Random Musings: February 18, 2011 - Page 2

Coming to the stars of the day, Uttara and Rishab.  maaaan that was fantastic. 👏 and that 🤬 "namard" how can he just start hitting her and then come with a knife (I agree with Jaya it was a bit filmy- Uttara just moved to one side and he fell off the table).  I loved Uttara's dialogues while she was hitting Rishab with the stick.  Really powerful ones! It was really meant to awaken all the women facing these abuses. 

And i agree with everyone that Rishab cannot die so easily...he MUST suffer!!!!  😡

I for once liked SSP's concern for Uttara....but deep down i feel like maybe this is the time that SSP will take advantage of the situation (as seen in the promos)... not sure. 

I agree he cannot die so easily!  The solution to the abuse problem is not killing but to teach...hopefully this show will do exactly what happens in real life.  I mean, you don't just go about killing anyone who abused you... 

I just wanted to add my tidbit to today's analysis about the cycle of violence that's been happening in Rishab-Uttara's relationship.  This is just my view and likely an outlier, but I think they have essentially reached the end of their rope.   The cycle works only as long as the woman remains un-empowered  (obviously, this is shared with the acknowledgement that even the cycle of domestic abuse/violence is merely an aggregate theory based on research and used to understand how such behaviors work in general - not every case of domestic violence follows the cycle to a tee). Uttara rose in self-defense today and unlike the previous time when she sat next to Rishab with a knife watching him sleep, the nature of what happened between them today was entirely different.  

To put in context and to recap, not only did her husband pimp her out for money, but rather than trying to somehow placate her after the fact, he turned on her, his actions revealing that he views her as nothing more than used-up trash now.   A man who thinks like that of a woman is no longer going to trying to placate her or work towards a return to any sort of a "normal/good" behavior stage because in his eyes, she has changed in her value to him.  [As an aside, I have heard it said somewhere that a man who hates himself is not only his own enemy, but everyone else's too - Rishab is a classic example]

On to today's events -  You can't reach the level of brokenness in a relationship where you are willing to take the other's life (this applies to both of them) and then expect for any semblance of a return to what was there before, even if it was completely dysfunctional.  That would go counter to everything Uttara did today.  I think she finally understands how her husband really sees her, that he holds no value for her life even after all the sacrifices that she has made to preserve their marriage - and if I am not reading her character wrong - this is a point of no return.

Once again, the above is simply my opinion... :)  I am sure there are valid arguments for the flip side of this as well...  but my feeling is that even if Rishab doesn't die, the story will move in a different direction now.

-Devi