I looked at her quizzically. She was clasping and unclasping her hand as if trying to control her inner turmoil. Chotima has her reservations about Anandi.Understood. She also distastes Anandi. Could not understand why.
She has a peculiar way of dealing with the Singhs. Even if her rigidity towards Anandi is understandable, she extends it to the entire family. She does not set a boundary and is really pathetic when she chooses to speak her mind.
The way she behaved with Dadisa was utter nonsense. Whatever Dadisa said it was about Shiv. It was, Shiv who would have taken utmost offence. He had a reason, and it would not have seemed out of place.
Next is Irawati. Being the mother,she would have felt really bad that her son is being regarded in this way by some people, if not all. May be she would have reprimanded Shiv about his behavior and would have asked him to be more careful in future.
Too much of anything is bad. Choti Ma thrives on this syndrome of "too much". She loves her Shiv so much that I find if she ever found any time for her own son Mahi. I find it equally strange that she never ever muses about Mahi at all.
Choti ma's obsessive concern is out of place.. it looks to me,she always had an obsessive nature. When she spoke about Anandi and her past ,she went on harping about it so much that it ultimately lost all its significance. So she is now after the old lady.
Let us assume,she comes to know that it was Dadisa . What is she going to do? Slap her? Drag her to panchayat and ask Anandi to do justice? Raise a hue and cry about it? Even if she chooses any of these,will any one allow her to do this?
Yes,it can be a curiosity to know who did it and why. That is understandable. The family also takes an offence.But to drag it to such a length is to make it a case of mountain out of a molehill.
The other day Alok tried to reason with Ira. Agreed that she lost her husband at a young age. But, being a widow does not make you bitter or insecure about yourself especially when you have such a loving family. Her insecurity engulfs all who come in contact with her. As she is not happy herself,she believes no girl who has lost her husband can be happy.
Surreptitiously she tried to force Shiv to rethink and tried to corrupt Ira's mind.
We thought a day will come when some one from the Shekhar's family will pull her up. But,I think,the day has already arrived. She has spoken to Anandi with a pun intended and she spoke to Dadisa. What is any one waiting for? Already people have been humiliated.
What Jagya did or did not do, is the sole concern of the Singh family. It is also strange to see her so worried about Jagya's presence in Jaitser. She does not know Jagya and hardly knows Anandi. Despite Anandi being Shiv's betrothed,Choti ma never really bothered to know her. If you do not make an attempt to know people,how can you just draw a conclusion?
We believe,any one who is educated and comes from a good family background has some sense of do's and don't's in public. She came as some one exactly opposite. Though her words were always wrapped with a constrained smile, it did not fool any one. Being a in a village and not exposed so much to lifestyle of city bred people, Dadisa comes across as far more cultured and educated than any one in Shekhar's family. Keeping quiet in the face of such remarks,does not speak highly of Shiv's family.
On that day,I really felt sorry for Bhairon. The father has gone through a lot of pain and sorrows which he cleverly hid from every one. God forbid,if ever Shiv faults even a miniscule way what Jagya did,can Choti Ma be like Bhairon?
And I fail to understand why so much of importance is being given to her ?
It is time Daddu says something about it, if required,she should be clearly asked to be within her limits. From the old lady she has gone to the poor caretaker and rudely behaved about things not being in place.
Shiv is not worried. Who gives the authority to some one else to pull up the caretaker?
He is there to take care of the collector and if he fails let the collector take him to task. Irawati got irritated because of this. Choti ma clearly wants to control every thing and every one around her.
She also says that she is worried about Shiv. It was Shiv who had assured her that everything is fine between him and Anandi. And whatever is not fine,he will set it right.
Let Shiv address his own concern. He chose his bride. He must be having the sagacity to
decide what is good or bad for him.
Choti Ma can take a cue and withdraw herself.