Originally posted by: ThePhilosopher
Anupamaa makes it pretty clear that she’s not always thinking from the point of view of being a wife. She also thinks from the point of view of being a daughter-in-law, mother, sister-in-law, sister, mother-in-law, daughter and sometimes a human being. She aims a lot to be in a state where her personal experience, hurt and upsetting moments don’t affect how she behave with other people. For you to call her idiotic just because she hasn’t lost her temper and hasn’t her life into a pursuit to make Vanraj’s life hell really does say a lot about how people perceive kindness. As something that is not right. Kindness should not have a limit. 
I will never digest the fact how literally so many people here are irked by Anupamaa’s kindness. Yes, showing Anupamaa as Mahan maybe bothersome at times. But what exactly is the problem of portraying someone as so kind and good? Why does it bug you? Does such a person not exist at all in our society or anywhere in the world? If you say, actually they do not. Nobody is that nice, then does that mean that we cannot aim to be such good people? It is wrong for a group of creatives to aim to create a kind of a Being that could perhaps transcend beyond its worldly experience and think objectively about their situation. 
You have to understand, thought existence is personal. Phenomenology does say that it is possible to look things differently to how we feel. Iris Murdoch wrote a great a book on ‘The Sovereignty of the Good’. 
It is not at all necessary to have an argument against everything. Literally nobody here can deny that Anupamaa does speak, but she makes an assessment and judgement as to when she should do so. 
So, literally, she’s now back to being idiot again because Vanraj taunted and she kept quiet. Wow. 
As far as I can see, people aren't calling Anupama idiotic because she isn't losing her temper or shouting. We all know it is possible to stand up for yourself and those who you care about without being loud/aggressive...
But the issue is that Anu isn't standing up for herself, those who care about her or what is right AT ALL these days, let alone doing it in this method or that method.
And yes, many of us do have a problem with this particular brand of "kindness" that Anu has been showing lately. We aren't irked because people with similar attitudes don't exist anywhere in the world. We are seriously pissed off because people, (especially women) like that DO exist in the real world, and their definition of kindness mostly benefits the WORST people in their lives more than it does anyone else.
The concept of limitless kindness towards everyone is ideal on paper but dangerous and scary if applied by all decent people in real life. The only way such a thing would work is if EVERY SINGLE person in the world practiced it. And unfortunately, we all know such a day will never come.
Urging all decent people with a conscience to just forgive everyone and be kind all the time would just result in bad people of all types running wild with no fear of prevention or punishment. 
These situations are just hypothetical. Even in reality often these people who consider themselves limitlessly kind/mahaan soon become nothing but enablers... they are the ones who forgive and cover up all the bad deeds of others, claiming "God will punish them" or something equally ridiculous. And what happens after that? The wrong-doers they were ignoring only go and inflict even worse harm on someone else. These mahaans can't seem to understand that God didn't give us all free will and the ability to help our selves and others just to sit and let things happen...
And often, (like what is starting to happen in Anu's case) these people's energies become exclusively focused on forgiving/protecting/defending the worst people in their lives and in the world... their kindness isn't really limitless... it always seems to stop right before it reaches those who truly need it , and would genuinely appreciate and reciprocate it. Why did the limit of Anu's kindness and forgiveness end when Samar finally stood up to Vanraj? Why was it wearing thin when Kinjal spoke up in Samar's support?
In reality, this particular brand of kindness that some people promote (particularly to women) just helps and supports those who wish to do wrong and inflict harm on others.
Edited by Anjalika01 - 4 years ago
 
 
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