Why Baldev? The wasted character

Originally posted by: Athene

Translate the same to Baldev and Satrupa's relationship. Baldev has been disowned. He's been cast aside. And Satrupa gets more attention and respect from Dadaji and Dadiji than Baldev. She is treated more as their child than Baldev is. In Baldev's eyes that makes Satrupa that sibling who is getting more attention than he is. But he's a grown and mature adult. He's not going to throw babyish tantrums. But he will complain that Satrupa gets more attention and recognition. He will wail over small things that Satrupa or anyone tries to do. He will demand things like Satrupa leaving the house with her "illegitimate" child, even if it doesn't make sense. He will hate Anami because Satrupa brought her in even if Anami really is his child.

Now it is going to take time for Baldev to accept Anami. In psychology, there is a concept referred to as the 5 stages of grief. These can really apply to anything. They are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Baldev is going to go through all of these before he and Anami bond. He has already denied Anami. He is now in the anger stage. He will do everything and anything in this stage. Over time he will slowly start bargaining with Satrupa, like "leave this house and take this amount" or "stop bothering me and do whatever you want" and so on. Depression can often be considered a separate stage, but it often happens at the same time as many other stages. He's in the depressed stage right now. He misses Vatsalya, is denied his basic rights of being Vikram's child, has been used by Satrupa, lost Sudha, and so much more. But as he comes over this he will grow to love Anami and become attached to her.

I also feel that Anami will be accepted slowly by the family. First Dadi will accept her. Then Dada. Then Narottam. Finally it will be Baldev at the end. Pujan and his family obviously will never be able to accept her into the family because it means handing the royal steels over to her.