Yesterday epi I would say raised an important question and also I guess spread an important message too. We know in our society too much importance is given to blood relation. My son, my daughter, our family, honour of the family list is endless. The unnecessary importance given to blood relation is what makes a DIL not part of the family compared to the daughter of the family.
But is it true. Are blood relations the only solid ones or can some other relation bring more joy and contentment than the so called blood relation. Actually this aspect is explored in yesterday's epi with Shika Maa and Tara.
Take the 2 women. One had a child and lost him. Other was told she will never be able to have a biological child. Motherhood is treated as the most important phase of a woman's life. Lot of divinity is associated with the fact that the mother carries the child 9 months in her womb and gives birth. She knows the pain and only if she has undergone the pain she will be able to relate to the child. Really to be a mother to someone do you need to give birth.
Tara ponders over the question of adoption telling she is not sure whether she will be able to love the adopted child as her own. I agree to her views because of the importance given to blood relations and the way motherhood is described it is natural for a woman to feel dejected, lose hope and doubt herself when she is told she cant have a biological child. I mean it is treated as a bane in the woman's life that she cannot be a mother , something of a curse from the sin you have committed in the past. Maybe if you only look at the closed door. But Tara finally is able to look at the open door. When she is able to connect to the child who became an orphan because his entire family died in floods she accepts him in her life as her own child. Tara who has been doubtful whether she will be able to love a child which is not her own is able to love Chand. She is able to nurture him, care him, motivate him and plays an important role along with her husband in making him a principled and well behaved young man. From a woman who otherwise have wallowed and lived the life in self pity for not able to bear a biological child becomes the light of a young boy who otherwise would have lived a lonely and deprived life in some orphanage like Arjun.
Now coming to Shika Maa. Her sister so called Seema Mausi is running all over her now. Where was she when money had to be arranged for her sister's operation. It needed a guy who was not her blood relation to go all out even forgetting his acrophobia to save his adoptive mother's life. Aakash is connected to Shika Maa in a way people with myopic view like Seema Mausi cannot understand. Blood relations like Seema Mausi are good weather relatives. Come when everything is fine, orders around, talks about sanskaar, honour what not without even understanding what they stand for. Unfortunately it is not easy to shut up these people because of the over importance given to blood relations in her society. Because if something is said they will tell " Oh you told this to your only sister for that orphan boy" blah blah. Seema Mausi is unable to understand Shika Maa is another woman who has decided to look at the open door than the closed one. She has also decided to be a mother for another orphan boy who is also treating her like his own mother.
Blood relation is important but I would say it is not the most important. It depends as true relations can be found outside the so called blood relations also. Friends and hus-wife are the easiest to identify but other realtions like bro-sis, mother-child, father-child etc also can be foundif we are willing to look beyond the myopic realm. Because all these relations if you look are actually innate feelings which we never know can always open up when we are able to establish the right connect with the person.
Edited by shruthiravi - 10 years ago