This is board is like a Freudian dream. There is hardly a line posted about the atrocities committed by the Thakurs - te bride burning, domestic violence, foeticide, chauvinism, molestation and what not. But, I often come across approving threads about their impeccable etiquette towards guests as they always offer tea nad snacks to them. Also, their deep love for their children - how they share a better parent-child rapport than the stick-in-the-mud, pedantic Saksenas and how they never raise their hands on children (they are better than those abusive Saksenas who discipline their children by slapping). How the Thakurs are always so forthright about their intentions and candid about their feelings (all those clandestine meetings for murder and mayhem are nothing to get too excited about) - such a great contrast to the hypocritical, mealy-mouthed Saksenas. Seeing the Thakurs is a source of great entertainment and the Saksenas on screen raise feelings that are better left unsaid. Komal's rampage in her sasural was the appropriate treatment for her insensitive, annoying in-laws but Pratigya's out-of-turn comments about murder being wrong was a sign of great impropriety and rudeness. Adarsh needed to be hauled over the coals for his cold behavior towards Komal but Shakti's treatment of Kesar is hardly reason enough to post a topic on this message-board. Krishna's attempt to rape Prats was reality and unworthy of disapproval since Pratigya's actions were instigations enough but Adarsh's reticence in bringing Komal to his office trip was the act of a n heartless monster. But, the absolute gem was a post which said that if Krishna hadn't married Prats, the Thakurs would have never tried to kill Prats and Kesar would never have come to know of their plans and consequently would not have been beaten up for her indiscretions. So, you see it is ultimately Pratigya who was responsible for Kesar losing her child.
The Thakurs are powerful, they are fearless and they are a grand reminder about the futility of education and the hypocrisy and impotence of the educated middle class. Their useless bookish knowledge, hypocritical decisions when faced with life's dilemmas, pin-headed ways of dealing with crisis are a constant source of outrage and derision. But, the Thakurs? Oh! They are the face of ground reality, an evil you cannot and must not try to remove because evils are a part of reality. Instead, just enjoy their quaint dialect and joie-de-vivre.
Relda! Relda! 🤣 For heaven's sake don't go about reading all those hate-posts, you will give yourself indigestion, I swear it is too much to stomach! Sometimes I am in stitches over some of the stuff.
Some of the people that are fond of posing questions remind me of Dame Slap.
Do you know of a character called Dame Slap from the faraway tree series by Enid Blyton? She is a teacher who hates her students and keeps asking them totally senseless questions that don't have any correct answers, for example 'If my goose lays twenty eggs, will it rain in Mexico tomorrow?' And what ever the hapless children answer is of course good enough excuse to be thoroughly slapped. Many of your tally-keeping friends remind me of her.
Freudian dream😆 - as in a paradise for Freud to work with? Totally! You know,when I am feeling faaltu and a bit vela, it has become a favourite pass time with me to try and attribute various psychologies of the various players, trying to understand their unique stance on hate, it is even more challenging than understanding the motivations of the characters in the show.😆😉 I try to keep it distinct and individual. 😃 But like some bad dream the players all start amalgamating in my mind into one blob of venom-spewing creature. Then it becomes less interesting and I can't be bothered anymore.😕
Kumkum Bhagya
Anupamaa
