Basically, genes play a role in shaping a person's
disposition towards different behavioral traits or abilities, and nurture affects how those traits and abilities ultimately shape up. Thus, although someone's genetic framework might lean towards an increased chance of developing antisocial personality or various intellectual abilities/disabilities, it's the interactions of those predispositions with how that person is actually raised that decides how you turn out.
Raman is a case in point. We know he wasn't always like the angry/grumpy/easily irritated man he is now; he used to be a calm/sweet/shy "Happy." Shagun's betrayal, the change in environment, turned him into who he is today. It's pretty funny, because his genetic disposition towards this argumentative personality might certainly come from Toshi Ji's temperament. Similarly, both he and his father seem to keep things in, rather than discuss it openly (although, I suppose most desi men possess that quality, lol). But these traits
only came out after the set of circumstances that followed Raman-Shagun's separation.
The problem with today's scene was the way the principal/teacher phrased it-- she made it sound like a child's math skills are entirely based on genetics, which is certainly not true. A better (or more realistic) principal would have focused on the effect of familial tensions/stress on children's academic performance. But of course, the "Ashok as Ruhi's father" track and Raman's growing misconception had to be enhanced somehow, and this was a lame way to do it.
P.S. This is how I know it's an Ekta serial--- something as simple as a DNA test completely eludes Raman's(CEO of the year) mind. Sigh.
Edited by AfsaraZ - 12 years ago
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