Some interesting members of the Birla family

Before I begin the topic I wanted to bring up after todays mahaepisode, let me introduce myself as this is my first post.

Hello! My name is Kajol, I am not new to this site but I am new to this show and forum, I have never watched this show before, until the third generation. The cast seems more interesting, and pre-leap I know it would have been hard for me to grasp the show and its characters.

So with that being said, let me get into some of the Birla family members.

My favorite character is Mahima, she really has some complexities to her, unlike the other characters where you see where they stand in their typical ITV characters. Mahima loves her sister but also wants to gain power in family matter and the hospital. Like with Akshara and Aarohi it is clear as day which sister is portrayed as holier than thou, and which one is going to be shown as the negative character which will go more gray as the show progresses. (This type of sister duo goes is replayed over and over in ITV, also in Udaariyaan on Colors.) So unlike Aarohi, Mahima is not mean to her sister but discreetly plays the long game for her own selfish reasons. But as then Mahima also seems like she genuinely wants her nephew Abhimanyu to be happy with who he loves? I also loved that she put her brother in law in place in today's mahaepisode.

Moving on to Harsh, I wish the creatives had made Harsh a MBA guy since he is so into business instead of a Ph.D that would make more sense about his whole PR, and hospital reputation that oozes out of his body. Also we need to acknowledge that this man is abuser. All he does is verbally abuse not only his family members BUT other people!!! If I were in Dada Manish's shoes, I would not want my granddaughters to be married into a toxic family like this one. Harsh tries to manipulate Aarohi and he abuses Akshara. Let's say Akshara (since we all think something is going to happen at the wedding where those two get married) does marry into this family, and Harsh starts berating her and Abhimanyu is not there, what then?

No grandfather who has had to raise his grandkids because his children, their parents have passed should not hand his granddaughter (Lord, which ever one is marrying into that family) off to a toxic family like that one where she will only get a mother's love and a husband's love, those girls deserve better in-laws.

Parth is so toxic! (Wait, is it Parth, I don't even know, Mahima and Anand's son) That whole shouting match with his wife about her being too career-oriented and doing home duties, like dude, you don't even do anything so why don't you be the stay-at-home partner? But again this is ITV and nothing has changed in the past decade so why would they start cutting out their misogynistic tracks now and implement some more progressive thinking?

If you have made it this far down my rant, wow, thank you for reading, but now I have a question for you,

I am based in the US and our medical school system works differently here, so what exactly is a M.B.B.S?

In the US it goes, you do a select number of years of undergraduate schooling (it is usually 4, but it depends on how long it takes you to complete your bachelors), then you apply for graduate school which is 4 years to achieve an M.D.

So Aarohi has completed her M.B.B.S., so now she is a doctor but she is not an M.D.? Is the M.B.B.S. like a middle ground?

Thank you for reading, and please share your comments, thoughts, and concerns!

Originally posted by: kajolkajolkajol

Before I begin the topic I wanted to bring up after todays mahaepisode, let me introduce myself as this is my first post.

Hello! My name is Kajol, I am not new to this site but I am new to this show and forum, I have never watched this show before, until the third generation. The cast seems more interesting, and pre-leap I know it would have been hard for me to grasp the show and its characters.

So with that being said, let me get into some of the Birla family members.

My favorite character is Mahima, she really has some complexities to her, unlike the other characters where you see where they stand in their typical ITV characters. Mahima loves her sister but also wants to gain power in family matter and the hospital. Like with Akshara and Aarohi it is clear as day which sister is portrayed as holier than thou, and which one is going to be shown as the negative character which will go more gray as the show progresses. (This type of sister duo goes is replayed over and over in ITV, also in Udaariyaan on Colors.) So unlike Aarohi, Mahima is not mean to her sister but discreetly plays the long game for her own selfish reasons. But as then Mahima also seems like she genuinely wants her nephew Abhimanyu to be happy with who he loves? I also loved that she put her brother in law in place in today's mahaepisode.

Moving on to Harsh, I wish the creatives had made Harsh a MBA guy since he is so into business instead of a Ph.D that would make more sense about his whole PR, and hospital reputation that oozes out of his body. Also we need to acknowledge that this man is abuser. All he does is verbally abuse not only his family members BUT other people!!! If I were in Dada Manish's shoes, I would not want my granddaughters to be married into a toxic family like this one. Harsh tries to manipulate Aarohi and he abuses Akshara. Let's say Akshara (since we all think something is going to happen at the wedding where those two get married) does marry into this family, and Harsh starts berating her and Abhimanyu is not there, what then?

No grandfather who has had to raise his grandkids because his children, their parents have passed should not hand his granddaughter (Lord, which ever one is marrying into that family) off to a toxic family like that one where she will only get a mother's love and a husband's love, those girls deserve better in-laws.

Parth is so toxic! (Wait, is it Parth, I don't even know, Mahima and Anand's son) That whole shouting match with his wife about her being too career-oriented and doing home duties, like dude, you don't even do anything so why don't you be the stay-at-home partner? But again this is ITV and nothing has changed in the past decade so why would they start cutting out their misogynistic tracks now and implement some more progressive thinking?

If you have made it this far down my rant, wow, thank you for reading, but now I have a question for you,

I am based in the US and our medical school system works differently here, so what exactly is a M.B.B.S?

In the US it goes, you do a select number of years of undergraduate schooling (it is usually 4, but it depends on how long it takes you to complete your bachelors), then you apply for graduate school which is 4 years to achieve an M.D.

So Aarohi has completed her M.B.B.S., so now she is a doctor but she is not an M.D.? Is the M.B.B.S. like a middle ground?

Thank you for reading, and please share your comments, thoughts, and concerns!

Hi

In India MBBS is ug (under grad) course, it means bachelor's degree in medicine and bachelor of surgery, MD is a pg (post grad) course, MD means doctor of medicine, it's for speciality

Originally posted by: kajolkajolkajol

My favorite character is Mahima, she really has some complexities to her, unlike the other characters where you see where they stand in their typical ITV characters. Mahima loves her sister but also wants to gain power in family matter and the hospital.

But as then Mahima also seems like she genuinely wants her nephew Abhimanyu to be happy with who he loves? I also loved that she put her brother in law in place in today's mahaepisode.

Moving on to Harsh, Also we need to acknowledge that this man is abuser. All he does is verbally abuse not only his family members BUT other people!!!

In the beginning, they showed Mahima as the woman who wanted to be the female head of the family, be it as the eldest daughter in law of the family or because she’s more educated than Manjari. She feels a little entitled because according to her, she’s a surgeon just like the men in the family she has been married into. So, this makes her feel superior to Manjari and she wants it to remain that way. She’s content and proud with the knowledge that she’s good at balancing both work life and home, effortlessly. And that not everybody (Manjari) can do it as smoothly as she can.

I agree, she knows one should accept it if they’re at fault and not be on a high horse when proven faulty/guilty as charged.

She had my respect when she changed her view of Akshara and cared for her after Ruby’s case. She may have her power game going on when she let the tilak fiasco happen but she does care for Abhimanyu and it showed in that episode when she allowed them the space and time to talk to each other. She wants him to get his love even if it took her a while to consider that his emotions and choices mattered the most in his life decisions.

Harsh is not completely a negative character. He’s not a saint either. His ways and methods are not based on emotional grounds. He’s very practical, that it almost always borders on him being insensitive to the people around him and their emotions. He’s very image conscious and the hospital’s reputation matters the most to him. He does what he thinks needs to be done even if he has to be the bad guy to make it happen. And he doesn’t mind it. He loves his son is in his own way and doesn’t know any other way to show his love. It was proven how he loves Abhimanyu when he stood by him in the Tilak episode. Even though he considered Arohi a perfect match for his son, he kind of accepted that his son loves Akshara. He stood by Abhimanyu in front of the Goenka family, showing he trusted his son when he said he loved Akshara. His words and timings may not be right at the right time but he does love Abhimanyu.

This doesn’t negate the fact that he has intentionally/unintentionally abused Manjari.. He has to correct his behaviour and redeem himself for his wife, earn her forgiveness too to earn respect in both the wife and the son’s eyes. Still I wouldn’t go far to say he’s a completely bad/negative father to Abhimanyu. He knows not how to approach his son and his son is so different to him, he’s clueless how to fix things with Abhi.

Parth.. wouldn’t say much because they’ve not given him much space to develop a proper sketch.. so far he’s shown miserable because he can’t pursue his dreams (or isn’t successful if he’s doing something about it) and his wife doesn’t give him the support that he probably expects from her. He’s frustrated and doesn’t communicate his expectations clearly to his partner. Let’s see how they show his character growth when Akshara enters the family equation. :)

Originally posted by: kajolkajolkajol

I am based in the US and our medical school system works differently here, so what exactly is a M.B.B.S?

In the US it goes, you do a select number of years of undergraduate schooling (it is usually 4, but it depends on how long it takes you to complete your bachelors), then you apply for graduate school which is 4 years to achieve an M.D.

So Aarohi has completed her M.B.B.S., so now she is a doctor but she is not an M.D.? Is the M.B.B.S. like a middle ground?

Thank you for reading, and please share your comments, thoughts, and concerns!

based on my knowledge,

India follows the UK system (most UK school) where MBBS is the undergrad medicine studies.. you enter the med school after grade 12 ( A levels) by taking entrance exams like NEET (UCAT, BMAT in UK).

In US/Canada after grade 12, you need an under grad degree (usually 4 years) and then u need to write the MCAT to enter the med school and get the MD after 4 years.

The residency in US is usually the MD/MS in India. It is the specialization in either medicine /pediatrics/ ortho/.surgery etc etc.

I think the only obstacle in Abhira reunion is probably Harsh and Arohi & Manish.

It must be equally difficult for Harsh (not know his real name) to play a character that his son hates and himself who does not respect his wife and blackmails her to support his causes. Not sure if they will ever redeem his character.. (Hopefully He is not completely negative but has shades of grey)

I think Kairav has to step up and be a aspiring brother to Akshara and support her, Instead of telling her not to go to Birla house its complicated and always keeps mum about knowing everything but not uttering a word.