Originally posted by: popeye
I don’t think it’s regressive.. yes certain characters are but certain characters are regressive so that the progressive thought can be reiterated. Ben baa is herself progressive if u see her own character graph she is a woman who by choice has chosen her husband and by choice has left him. She is a working woman and is pretty much the head of the family. She is a woman with power and it’s her power play that does not allow her to have a thinking daughter in law. She wants to hold the strings in the power battle and hence wants a daughter in law who will just blindly follow her every command.
It is the battle of view points between her character and Mishti’s progressive thinking that brings out the theme of the show. So I wouldn’t judge so fast. Abir also is extremely progressive as a character. He respects women and believes in equality of sexes. He doesn’t filled his mother and family blindly. He has a Mind and a powerful voice.