Totally Absurd ...

One side you are making a progressive show with bold theme ...Why shhould Uttra keep the child who will be carrying the stigma his/her whole life ...The child of that person who manipulated you , abused you and you want the reminder of all the past with you ...why not to abort the baby , why Vidya should be burdened with the child ...Let her go for studies , get some professional course so that she does not have to be depended on anyone ...She can start her life afresh later on ...

To be honest I think it would be very admirable of Uttara if she can bring up a child by man she can't stand and show that child love and make he/she into a good person. That would take a lot of courage.

The easy option would be to have an abortion, but by keeping the baby she's facing the consequences of her actions..

Do you think its easy to live in indian society and that also a place like Rohtak in Haryana ...People are very cruel , why she should go along this stigma and let her daughter also suffer ...I think one should have practical approach ..

wait a sec - why do we associate 'progressive' and 'liberal' and 'women power' with the option of aborting a child? Isn't it progressive, and liberal, and about women power to be able to MAKE THE DECISION, whichever it is?

I agree with lilmzsunshineas abortion is wrong y
Every fetus deserves to be developed into a baby and born. I have a beautiful newborn I cannot imagine how some mother can kill them or abuse them. Kudos to Uttara for keeping the baby

You are divorced and then having the baby is different ..What standing uttra has ...she was involved with her sister,s husband , Her sister family life is destroyed ...but why to bring the child in to world where he will be suffering later on ...Its easy to say then done ...I have seen that kind of society ...Which is very rigid and conservative ...Here i am not talking about woman liberation ...To have a kid is big responsibility, your social set up , all matters ..we all have different perspective to look at the situation ...So i respect the other side ...

Abortion is a personal choice...personally i have no problem with it if a woman does not want to keep the child for whatever reasons...it is their body their choice...so this is also uttara's choice..if she wants to keep the child then good for her and also if she wants to abort...but having a baby and then burdening vidya with it is not a good idea...uttara made a mistake and she should be the one taking responsibility for it...she got off easily this time because brama was a bad man but otherwise she would have kept the affair going and ruining her sister and her family..so this child will remind her of what she did every time...but one thing is that it is only Uttara's choice and decision and nobody else's...vidya needs to stop telling her what to do...and she should also not take the baby...also nobody becomes a modern women by aborting or keeping a child...it has nothing to do with it...right now that baby is not out of love or planned, uttara is not married, she lives in a society where that baby will be bullied and called najayiz and she already has a child to think of (tara), and she doesnt have a job or anything and most important she doesnt want the baby so she should abort but if she wants to fight the world and truly wants the baby without anyone influence then she should be strong and have the baby

Originally posted by: lilmzsunshine

wait a sec - why do we associate 'progressive' and 'liberal' and 'women power' with the option of aborting a child? Isn't it progressive, and liberal, and about women power to be able to MAKE THE DECISION, whichever it is?

My cousin was going through a divorce when she found out she was expecting. needless to say the ENTIRE family told her to abort her son. Yet, I felt she was a free woman in her CHOICE, nowin WHAT THAT CHOICE WAS. She chose to keep her baby, who's not a beautiful toddler, with a healthy life and is loved by the entire immediate and extended family. She went forward with the divorce and chose NOT to stay with her now ex husband, despite her pregnancy. THAT, is a liberated woman. Had she caved in and gotten an abortion, she would NOT have been a free woman, but yet another one that caved into the demands of society.

I haven't seen the episode, but time and time again I've noticed people associate things like 'living with the husband', or 'staying in a marriage' or 'living with in-laws' or 'keeping the child' etc, associated with conservative, backward, or an oppressed woman's path. Why is that? Why can't a liberal woman choose to keep a child? I think it takes a woman with GREAT power, strength of will and wit to make the choice to keep a child of a man she hates. Of a man she has no desire to live with.

Kudos to Uttara if she so chooses. And this will be a step for Uttara toward redeeming herself. The easier, the shove-it-all-under-the-rug choice, the 'Uttara we know' choice would be to abort the child. Wash your hands off it. All done.

The stronger woman will stand tall, and say - Yes, I made hideous choices, yes I was weaker and chose the easier path, yes I made mistakes. But today I stop that and today I make the right ones, no matter how hard.

THAT, is your liberated woman. And THAT is what Uttara needs to be. So thumbs up if she can attain that.

Having said that, it will NOT be easy. It's not black and white -it's a long journey from weak to strong. And she'll have to make it alone since in doing so, she'll also be hurting her sister. And priya isn't there. So ... she'll be alone, and if she caves, it won't mean she's a coward, just not strong enough, YET.

Again, kudos to the CVs for bringing such interesting twists and choices that women all over the world have to deal with. And kudos for presenting them in such entertaining packages.

-S