Arpitha, even I'm sick and tired of this, using the baby as a weapon to
advance the story. Geet managed to survive a choking attempt, a
shoving attempt and a burning attempt to give a long bhashan to her
brother and now suddenly the baby has to be gotten rid off so that her
life can be saved. What rubbish. Why use the same excuse repeatedly?
I
wish the doctor had said that because Geet has been through so much
stress, she will not be up for con. So Maan avoids it in their SR
without telling Geet that it was as advised by the doc as he did not
want her feel bad about depriving him of marital bliss. Geet on the
other hand thinks that Maan does not find her body attractive enough to
really make love and gets hurt but does not really voice it. In the
tension filled atmosphere comes Sam and the confusions surrounding her.
Having gotten that off my chest, here is my take on the highlight of the episode.
I loved Geet's dialogues. She made several important points which I'll try to cover below.
She
said why can she not marry again when the society Brij belongs to
allows men to do so. Although it is strictly not comparable because her
first marriage was never valid and she is indeed getting married for the
first time, she still drove the knife where it would hurt for she questioned the double standards of society. What is good for the gander should also be be good for the goose, shouldn't it?
She
said she is proud to be a mother, to be able to bring a life into this
world. She does not feel ashamed to admit to the world her motherhood
status. Another important point to a society which readily blames an
unmarried woman who has the misfortune to get pregnant but the guilty
father is never questioned. What's more? The child is considered illegitimate as
though it is its fault to come into existence. If anything, it is the
parents who are illegitimate, not the child.
She said that her
child has a father who will give it all that it needs and named Maan. It
is the first time she is proclaiming to the world that Maan would be
the father of her child although it is already understood because all those
assembled already knew she was pregnant with Dev's child. This should
set Maan's mind to rest since he felt that he would not make a good
father, especially after the sauna incident when he chose her over the
baby. The message to the society is that a man other than the
biological father can also make a good parent, if not a better parent,
than the one who dupes his so called wife and runs off with her money.
When
she is accused of leaving her family she admits it saying that she
chose to be independent and make a life for herself. She has the right
to make her choices and follow her heart. Most women suffer in silence
the injustice meted to them because of the sense of duty towards their
children. Her call is to those women who are unable or unwilling to
break their shackles and live their lives on their terms, to do so.
She
speaks against domestic violence. She speaks against narrow minded
people who think women are puppets to be treated worse than animals or
slaves, locked up in rooms, beaten up, threatened to be killed, all
because they decided to speak up against the archaic rules and false
family honour.
In all this she did not fail to acknowledge
the contribution of her saviour, her mentor and her would-be life
partner. If it had not been for Maan she would not have been alive both
in the physical and figurative sense. She proudly announced to the world
that she has her Ma(a)n with her and she wants nothing else. Nothing or
nobody can come between them for they started their relationship on the
basis of truth. Today she is reaping the rich rewards what she sowed by
way of truth when she told her man that she was pregnant before she
admitted her love for him. The lesson is any relationship based on
truth and honesty need not fear of dangers from outside forces.
Geet
is an ambassador for all those women who have been wronged but are too
weak to protest. She is the beacon of hope for the several nameless,
faceless women who are resigned to their fate. She is the breath of
life for those women leading a lifeless existence, thanks to a warped
society which is still highly parochial. She is the pride of all mothers
who aspire to give the child the best in life, depending only on their
own self confidence and will to survive. When she left HP she did not
know that she will meet and get Maan's support. She left not knowing the
future and yet willing to risk it all for her baby. The baby has now
become even more indispensable than before. Hope the CVs remember this
right up to the very end.
Edited by Opti - 13 years ago
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