Valuing motherhood but not children

It's so strange and perverse how pregnancy is celebrated with such joy, fanfare and tearful overacting in this serial but once the child is born it fades into the background. Look at Pari, CA and even Romil, for example. If they are of no use to the plot, they are fully forgotten about and the cast progresses in their tracks without even acknowledging the presence of the children in their lives.

The makers are consistently obsessed with reproduction, fixed ideas of a good mother/father/son/DIL, etc., hierarchies within the family and frequent sanskar-approved parties. Nothing else matters.

Plus domestic violence and sexual assault are treated as mere temporary plot points (Kaavya's horrific encounter with a stalker, anyone even remember?), only for everyone to move on to the next twist in the story with no growth or self-reflection.

All this would be par for the course in a TV serial if only the makers, actors, media and some of the audience didn't claim that it's a progressive feminist masterpiece of some sort that warrants emulation, awards and acclaim. 😡😡😡😡

No big point. I just wanted to rant. 😭

Other than anupama and baa no mother hood is glorified here

anuj has not really been seen close to his dead mom or real mom now or GK

sara was rude to own mom barkha

rakhi mom is abused and kinjal stays quiet

anupam ais suddenly glorified as mom because she married millionaire anuj kapadiya or her kids never cared for her except samar

According to this serial, a mother SHOULD ONLY think about her kids. ONLY THEN she is a mother. If she dares to think about herself or her career, then she is a villain. Regressive to the nth point!

I Wish didi's mother had lost Anu di in kumbh mela or forgotten about her. Na didi hoti, na iska maa maa maa .,........alap hota. Na Hum illogical , nonsensical didi ki baaton mei sense find karte.

Yes, that's what I mean. A particular idea of motherhood is celebrated, but not mothers. And the children are not even in the picture once they are born.

Maa ho toh Anupamaa jaisi, varna istemaal karo birth control.