Originally posted by: SoreThumb
Apologies for being a few days too late Benna
Also since I haven't seen past few episodes (but have seen yest and today's one) this may be inaccurate/biasedLet me start with the least important mother (atleast as of now) - Kamini..she is clueless and probably useless too..also is greedy enough to give up her only son for the power that she will get in exchange..power that she has been craving...if nothing else..this is one thing she has in common with Satrupa (unfortunately )..the ability to give up on her child irrespective of the circumstances..I know it's harsh to compare Satrupa with a woman like Kamini but that one action of Satrupa..that one crime..of giving up her new born is forever going to be a blog on her as a motherPagli Paditayaan : from what has been shown, she is the best (as a mother) of the 5 that have been depicted in the show.. ironically she is the only one who unequivocally loves a child..a girl was wasn't even biologically related to her..yes intial it could have been because she didn't have one of her own..but even after giving birth to a son, she never neglected or loved the adopted daughter any less..never discriminated between the two..neither on the basis of genes nor on the basis of sex..the woman was ready to go to jail just so that her daughter didn't have to go to a place she didn't want to..so attuned is she to her daughter's mood, likes, dislikes..so completely she had accepted Anami as her ownAgain ironic that the one who loves her child the most is the one who has to stay away from her..Gayatri: not much has been shown about her relationship with Baldev except the and peices indicating that she didn't really stand by him when he was disinherited and sort of feels bad about that (though I am not sure whether she was any wrong in not standing up for baldev..young Baldev was a brat and did wrong deeds that he refuses to accept responsibility for) .and maybe she is compensating for not being there for baldev by being a great influence and a good grandmother to Anami..however no matter how nice she is to Anami, she like everyone else has treated Narottam badly..she seems to have a moral code but may not be as stringent about it as one would wish to beAs for Sudha, I am not sure if she had norattam for revenge..to me it feels like she was probably cheated and unhinged as she is..decided to use her own son (whom she hopefully did love till then) to get back at Singh's for not giving her what she deserved..blinded by rage, she doesn't see that she is burning her son in the same rate and ruining his life too..she wants RS and LM for her son..but not just because he deserves it but more so to destruys Vikramaditya and familyI won't be surprised if Narottam is not as feminine as he pretendeds to be ..but acts out a role on Sudhas advice...as of now if there is someone who is pure evil..that's herLastly coming to Matlabi Mataji, the most complex of them all..and the one who (or whose depiction) confuses me to no end..she seemed to be a great mother to Vatsalya, but she has failed Anami from the start...gave her up.forgot about her..and then uprooted her from her loving family because she seemed it for to do so..she accepts her mistake/crime but is unapologetic to the point of being indifferent about her crime..she expects Anami to understand her/follow her instructions/accep t her gestures without putting any dedicated efforts into reconciling with her..that too after blackmailing her regarding people she cares for the most..Making Anami fit to be the heir and ensuring that her "child" gets to control RS and LM is still a priority over what her daughter feels/wants..Her sense of entitlement trumps her motherly instinct atleast in Anami's case..as great a mother she was to Vatsalya, she is far from endearing herself to her daughter..yes she knows which buttons to push to get a particular response..but has no idea (or patience) regarding to use that knowledge in a constructive way...Her past experience and the way she was cheated into marriage has probably made her bitter and hardened her..but that shouldn't form a basis for her interactions with Anami as she had no hand in that