Remember babes sent mini with cake to khurana house for beeji birthday. And mini had lunch there and came back. Babes was so upset and insecure. U think if mini had tried to keep good equations with ashok or tried to speak to him babita would not have thrown a tantrum or got insecure. Also mini made it all about babes and babita allowed her to do it. Even Ashok was like, babita has more rights on mini and mini anyway dint give him any rights so he dint try.
And babita still hasn't realised that mini needs closure on it. She still keeps saying your papaji or ashok (whatever she addresses him as )cheated me. She never says he was not a father to you he hurt you too. She actually still wants mini to hate ashok for what he did to her. During a divorce generally both parents try and maintain their spouses relation with their child and do not bad mouth them. But here in this case neither ashok did nor babita. And this is what happens if a mother makes children fight her battles initially. It never paves the way for a healthy relationship with their father. Dosent help that ashok was a very bad father who hit mini and never supported her and literally left her with nothing to fend. But most of ashoks hate for mini was also because she completely supported babita.
But, who stopped Ashok from reaching out to Mini? If he as much as a .01% cared for Mini, go to her College and try to speak to her.
Who stopped him from telling his side of the story to Mini?
Who stopped him from trying to perform one fatherly duty towards her? What did he do?
Babita in holi episode told HS, that her in-laws got left behind, her own brother broke ties with her, she only had Mini who she call her own. Of course she would have insecurities about losing Mini too.
I don’t fault Babita for not wanting Mini to keep any contact with Ashok coz Ashok didn’t do single thing to assure Babita that he would care for Mini. If I am a mother to Mini, I would want her to stay away too. Ashok needed to show a 0.01% for Babita to trust him. The biggest was — he was fine with Mini’s character assassination for Business alliance. Which mother would trust this kind of Father? I wouldn’t!
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