Wonderful post,and a good topic.
Indira,the character of 'HD',is drawn to mirror any ordinary person from the real world;and in the real world,I believe no one is 'god-like',as this character has been shown lately.We are human beings,who have ego,pride,jealous,in each one of us,though may be in different proportion.And when a character of a work of fiction is drawn,especially in content with the contemporary world,that character has to be as lively as us,as human as us.And Indira,as portrayed by the writer,has been turning "god-like",who is purely selfless,and always forgiving.This is unrealistic and unacceptable.In the initial story-line Indira has been shown as a strong person,self righteous,stands for truth,no matter how bitter it is;one,who never lets anyone to break her principles in life.She has been a caring daughter,a sister,an aunt,and a friend too(to Rishi);but she never let anyone to take advantage of her love back in the start of the story.So what happened now?and to this question most of us would say that,Rishi has transformed her as a person.Right,Rishi's love has changed her,made her realize the meaning of being a woman,made her more humble.But change doesn't mean we change our principles in life,we no longer see what is right and what is wrong;change doesn't mean we change who we are,the inner self.And sadly the writer has recently changed the 'inner-self' of Indira,with whom we can no longer relate to.
Indira loves her family and lives solely for them-this is the message,I think the writer is trying to convey to us.But has the writer mysteriously forgotten what the word 'family' means?Family doesn't mean to have a bunch of members,family doesn't even mean to have the riches,family doesn't necessarily mean to have a blood tie.Family means to have people around you,who loves you,and whom you love back,family means to share the good and bad times together;family means to be there for each other when the time calls;family means to not only form a relationship with each other,but to carry on the responsibility of the relations that are intertwined;family means to love each other unconditionally,with each other's flaws and qualities.And if we see the 'family' of Indira Sharma,that the writer have created,it doesn't even come close to the definition of family.Accepting Rishi in her life,accepting him as her husband,makes him a part of Indira's family.And sha has certain duty towards him too;to be loyal to him,to support him in' sickness and in health',in good and in bad times.Therefore there is no question about choosing family over Rishi,as he is also family now.The creator of the protagonist might have forgotten that Indira has been presented as a strong person,whose loyalty towards her family can never be questioned,whose honesty and simplicity are her greatest powers.Thus,it is not Indira,but the script-writer,who needs to learn to show her characters with the same intensity as they were portrayed;to learn not to deviate from reality.
Anupamaa
