Originally posted by: Jhinka_Roy
Obviously, Satarupa is hardly without blame. No one had actually forced her to abandon one child in favour of another.
But if you spend years with elders who prove themselves to be staunch followers of traditions (in this case Vikram), you kind of anticipate how their reactions will be.
Satarupa knows her FiL very well. She was faced with the task of keeping one child with her, and sending away the other.
She was also warned by the Guruji that the child whom she would keep in Lal Mahaal will have the risk of dying. She was initially instructed to keep Vatsalya (the older twin) away from Lal Mahal, in which case the younger twin, who is a girl, would have been in the risk of losing her life and would never be accepted and brought up as the heir of Royal Steel (by Vikram) in spite of growing up in Lal Mahal. Satarupa would also be expected to try for a son again, whereas her and Baldev's relationship was probably already only in the name. So she took the easier route and provided Lal Mahal the heir Vikram wanted.
Here's a grandfather whose adherence to so-called propriety rendered his wife practically a suppresing bystander (even if Gayatri was a beloved wife and could possibly be a caring grandmother to Anami), his son forever bitter, and led his daughter--in-law to commit condemnable things. Not to mention creating wronged adversaries like Dhiraj and Pujan to some extent.
Anami has a long way to go to clear his mess.
I completely agree with you and I can see where your coming from.
Do I understand why she did it? Yes. Do I like her for it? No.
I probably would never get over her discrimination. Which is obviously a reflection of dadaji. I definitely would have softened towards Satrupa had it been shown she had at least followed up with knowing how and where her daughter was. If she was kept safe, healthy and most importantly was she given to a good family. Just once. Just once to know if her daughter was in good hands. And then be done with it. She is a mother after all.
As for her little chat with the Dadaji. All the questions she throws at dadaji is a reflection of herself. She needs to own up to those questions.
Again i love Satrupa is flawed and unapologetic. But I can't handle the Hippocray.