Indu--a typical indian Mother

All of us were speculating as to what will happen at Indu Megha confrontation… I personally felt that the confrontation turned out to be more realistic and better than I had hoped for….

Indu's reaction portrayed that of a typical Indian Mother….yes, to those who are living abroad …. I wish to tell you that the attitude of many Indian mothers are still like this……leave alone if the son is marrying a widow with kids, or taking up extra responsibilities form the girl's side due to some reason or other….

Even otherwise many Indian mothers think their grown up son is still a baccha and needs molly coddling and looking after… He may be brilliant academically and may be having a really top job with v high salary.. but she still feels that he is so helpless in ordinary day to day matters, and needs pampering and looking after… And however well the wife caters to his need, the mother still feels that her son is not being properly cared for…..there are many men , esp in India,[I know only about India]who enjoy their bachelor status as much as they can, shying away from taking up responsibilities.. hopelessly unable to manage many day to day issues… they love to be pampered by parents, [esp mother], sisters, babhi's etc… So many times we exclaim about a man…How is this boy going to shoulder the responsibilities that come with marriage? But so many times we end up being surprised later…. to see him become a typical family man……who would have imagined that this boy would turn out to be so responsible and so much of a family man… this is one sentence which we still make and hear so often……even then the mother is not happy most of the time.. She feels that her son is having to shoulder too much of responsibility …..When and how will this type of thinking change, GOD alone knows……

Now, coming to Indu's attitude and behavior, she appeared more humane today. She was shattered when she saw how upset her Monu was the previous night….very shrewdly she realized it was something to do with Megha….And she guessed that MM must have had a serious mu or fight…. She could have felt happy about that and could have tried to add fuel to Mohan's anger….but her predominant emotion was worry and concern for her son…. She could not bear to see him hurting like this…..here she is shown as very different from mothers in many other shows.. where the mother resorts to any kind of devious ploy with no concern for her son's emotions and happiness to see to it that the girl who is not of her choice leaves her son's life…….Indu doesn't do that…..or rather she realizes she cannot do that..She is upset about her son's choice… she vehemently disapproves of it… she has expressed her disapproval in no uncertain terms to both Mohan and Megha…..and they can never get married with her blessings… that is for sure…. But she knows her son very well…. She knows his passionate nature. She knows that once he sets his mind on something it will be very difficult to deter him from pursuing and persisting with that…..with his dil and jaan… . he decided that he couldn't' agree with Mr.Batnagar Sr in many things, and probably when the latter tried to exert his authority on his son and probably tried to dictate his career& future, Mohan could not take it and just left the house. To have a totally independent existence. He was ready to do without the added material comforts, financial security etc etc which his rich father could offer. Probably there are issues related to principles also.. We don't know.. whatever it is it is a very long time since he is away from his father[remember rasmi's words ..abhi thak tumare dad ke sath patch up nahi hua? So the issues between him and his father has been there for a long time]….. Indu must have definitely tried to bring father and son together, but has not succeeded so far. When Mohan first admitted his love for Megha to Indu after Rasmi's engagement, Indu thought it was just an infatuation.. she even told Mohan… never say never… and she was confident that just as he had loved Rasmi once with all his heart and soul but still could fall out of love and reject her later, he will fall out of love in this case also….

For the first time yesterday she realized that no, this went deeper than that. She realized that her son was really passionate about this woman .. and she was realized that she, his mother couldn't do anything to deter him from pursuing this woman…

I wanted to post this only after I finished writing all my thoughts.. But I will be busy with my work …don't know when I will be free. So just thought that I will post whatever I have typed and then come back later for more when I have time.

Hey nicely written :-)

You do make valid points...yes it was a pretty realistic portrayal of a typical mother for whom her son will ALWAYS be a kid whom she wants to mollycoddle...usually they show this side of Indu in a comical manner in her scenes with Mohan but yeah when she goes into protective mode in other cases then she is very rude with ppl like Megha and Nanhi.

Yes it all stems from her basic concern for her son's plight...she can't see him in this state and she doesn't approve of Megha's presence in his life so she tries to find ways to "fix it" in any which way she can...I was thankful to see that she didn't try to be scheming about it and create MUs b/w MM (like they need anymore waise bhi...lol)

But yeah she's unleashed her brahmastra anyways by asking Megha to do something that Mohan forgets her...that will be enough to create problems b/w MM as Megha tries to push him away somehow

I could get back earlier than expected…

Continuing from where I left, Indu realized that she,his mother could not do anything to deter Mohan from pursuing Megha.So she has decided to take another route , to appeal to megha to do something to see to it that mohan stops loving her…here, one has to admit that she took a great risk. Or was it due to desperation that she decided to try that approach? May be.. As far as indu is concerned she feels that Megha and her kids are all set to trap her son..she feels that it is megha who is pursuing her son and doesn't know it is vice versa. She doesn't know the real state of affairs between MM. she doesn't know that at least for now it is a one sided love, apparently at least. She does not know that megha is still in amar mode.she does not know that megha has out rightly refused her son's love.. just because mohan was so upset, one cannot take it as a sign that they have permanently broken up.. Mu and fights are common when in love.. we see it so many times….

She feels that only megha can stop him from pursuing her… and is begging her with folded hands and tears in her eyes to do something to make mohan hate her and forget her…at that time she doesn't even know that megha does not love reciprocate her son's love and that she is still in love with her husband…[she will tell indu that in today's episode only]still she appeals to megha. Is it due to foolishness or desperation? What if megha has accepted his love? What if she also is as passionate about him ? Did Indu expect that Megha will give up her love so easily?? I don't know !!! As regards to her explanation that monu is still a baccha and that he will not be fit to take up the responsibilities of a family man, leave alone that of being a ready made father of two kids….it is downright silly…again, a typical Indian mother's attitude….

Even if Megha was in an accepting mode with regards to Mohan's feelings,I don't think she would decide to push him away just because Indu warned her he would never become a family man, could never shoulder the reponsiblities that come with it, and that she would have to take care of 3 kids..the third one being Mohan. May be , bec she considers him her true friend and wishes well for him, she may feel that it is not proper to burden him with her responsibilities and may decide to back out for his future well being…. But not because he would not a good family man…She already has experienced his care and concern even over little matters, so many times.. And she knows how well he bonds with her kids, .. at the farm house she witnessed it… mohan cajoling addu [she doesn't know it was bargaining] to wear his cap.,mohan teaching addu to play cricket, mohan tying up addu's shoe laces, and even trying to ake chotti for nanhi's hair.. How many fathers will attempt to do that?? Indu does not know all this and hence her fears.. well, even if she knew, shw will say usne jadhu kar dhiya mere bte pe…..she will still stick on to the view that megha uske monu ke liye layak hi nahi nai…well, lt us wait and watch how the CV's handle this.. I have decided to have full faith in them…

Beautifully written post👏 I agree with u completely that here Indu's potraying a typical indian mother who r always treating there son as small kids and are always concerned for there son.They just want there son's to be happy.Even if at this situation megha denies being in love with Mohan and tells that he(mohan) is the one following her I am very sure Indu will not believe it.

Nicely written... Even before watching yesterday's episode I was expecting Indu to chide Megha for hurting her son. This was expected. But what would be her reaction when megha will tell her that she has broken all her relations with Mohan & she still loves Amar... & Mohan won't be able to get a same place in her life as Amar got... Perhaps that might change equations.

well, if it really changes equations once Indu knows that megha does not consider her son worthy of her love...and she works to convince megha that her son is the best and to accept him,.then it would be great!!!!though not for the proper reasons... andh phala sath phala!!! do you think this is the shock that CV's have planned? fond wish... but don't think it will happen at all.

Arey man!! Kitna acha likha hai Sitamma 👏 Sorry I didn't know your name and got referred to this thread that you have made, by Mamta/Misty85.