Originally posted by: Spartan187
Hi Violette,
I have only been on this forum for a few days but i am amazed each day at your thoughtful, concise, humorous and emotional posts and this one was a very powerful one. Sharing personal pains is always hard, yet you did it beautifully and although i am not Hindu, i am familiar enough with Hindi weddings I have attended ( I'm Sikh but a atheist). I will never be able to understand the painful separation that daughters have to to undertake when married and nor will I ever truly understand the pain of being treated unfairly due to being female but what I can feel is extreme pride in you and other women who fight for their rights and fair treatment in every aspect of life, marriage just being one thing.
I am happy that your father saw the value in each of you and although all i can offer are my condolences for his passing and I can tell how good of a parent he was by seeing how you have turned out since you reflect all of the good things he instilled in you
I think everybody here has said all the things I would have about today's episode except for this one point: I think Mukhi's lack luster response to the rescue is solely due to the reason that I don't think Aru has told him that she was pushed in, I think she deliberately hasn't told him because she doesn't want drama at the wedding since she knows how much Mukhi wants only the best wedding for Mishri.
But after it is over, and Mishri leaves, then I would like to see her tell him and then lets see the fireworks as to what his reaction should be :) The first step he can obviously see is that in both cases, the fire and the well, that female servant, I forget her name, she was the one who took Aru both times so that would be an obvious lead for Mukhi to unleash his fury ;)
Thank u bt trust me.. there have been way better writers and creative ppl on India-forum tht i had the privilege to know and learn. And i am humbled by tht experience. 😆
Oh! welcome to the atheist club...😛 Bt Well the term is really tricky for me.. 😆 Coz spiritually I'm Hindu. 😆
Leaving aside my confusion regarding existence of an intelligent entity bt not particularly God per se 😆.. and completely believing Stephen Hawking for now 😆, I think we need to wait for today's epi to ponder further on the subject of Mukhi's uncharacteristic behavior.
Really the whole focus was on Mishri's kanyadaan.. and a lot has to b unravelled in terms of the exact conversation that happened betn the two after the rescue..
I m sure Mukhi wudnt b so insensitive to drag a shocked and drenched Aru, who jst had near death experience, directly to the mandap. Obviously Kanyadaan was Mukhi's priority bt it cannot b done at stake of a human life.
Also, u r right. She might not b willing to tell him the truth (bcoz of her sister's ex-husband's involvement) jst yet, bt Mukhi is bound to ask her. Remember he was concerned in the fire wala scene too. So yes she might have not told Mukhi the whole truth and we need to wait for the whole flash back to come forth before passing any judgement on Mukhi's response.
And last but not the least, thnk u soo much for your kind words. My papa i m sure is very proud of his all four kids.
and as for the gender equality, well i believe it starts from home, from your own parents, from your own mothers, sisters, aunts and grandmothers.
Needless to say that our dignity, our self respect lies in our own hands and no one can trample you unless you let thm trample.
We have a gift of free will bt it shud b exercised with caution. U shud b fair, just, and equal in treating others so tht u r treated the same.
So basically, I m a feminist bt i stand by the rights of my dear hubby too. 😆