Originally posted by: Frigate
@Rupunzale, I suppose this conservative society would accept the man's failings more placidly. This is not meant to demean anybody, only stating a fact. The country just elected to the highest office, a man who married and soon after abandoned his wife, and avoided any mention of her until recently when forced by certain rules. And he is now going to be our messiah of good times ahead, and especially women seem to say and believe it more than men, even young women. Have we heard anything more regressive? If that's the state of reality, fiction can take liberties can't it?
I am sorry, but your statement above is rather regressive! Modi was married as a minor to another minor! He did not spend a single day with her as her husband and eventually the family paid heed to his stance on marriage, liberated the girl from any responsibilities as his wife. She was free to remarry and go on with her life. The said wife chose not to and retired recently as a teacher; she has herself stated that she holds no grudge against Modi and does not feel she was "abandoned"! On the other hand, in recent news we know that a congress MP from MP(!) married his mistress of several years, another congress MP from UP married at the age of 89 (forced to acknowledge his illegitimate son and marry the mother!).
@TM: understand where you are coming from, but we should wait to see Paro's reaction. I have a feeling Paro will give it back to Laila and put her in place! It is disgusting, nonetheless.
@Frigate, sorry if it offended you but I needed to present some facts. (I still don't understand why my statement should be considered regressive) There is such thing as an annulment in Indian law if a man and woman, on coming of age, do not want to go ahead with a marriage solemnized as minors. This was not used in this case. And if the family and the husband did "liberate" her, why did he need to mention her as his wife in 2014? This clearly points to the fact that she still is his wife, and it was something that he avoided to reveal for the last few times he contested the elections. Admiring a person is good no doubt, but it should not blind us from accepting his faults and fallacies. That's the essence of democracy. After all, we are all humans, how much ever a marketing campaign might want to deify anybody.
Edited by ishta345 - 11 years ago