Originally posted by: funny_fubar
I have a slightly different opinion- sometimes karma does not work as simply or directly.
In our custom(Tamilian), we have a ritual called Devasam where we pray for the peace of our ancestors. I once asked my husband about its significance- it is apparently to appease the spirits of 7 generations past. That how long the effect of your deeds last- you don’t carry the burden, but seven generations down. It is your kids, and their kids that bear the fruit of your deeds- both good and bad.
If you look at it, Prafulla had everything going for her at one point- 4 mills, money, her daughter was getting married. Yet she harbored ill intentions for not only Pandya house but also for Dhara and Hardik.
Now if you see her progression over the years
1. She never left an opportunity to specify that Dhara can never get married in this lifetime. Dhara is happily married but Anita is not. She is trying with all her might for 10 years but cannot get Anita married.
2. She used to taunt Dhara for scheming to seduce Gautam during Gautam-Anita wedding rituals. Today it is her daughter Anita that is desperately and pitifully trying to seduce a married Gautam.
3. She handed begging plates to Suman and Shiva- today she has no mills and has to take from Suman to buy gifts/clothes.
4. She and Anita faked a suicide plan to force Gautam to say yes to the marriage. 10 years later, Raavi was hanging from a fan on her marriage day.
5. She taunted Dhara about her having a son studying in Delhi while Dhara was childless. Ten years later she is bitterly bickering with Suman about daughters being better than sons, trying to use her nieces as her shield.
I can probably go on… she has pulled a lot of crap over the years…
But going through a hardship is one thing, but to see your child/children live through sorrow is a hell of its own.
Maami and Anita have always wished for Dhara to cry and have a terrible married life- now they have to see Raavi struggle through a tough married life for no fault of hers.
Karma is not called a b***h for no reason- her cruelty is very subtle, but the effect is haunting. At this point no one in Maami’s family has an ounce of peace or happiness.