Normally , monica , i wud have agreed with u .
However what u say applies to normal people , not Kaveri . Kaveri is an abnormal human being who takes immense pleasure in other people's pain . Always .
If she kept quiet inspite of Mannobhahi's taunt , it is not out of ' restrain' but coz Mannobhabhi is the only person who scares her a little . Had she opened her mouth to ' Give back ' to Mannobhabhi , Mannobhabhi wud have not kept quiet like Ambi but unmasked many of Kaveri's wrong doings in front of the guests...........somethings that Kaveri doesnt want the guests to know .
If Mannobhabhi doesn't accord Kaveri the respect due to a bahu ........it is coz she knows very well how cruel , stonehearted and bad really Kaveri is . It is to Mannobhabhi's credit that she loves Samar so much that she has not ' gone after ' Kaveri in the real sense ...........had she done so , perhaps many of Kaveri's deeds wud have been unmasked and it wud have been a relief to society . Since she is Samar's wife.....Samar , whom Mannobhabhi dearly loves , Mannobhabhi who is capable of really going after Kaveri , often looks the other way and leaves it only at that ......by giving her an occasional taunt . Which by the way , Kaveri deserves one hundred percent .
Before anyone else feels so bad for Kaveri's so called ' respect '..........I wish to ask them ............has Kaveri respected any individual , even her husband , in her life ? She has only taken utmost pleasure in humiliating others and stripping them of their respect that too in public....humilating Ambika in front of her socialite friends like a servant , counting Narpat's coffees and telling Ambi to cut them down as it increases household expenses , always making a public tamasha of her good sister in law Saloni at parties when Saloni never insulted her ........btw , since we r on the topic of ' respect ' ...........Kaveri showed the biggest disrespect to Saloni by telling her that she was of a cheap character . She showed disrespect to her own husband by telling ginnis neighbours and roadsiders that look my husband is having affair when she cud have discussed this in private with her hubby .
So u see , for a person like Kaveri who thrives on ' disrespecting ' people , one such taunt is no big deal at all . And it is not maganimity or restrain on Kaveri's part that keeps her silent in front of MB but love for her own precious butt .........as she knows that MB will strip her in a second .It is simply being wary of a strong foe or enemy .
Btw , before feeling so much for Kaveri's ' respect ' , remember she is a lady who put her innocent mother in law in jail by poisoning dabbas of schoolchildren . Not only wud the innocents have died , her mother in law wud have been convicyed of a crime she never committed . Also , the maharani Kaveri sits with full make up and makes her aged Sasumaa slog in the kitchen .........she is ' respected and pampered ' a bit too much by that family if u ask me . Kaveri has not been found out for her crime but lady prisoners who r pregnant get treatment out of humanity , definetely no ' respect '. Compared to this , Kaveri is treated like a queen .
What she really desrves is not just making tea , but circumstances where she really slogs till the last day of her delivery like many ladies all over the world .