Originally posted by: Picasso9
Sorry, but this is how I see it.
Similar to Anandi, Ganga is of a rural background, also suppressed, actually abused and tortured even more. So it is quite easy to make an educated guess that to a girl like Ganga, having congenial relationship with in laws especially mother in law is also top most desire. How can you say she is attached to only one person. Jagya comes with a whole extended family. A family that she received shelter from. Obviously she has attachment to that family as well. Actually her attachment COULD be to the point of worship because she never had a family like that. Sumitra treated her worse than Ira ever treated Anandi (calling her baasi Phool, abshagun). Doesn't those abuses point to her tortuous past of being raped over and over again.
Anandi is not completely alone, like Ganga has certain members supporting her, so too, Anandi has CM supporting her and Alok speaking for her and Daddu sometimes hushing Ira like DS does Sumi.
Anandi is appeasing them by being silent to all the abuse. Just looking on with tearfilled eyes. Standing with trays, serving them, telling them they are not wrong in how they are feeling. Telling them she understands why they are feeling the way they do, but leaving things incomplete. She is appeasing them by not giving her decision of yay or nay for support but buying time. What's the use of springing it on them in the court?
Don't bring her tortured past in this. A person who has been tortured so badly will not enter into romantic relationship so soon nor trust people easily, especially of opposite sex. Ganga moved on pretty quickly.
So okay, I accept she is really strong. Compared to likes of Anandi, Phooli, Sugna, Gehna, Asha, Gauri even - who took long to get over their past or whose trauma got the better of them.
She has foremost desire of acceptance from MIL? That will be fulfilled. She is not going against her. Rather defending her son.
This is a chance for her to prove her worth to Singhs and of course, to save her husband.
She has absolutely nothing to lose in her decisions or actions in this case.
So she is more assured.
In case of Anandi, she mostly waited for them or tried to convince them to change their decision. And she is under intense pressure because her husband is not with her as of now.
It is about who a woman has to live with - that makes her assured or unsure. In case of Ganga, even if Sumitra detests her, still her husband is with her (I mean support). Her Bapusa is with her. In Anandi's case, the ones who she has to live with, are not with her except CM who cries with her or gives her shoulder to lean on. Alok has spoken to Ira in Anandi's absence. Anandi does not know if anyone is with her except CM.
Anandi has obligations to both families and something to lose no matter what. So she is unsure.
What appeasement? Ganga also tolerates abuse of Sumitra silently! And if she were at their home, she too would be doing some housework around as she now does at Lal Singh's house!