BV WU: 27th May '11 - Page 6

Originally posted by: vidyasu1

divmath, it is apparent to me from your comments that you are a modern young woman.. We have agreed previously on the idiocy of saas-bahu serials and I was completely with you when you supported Jag-Gau's live-in relationship. They are consenting adults and have every right to live life as they want to. The only fly in the ointment is Jagya whom I can't bear: I can't bear deception and lies. But Jagya is even worse than that. He has been cruel to his wife of 16 years. The way he broke off with her on the phone and insulted her: I don't think any of us could respect a man who behaves so boorishly much less want him for a BF or husband. If he says he was forced to marry A it is a lie because he adored Anandi till he met G. This is why despite my modern and liberal upbringing I am unable to digest the Jg-Gau jodi. As for Gauri, despite the opportunity to use her years in the city and the fact that she is a qualified doctor to advantage she has distressingly -- at least for me -- embarked on a typical saas-bahu track of revenge and retribution(that is assuming the breaking news is true). Divmath, I dislike the sindoor-long-long mangalstura, evil bahu from the bottom of my heart. I wish married women didn't necessarily have to be shown wearing all these symbols. No one in my circle of friends wears all this. I see this as Ekta K's terrible contribution to TV and society. She has made the dangling mangalsutra mandatory for all wedded women -- even where there is no tradition of the mangalsutra as in Bengal and Punjab.

Presenting women as a monolith -- all of them uniformly looking like christmas trees -- upsets me greatly and I was so happy when Anandi was shown removing her sindoor.Why do all our serials revolve around the sindoor? Why can't we have normal women who don't necessarily wear sarees after marriage? Mind you I love the saree -- but wearing the saree or sindoor and mangalsutra should be a persoanl choice not a societal imposition because you have got married.

Sorry for the tome. I know and agree that the forum is for fun. But it would be sad if the reason why we like BV -- it is based on relationships and not on situations contrived by evil women --goes for a toss. Please rest assured that I respect your views and the right you have to express them.Cheers😛

Originally posted by: vidyasu1

@divmath: loved your post, second it totally and more power to your elbow. BV is about the only serial I watch and if it takes the revenge, retribution and evil bahu turn I think I will switch off: Why watch in BV what I can't bear in other soaps? The makers should understand its USP rather than make it a copycat soap.

@pjyo -- am scared even to write this name lest you sould again misunderstand me😉 . Agree with a you entirely about jag. He doesn't stop at lying, he is also rude, utterly selfish and ungrateful, which is why I can't understand how G can forgive him: She did watch how abominably rude he was to the friend who gave him money. Whichever track BV takes -- whether G swallows all of J's lies or she goes off on a revenge mission -- it is going to be downhill. I do hope they include a lot of Anandi studying scenes. If she is shown as staying on in Jetsar as the suffering "woh" I will absolutely boycott the show and urge all of you to do the same. Let us at least send a stromg msg to the CVs. You are right. One longs for sensible DDlike soaps. In fact it was BV's simplicity and realistic treatment -- very much like the old DD shows -- that attracted me to it.

Am glad our misunderstandings are over. Sometimes misunderstandings happen -- in this case I never meant for it to happen and it was all due to my stupidity that it did. But it is our choice either to resolve it amicably or turn it into a fight. The congenial atmosphere on this forum is an asset and we should all cherish it.👍🏼 to you both.