perhaps, the family got so used to her at home and somewhere they knew that they will be inconvenienced if she did.
Archana is Sulochana's weakest child , for which Sulo is responsible in a way and this is the way she is hoping to make up. But reality is different . And she is facing it. Even today, the mindset which equates the housewife to a glorified maid exists in middle-class society though not expressed openly. It is mostly upto the husband then, how HE treats her and respects her, that give her the status.
Because Archana does not earn, it does not make her any lesser than Varsha or Manju. It is also her lack of exposure which gives HER a mindset which makes her implicitly trust her mother and lack in self confidence. This is how her character is! But she should at least know how to defend herself, which she does not. The way she was portrayed, she even wanted to get married because her mother wants her to. Not for herself.
As long as Sulochana does not lie about her eighth-pass status, Im ok with her aspirations which alas cannot be met easily. But then, she almost got Satish!
These characters are as real as possible in a TV serial . And that is why PR was different and interesting in the beginning.
Edited by vishwap - 12 years ago