WU June 16th 2011- Page 6

Originally posted by: woman11

Gauri does not realize that the rhetoric of child marriage that she and Jagya used on dadisa has a lot of repercussions:

1. It means Anandi will always remain the first wife and Gauri is recognized as the second wife. Dadisa does not dismiss Anandi's rights and mentions Gauri ALSO has rights.

2. It means Anandi should also have rights over Jagya, since Anandi and Gauri are supposed to share the same rights.

3. It means Gauri has to abide by all the rules of the haveli for the beendnis---including wearing traditional dresses, covering the head, eating after and on the same plate as the husband, performing household duties.

4. It also means dadisa will expect Gauri to fulfill her foremost duty as soon as possible, that is give the family a male heir.

5. It means Gauri should stay in the haveli with the family and not take off to Mumbai with only her husband. She will have responsibility towards the entire family now.

6. Finally, it means she has to accept the authority of dadisa and the male members of the house and dadisa will have the right to abuse/scold/discipline her as the other beendnis of the household.

Poor Gauri is so blinded by her obsession for acceptance that she does not see the baggage that comes with dadisa accepting her as a child beendni of the household. Basically, she is going back into the same quagmire that she was so lucky to escape years back. I feel sorry for her.