Originally posted by: rainabow
I wrote this before elsewhere: Dadi has a perplexing and unhealthy obsession with Dev that completely overshadows her fondness for anyone else in the family. Hate to say it but I think the idea behind Vivek's story is that he is wheelchair-bound and therefore worthless as a human being. It is obvious that Dadi is far more concerned with Dev than her poor disabled son who is married to a trampy witch. Maybe they thought he just can't do any better than Mrinali. Although this too makes no sense as they were probably better off getting some sacrificial lamb like Radhika as Vivek's wife. Well isn't that a good moral anecdote: Disabled people are incapable of leading a fulfilling and happy life. Nice.
At least he is aware of Mrinali and Arjun's affair unlike that twit Deepika.
In many ways I do not blame Mrin. I mean even if she did give Vivek love and care she probably still wouldn't get any respect from the rest of the family, who is so bizarrely hung up on Dev and the speculative choti bahu. Even before they knew who Radhika or Vishaka were, Dadi and Vaishali would close their eyes and daydream about their choti bahu. Pretty odd if you ask me.
In a sense it is pathetic that the only purpose of the house is to sit and wait for a person who may or may not come in their lives , suddenly take charge , and ' put things right ' for them . The putting things right of course is doing lots of poojas per day and giving the pati the correct breakfast .
And so , waiting with eyes closed for a person to come and take charge and meanwhile totally neglecting the household people already existing like the elder son who needs her [ Dadi ] much more as he is trapped in an unhappy marraige , Deepika , who has no clue of her pati's affair , Sushil , who so clearly has an agenda , and the elder daughter in law Mrin , who is so frustrated that she will do even evil to while away her time and get some notice .
And the only person in the world who can do it is Radhika it seems , who had no qualms watching Dev almost die of thirst , doing Shama prayaschitta vrat only to marry her . Is she any way superior to Mrinalini ? No way . Both dont love their husbands and have their own agenda .
Edited by koolsadhu1000 - 16 years ago