I didn't read any of the others comment on this - just yours and wanted to write my opinion 😉
I've been watching this serial from the very beginning and I understand completely, what you want to say w/ your post. And I even agree w/ most of it. Ammaji did a lot of things we don't consider as humanly, anymore. And she gave us enough reasons for this. Let the villagers aside to whom she did injustice - just look into her own family. According to me she did greates sins and injustices to her family.
This no-baby-girl-in-Veerpur tradition she started w/ her own daughter Amba, whom she left in a life of poverty so that Amba became a dacoit. She killed 2 daughters of Chanda and to Santosh she did injustice by mostly not even accepting her as a human being. But Sia got the most to suffer - Starting w/ Raghav's fake love-story and the whole drama afterwards. Yet, Sia was the one who never gave up, she stood always for her believes and for those villagers and their women - but Ammaji won mostly. Why? Because Ammaji had the power and didn't feaer to use it. And there had been so many times when the villagers firstly believed in what Sia did, but then again turned their backs on her and supported Ammaji. There's a line Sia once said to Raghav: "I have nothing against Ammaji, I'm not her enemy. I'm just against her way of thinking."
So, here comes w/ what I don't agree. You said Ammaji is the devil - she's evil. I say, no. In my opinion there's no human really evil, it's just their way of thinking making them do evil things. Same w/ Ammaji. Now, I know that's no excuse for their doings and by God, I'm not justifying Ammaji! I never liked her much and I won't like her much, I guess. But one has also to admit that Ammaji loved her family - she fought against Sia, but when Raghav was kidnapped she consoled her - just an example.
And I don't think we can blame everything on Ammaji. Sure, Ammaji did all this sins, she started those bloodshed traditions. But why didn't ever someone stop her? Taking Avtar - he didn't even try to stop Ammaji, when Ammaji found out about his second daughter and wanted to get her killed. What did he do? Stop Chanda from approaching the baby! Even Raghav, who supported everything his mother did, in the beginning. And the villagers, who are now so strict against Ammaji - how many times did they have to change something in Veerpur? How many times did Sia give them chances to stand up for themselves? And what did they do? Mostly turning her back on Sia and starting their Ammaji-pooja 🤢 Just somewhere before BP entered, the women in this village got some senses and supported Sia by winning the elections against Ammaji.
Now, I agree totally when you say Ammaji did all the sins - she did and she's
mainly to be blamed, but she wasn't all alone.
Coming to why the family fgiave her, I think there are several reasons. I think, the main reason why they are so happy w/ Ammaji's change is that Ammaji saved Durga - and that's what made us viewers happy, as well. We or at least I don't see Ammaji as the heroine or a God, I'm just glad that she saved the girl and proved w/ that that she changed - at least it was her first stept to this. Avtar, Santosh and Chanda jsut have a good heart - they have seen Ammaji's bad sides, but also her good sides before. And if RaSia were alive, they would've forgiven Ammaji, too. Because, apart from changing Veerpur, Sia's greatest dream was to change Ammaji and make her realise her mistakes.
You put it out correctly, Ammaji can't undo her sins and injustices. It's just not possible. But if someone wants to prayshit, shouldn't she get a chance? Being angry w/ Ammaji, disown her ideally - this wouldn't bring the dead ones back as well, would it? And in my opinion the greatest punishment Ammaji could get was this realisation (I'm sure after what Jhanvi said, she'll regret everything even more) She'll have to live w/ the burden of her sins and wrong doings, w/ the cries of mothers craving for their daughters in her ears, w/ the memories of Amba and Sia who always said one day you'll regret everything. She won't be able to live in peace.
The only thing she can do, is to stop history from repeating by Rana's hands. She can change Veerpur and its paramparas she herself created, make baby-girls live there - that'll do at least a bit justice to those who didn't got this chance of a life.
Maybe, Ammaji can't be forgiven, her sins can't be undone - but if she's ready to do prayshit from heart - who are we to not give her this chance?
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