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Firstly, may I just say I have not watched the episode. But from what I have read, I do have some comments.
Because the medium that is Television has such a large impact on the psyche of the populous, one needs to be very careful about what is shown. But, the regressive irresponsible content on Indian TV continues to harm society by tainting its values and giving 'right' and 'wrong' skewed, biased parameters.
A woman, as any man, has the right of choice. And she has the freedom to exercise that choice - as does any man. Choice is the one thing that distinguishes humans from animals. And if we, as women, aren't allowed a choice, aren't we all just animals? Is that how the Indian society wishes to regard women?
Out of the choices that a woman is faced with, one of the MOST important would be the choice of a partner- someone who SHE thinks is fit and worthy of walking the long lonely road that is life; someone in whose company loneliness is but a word and who SHE thinks will teach her to find sunshine on rainy days; who will be a ray of light in dark difficult tunnels. Who will learn as much as he will teach. With whom she can evolve and who will evolve with her by his side. There are great many nice men in this world, but in most cases a woman KNOWS who her right man is out of all these nice men. OFTEN, she is wrong but then it is HER choice to make her mistakes and learn from them. More often than not, she is right - and it is HER choice to lead a happy fulfilling life making only those compromises that she wishes to make.
If she does not have the freedom to make this choice and she is forced into a relationship she neither acknowledges nor wishes to keep, she should have the freedom of choice to remove herself such a relationship. How good her husband is, how he may have it in him to keep her happy - all this is irrelevant. He will not be able to keep her entirely happy and neither will he be happy in a compromise. Two perfectly nice people may get along as friends even, but may not be ideal life partners. Either way, the woman should have this choice. Only an animal can be bound in shackles and chained to something. If a woman is an animal, a goat waiting for slaughter, I say go ahead and chain her to any relationship.
In this case, Vividha neither acknowledges her marriage, nor wishes to fulfil it. She has neither shown any affinity to keep up a charade nor has she offered to pretend. She has basically been a page that cannot be written upon. Neither does she know nor does she want to know. Ravish is nice but how does that matter to her. She has known him for a short period of time. There have been no exchange of words of love or promises. They don't share the same dream. They walk in diverging paths. Things they hold dear are not the same. They are bound neither by fate nor love. How can they be bound by marriage. No. Vividha has a choice. She should have a choice. And if she is making a mistake, let her make the mistake. It is her choice to make the mistake.
The point here is choice and she should have the choice. If it is about empowerment, let her be empowered. If she wants to be free, let her fly - free and wild. But imprison her, bind her in shackles as you would an animal, drag her down the road called marriage in chains like you would a cow to a slaughter house, if you should. But do not call her a woman. Do not call yourself a woman. If this is the state of women in this world, let us all be barbarians. Let us all be animals.
Freedom and choice are the only things that a person, rich or poor, man or woman is entitled to as a birthright - a legacy that we inherit, being humans. So let us all just be animals if we cannot afford our fellow humans that!
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