I've always wanted to write this but didn't find the right moment.
As bizarre it may sound, Badi Maa always reminds me of "Dumbledore" (those unfortunate ones to be oblivious to this being check this wiki. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albus_Dumbledore ) Casting Badi Maa as a 'Bahu' 'Beti' 'Maa' 'Sister' 'Dadi' is very inept. She can be perceived & believed to be the Guardian Angel always thinking about the "Greater Good"
"Senile" is oxymoronic with "Badi Maa". Case & Point: She giving Suhana permission to work in Television Industry. A few days back, I would have excepted "moron" as an adjective to define Badi Maa. But even in that difficult (to us viewers) period, she was anything but "Senile".
The very thing that she knows her boundaries is the reason she knows how far to push to hover but not cross the limit.
Overhauling Rano's heart. Seriously, U raised this point. The same Rano who sold off her God for a lesser evil. I can say a lot of adjects in Rano's honor from nave to gullible. "Senile" is her implied trait. As is benign. Just a matter of time.
"They are also humans and can lose the plot from time to time!" I can bring back Dumbledore in the convo. "Greater Good" "Perception" "Legilimency".
"Indirect Dictatorship" (read the previous para again)
P.S. Jack of all trades & a master of "Split Hairs"