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Today Kumud's outburst at Saras was her subconscious mind (remember Freud?) venting out the irony of her predicament. Saras reflects all that she could have had if she had not in her pride insisted on getting married to the first available person. She sees that Saras is free whereas she is trapped while living under the same roof. Saras is the only person who understands her predicament so she feels safe to vent her frustration on him.
I think it was very apt that Kumud mentioned Saraswati because right now Kumud like Saraswati is behaving and feeling trapped in a loveless marriage; abused by a selfish husband who favors his mistress while belittling her; bound by old world thinking that she has to grin and bear it until death separates her from her husband; and too proudly weak to admit her entrapment!
She harps on relationships because relationships are strangling her neck as if held in a vice ... On one hand she does not want to shatter her parents happiness and on the other she does not want to admit to her in-laws that she cannot handle-n-reform Pramad.
Is it not an irony that a teacher in modern day India is unaware that addicts need a detoxification program?
Is it not an irony that a forward thinking political leader is unaware that addiction is a mental health problem and needs medical intervention?
The book was written before detoxification programs were common knowledge. On one hand the CVs are aware of Skype but on the other they are unaware of common medical advances!
