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How is this similar to what is happening right now? Anandi as a real mother sees her daughter's suffering and does nothing to stop it. In the process, her other child suffers too.. All she does as a mother is crying and seeks solace for herself.
@No mother looks for proof of love from her children
But this is exactly what Anandi does. She's in fear of her daughter's rejection so she allegedly is waiting for the right time and the right time is nothing else but the proof of love from her daughter. Till then, Anandi's protecting herself, not her daughter, not even Shivam.
Until the day Anandi becomes certain that her daughter won't reject her, she will be silent and watch her daughter's ( Shivam's too ) suffering . So , it is all about Anandi . And has a lot connection with this story above, but not in a way supposed to extract the moral of the story. Just the opposite! Mangala does not behave like a real mother now but neither does. Anandi.