A girls true family are her in-laws....REALLY? - Page 2

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Posted: 12 years ago
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very well written n very true.
kudos to u
n im glad in bv they r showing A , Shiv n J working for the betterment of their people. they r doing their bit in the show. all other drama is in one place but its good they still have the theme of showing how A uses her own experiences n knowledge to help other women.
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Posted: 12 years ago
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also i agree with ppl above, meenu should get more credit for raising shiv so well.. meenu is a wise n sensible lady
she has also raised mahi well , he's also a sensible n sensitive boy. remember how he talked to anandi about jagya-sanchi rishta.
mahi's wife will also be one lucky girl and will be happy like anandi with shiv !!
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Posted: 12 years ago
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Originally posted by: Ithas

Tina a well said post. As long as the thought process of the common people ( including our selves ) doesn't change, nothing much can be done.


Thanks Ithas...You are so right we have to change our mindset. Still in india there are different rules for boys and girls...its just hard to fit into my mind that why these standard rules are different for girls and boys... I understand earlier due to lack of education and awareness there were different norms, but now plp should be able to make their own decisions and should be able to figure out. Its so frustrating for the daughter of the house to think that just 'coz she is a girl she cannot have certain privileges and fun and she has to do certain chores!! 😲 Sanjeev Kapoor started the trend of cookery shows in India & now we have master chefs still many women have issues with their son's cooking and helping their wife's in the kitchen. Their blood pressure shy rockets seeing their son touching kadai & Tava 🤢. My dad spends more time in the kitchen than my mom; but that's because he loves cooking. She didn't demand it - he didn't request it. Chopping onions is stress buster for him 😆. And I'm glad my Dadi did not abandon my mom for that.

Now in the urban India also I know many girls with decent jobs and education also do not want to walk shoulder to shoulder to men...WHY don't they want to be equal to men? I have no legitimate answer except ...mind set. Pati Paremeshwar hai how can you not worship him? How can you walk with him you shd always follow him. Even today we don't like 'Gharjamai' n 'joru ka gulam' (definitions may vary !!) so to an extent we too like male dominance.
You know funny thing... I had to actually fight tooth & nail to use joru ka gulam for SHIV 😲🤣. I was just amused at the mind set and logical reasoning😲.
I'm no feminist... though I may sound one😛 -I'm happy the way the world is running. If one day we have a Lady President in USA ...I'll cheer... but I'm fine being in Obama land now. 😃
I feel we women are equal to men. But equal doesn't mean similar. We are emotionally stronger & they are physically stronger. ...God made us that way! But we can be different and still be equal as we both have our own strong points. Just like in the professions, we need specialists in every field; it is the same for life. 😃
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Posted: 12 years ago
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Tina - Brilliant and a very thought provoking post. ⭐️
Thanks to BV and its writers that they give us scope for such discussions!!😊

Unless and until women stop being willing accomplices to perpetuating patriarchal thoughts, things will not change.. Gender sensitization at all levels could be one way of changing perception and this should begin right from childhood..

Am hoping that BV writers through Aji's Bhaili take up these burning issues
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Posted: 12 years ago
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SS 🤗 ,
For starting discussion on this topic.
Me too feels that like Anandi many girls parents are also responsible for the sufferings of their daughters. First they raise their daughters as 'parai amanat' and make them believe that they are not equally important part of their parents homes and secondly when they are in need of their parents support to break free from their in-laws torture, their parents preach them about making adjustments in their in-laws houses(their real homes )and leave them to their fate pretending to be busy in other responsibilities. Coz of lack of strong support system and will to oppose the torture of in-laws, many girls and women have to suffer silently through out their life and some have to even pay for their in-laws sins and parents silence with their lives.If parents infuse in their chirldren(both in girls and boys) from early age that girls are as much part of the families as are the boys, not only their daughters will not feel themselves alone in their fights, their brothers will also stand up for them when required.
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Posted: 12 years ago
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great thought provoking post tina 👍🏼.

it is true that girls from conservative families primarily suffer more than the others...they are conditioned to follow orders, respect elders & accept male authority.
well..i won't take anandi as an example, as she got things quite easily in her life..her struggles though appreciable are not really landmark achievements.

most of are fortunate that our parents gave us that freedom to stand on our own, at the same time protected us & given us the right to choose our life partners...but then the other angle is that the parents are as much as a girl's responsibility as a boy's!
it is also true that in the name of freedom & equality, a lot of girls harass their parents 😕


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