Originally posted by: AreYaar
Thanks, Swati and I absolutely loved reading your take as well cuz I was wondering if I was the only one so bothered with what was shown that I ended up venting so much...there are plenty of posts justifying Megha's reaction as an anguished mother but frankly I could never SEE that anguish ANYWHERE...all I saw was what you also pointed out...a selfish woman who doesn't have the guts to do anything but blame Mohan for all her misfortunes
@bold: My FAV. line from your post...BANG ON...Megha has NEVER owned up to her mistakes and never will...cuz she has a Mohan in her life ready to lay down his life, respect, everything in front of her and do whatever she tells him to...To let her have her hollow self-respect, he has pretty much destroyed his own self-respect...Megha ji herself has NEVER given ANY respect to Mohan anyways.
Tell me, what wife doesn't even give BASIC respect to her husband?
Thanks Anu, I am not able to understand if this is Megha's self respect or an inflated ego? (For whatever reasons it is inflated to this extent) How come a person who cares about self respect would really crush the self respect of some one else? So many times for the same person?
It is understandable that people whom you love the most, you hurt them the most. But to hurt is one thing and to disbelief, to ignore that person may have something to say, to not give them a chance to say it, to shut him the opportunity to explain, well how come these things are part of Love? I dont understand.
I have no problem anyone being selfish as long as their concern for their own self interest doesn't crush someone elses chance to fulfill their own self interest, desires and dreams in life. Megha's behaviour has harmed the joy of MMN all Vyases, Guru. And more than her being selfish I think it is a misplaced egoistic attitude of self rightousness + habit of not owning responsibility has made Megha blame Mohan all the time.
She is never wrong, none of the Vyases are wrong, Addu is a child, very innocent, Renu bhabhi aisi hi hai, but Mohan is wrong all the time, he makes mistakes and will never be pardoned without punishment.For Mohan owns up mistakes - the ones he made - Amar being blamed and Marriage with Raddi, and even the ones he did not -Pratik blaming him for allieding with Dinannath builder and Addu gone missing.
And sometimes in season 2 I wonder does she remember that it was Mohans efforts which made her recovery from that brain injury possible? If not because you love him, if not because he is your husband, if not because he is your friend, but because his efforts enable you to walk and dance today, you pardon Mr. Mohan Bhatnagar, who has accepted your blame that your son ran away due to him, though he can not be alone held guilty.
I am not able to write off Megha as selfish nor ignore Mohan's irrational acceptance of misplaced blame by continuousely denying his own self respect in the name of love.
Is this the story of a couple who lived apart, one partner sadist and the other masochist?
Are tumultuous relationships like this?
But it seems Season 2 is a story of Mohan Bhatnagar's unrequited love.
Thanks again all, specially zandu37 for making this thread, I wrote my heart out. I dont seem to have anything to add about Megha.
Hope to see Sonal madam's hard work to make Megha earn her redemption by wayof a sincere introspection, remorse, regret and an apology to Mohan to have messed up with her role as his wife, his love for life and her role as the mother of 2 kids from her earlier marriage.
- Swati.