Originally posted by: leavesandwaves
How can Mangala's behaviour is justified even if we dont like anandi? If anandi is not Nimboli's mother and someone else's daughter? Mangala started torturing Nimboli also. Is it brilliance? Then Akheraj is also exceptionally brilliant.
I think no one justified Mangala's behaviour - what she did after becoming instrumental in revealing Nimboli's identity. And sympathising Mangala has nothing to do with disliking Anandi. Most of the people who sympathise with M happened to be the ones who liked Anandi (a few of them do not come to forum anymore). I personally was a strong supporter of Anandi though I never joined Ansh AT - I was with her till she was the wronged person. I mostly write against her because she is now doing more wrong that other people doing wrong against her. She is no more the semi literate hapless teenager anymore. She has education, wealth, social status and support from strong people. So, she is expected to behave maturely and to learn from her past mistakes, have courage. If creatives think that they can still make her wallowing in self-pity and unaware of scheming people around her or even have stupid reasoning (like not telling the truth to even shivam and letting him insult and hurt Nimboli) - they cannot be more wrong. People's sympathy will be more for the underdog - the one who have lesser means, support and against whom more wrongs are being done.
An impartial viewer may find what M did till that night the best she could - given the circumstances she was living. And till that night - she did not harm anyone - had helped a few people she can and generally was a good influence for the people who would listen to her - mainly Kamli and Nimboli. It is another matter that the forum saw most vitriolic outburst against her instead of the villains - Harki and Akheraj or even kundan.
She did all wrongs after that night - and I think she wronged Nimboli and not Anandi/J/DS/Anant etc. Her action resulted in emotional torture of Nimboli - though if we see impartially, her intention was not to hurt Nimboli but to ensure that she remains with her. She knew she does not have a legal right over Nimboli and she was nowhere in wealth, status and power compared to biological mother of this girl. She ran away - Kamli suggested but it suited her so she followed the advice - therefore I cannot say that it was Kamli's fault.
But what followed was more of a fault on the enlightened, educated, rich and powerful people. Anandi was not lachar - she did not use her mind and so did J, DS and others. When they knew that this lady had saved Nimboli from under the sword and took care of her and even saved the clothes and locket so that she could be identified, and she herself told J that she does not want to be separated from Nimboli - they should have searched for Nimboli and M just like people do to search someone who went away in anger/fear (children running away after failing exams etc.) people spread word - jaha bhi ho ghar aa jao - koi kuch nahi kahega type messages - to assure the eloped person to know that people will not be hostile towards them. Here, the search was like an escaped criminal - much more intense that search of Akheraj, actually, they did not searched Akheraj at all.
Even after that - when J and Anandi finally found them at mandir - instead of slapping and pushing away - she should have been assured. Instead of believing her words that she will make Nimboli accept Anandi (how could they think that the woman who made Nimboli call herself as Maa would make her go away from her to Anandi?) - they should have told her that it is in best interest of Nimboli to be restored to her biological mother, Jhalra was not safe and the girl was still illiterate. For all her faults - M always loved Nimboli. Even when she brought a fake mother - M wanted to dissuade Nimboli for wanting to know about biological mother - and not to hurt her emotionally.
No one can say M was right in doing those things - the lies to Nimboli, bringing in fake mother etc. But we have to accept that she has no other motive than to keep the child with her and this is understandable - if someone cares for a child from 3 months onward - it is difficult to just let go as if she was some lost article that is to be returned to previous owner. If only Anandi and BH people assured her, insisted upon welfare of Nimboli (instead of showering of expansive gifts that would have made M feel more insecure) and that she will always be accessible to M that Nimboli living with Anandi does not mean she will be cut off from M. If after all the assurances and telling the truth to Nimboli - M still used scheming etc. - she could be faulted more than Anandi. Then the sympathy would be towards Anandi and not towards M.
If only the writers had guts to show powerful and rich people doing right things instead of the poor, hapless woman doing wrong things - the story would have been much more watchable. Anandi did nothing to win Nimboli's trust and love. A thousands hugs and a hundred gifts without telling truth means nothing and seem like bribe.
The story could be interesting in many other ways too - like M refusing to handover Nimboli, Anandi relocating to Jhalra and win trust of Nimboli and disclosing truth to her etc. But creatives choose the worst possible and illogical way for the reunion. Hence the frustration.
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