Originally posted by: The_Best
no, but I don’t find this a sweeping statement. It’s fact shows/fictions largely reflect what’s going in the society. They won’t make shows which the audience can’t relate to as that won’t bring them profits. There’s a reason why this show is getting highest trps. Most women don’t have good marriages and in-laws. They see hope in anupama who got a better husband after having an abusive and cheater husband and abusive in-laws. So they keep watching the show to see her journey. Tomorrow if the lives for most women improve in India and they don’t have a strong patriarchal culture and society to deal with, most won’t relate to crying heroine and shows like this anymore and producers will be forced to make different shows. Many women I know watch Indian/pakistani shows because they relate to them.
I agree to you regarding women condition in not only india but entire asia/africa is not that good in most house holds
Only very few households woman have equal rights like men these are mostly highly educated and rich family who live in big cities. I know woman working in big cities in big company but have to ask permission of husband to spend more or big of their own salary. In india even if woman works her money or pay check is controlled by father or husband not independently. Decisions are made by men how to use money earned by that woman.
Problem in india versus western country is there more women are employed and financially independent 80 to 90% in india only 25% are in jobs i mean earning jobs atleast those who above 16 years and a bit educated.
Hence when husband cheats in western country women there can walk out easily as they are financial good and society does not ill treat widows or single woman like india or asia. In india just try staying as single woman or divorced even own family and relatives try to take advantage if you have no husband . I know highly educated woman in big company hit and abused by husbands not able to divorce because their family tells them not to they will not accept daughter back or their daughter with kid back. So for lack of support highly educated woman stay in marraiges. When actress like esha deol stay with cheating abusive hubby when gauri khan never dare give divorce on cheating how will other woman dare?
That does not happen in USA/UK whether you are single or divorced woman get respect and not ill treated by society there. And laws are powerful no one can misbehave with woman there in roads or office and get away easily like harassment here. There is no safety for single woman or woman with kids who is divorced or widowed or childless here in india and asia. That is one reason woman take how much ever abuse and stay with husband or in laws if widowed.
That is where anupama kind of story became an inspiration because it gives hope to other woman suppressed by husband or his family
That is also a reason i am disappointed by how anupama treated a second chance a second marraige and second family and in laws.
She never deserved a second chance because shes unworthy of it. May be a dimpy or Malvika deserved second chance much more and would use it than a anupama
Anuapma is highly patriarchal thoughts just like shahs vanraj and baa. She always objected to anuj buying costly gifts to CA like silver plate to eat or taking her to big hotel to eat etc all waste of money. Anupama still believes blood is bigger adopted. She did not support kinjal to leave toshu when he did EMA but tried to fool/gaslight kinjal into accepting toshu. She did not tell anuj when vanraj was doing EMA to malvika. Many times shes kept quiet which shows she has regressive patriarchal mindset only like vanraj and baa etc.
You can only take horse to a water hole cannot drink on his behalf. Same with anupama all opportunities lost bby her thinking and attitude.
If anupama had not divorced vanraj in future she would become baa junior to dimpy/kinjal/adhik etc
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