Widows in red - a textile perspective

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neelabha

@neelabha

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Posted: 11 years ago

#11

Widows in several parts of India used to wear red in olden times. E.g. in Maharashtra, where brides usually sported green, yellow or purple colours. So there could be a point in the colour code theory.

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naq5

@naq5

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Posted: 11 years ago

#12

Originally posted by: tinoo
I don't think gehna lost her rebellious nature. I just think that eventually she lost the need to rebel because dadisa and basant changed. Gehna was never the kind of person to constantly challenge social practices etc. like anandi nor did she ever dream of instigating large scale changes in society. She never wanted to study or have a career either.
Her goals for her life were largely personal. She wanted dadisa and basant to treat her with love and respect. Eventually that happened. She had an interest in music. Eventually basant encouraged her singing classes and love for music . Then she wanted a girl child whim dadisa and basant too would love and nit reject because she was a girl. That too happened and it was pretty easy and happened without her needing to rebel. The last time she took a stand, it was against jagya when he walked in with gauri after marriage. Now anandi s life too iis happy.
Nd while basant encouraged her involvement in the business, that wasn't something that she wanted really except for the fact that she was happy he acknowledged her talent
So for her, that's it. She accomplished her life goals per se and there is nothing to rebel against because nobody is imposing anything on her or making her feel suffocated. So why rebel?

rebel ganga went away with the replacing of the earlier actor who played her