I dont understand too much Hindi, but we lived in India when BP was being aired & it was sometime around Jan that my 19yr old part time house help insisted I should watch it. I was volunteering at a womens shelter at the time & my maid said it would help me understand things better....that these kind of situations were common in the villages.
So I would record the episode & the next morn my maid would sit & watch with me & explain the intricacies. It became such a habit that I would watch it at 8:30pm when it was aired without understanding much & wait impatiently for her to explain all the details to me the next day.
What took me by surprise was how the utterly despicable Digvijay had me transfixed to my seat watching dazedly as he created mayhem around him. In no time, I sheepishly admit, I'd been bowled over by the thunderous thakur & was actually resenting that poor, ridiculous Radhe's presence.
My maid tooπ was secretly rooting for thakursaab by then, though she wouldn't admit it openly at 1stπ
Although only semi-literate, with the help of her current employers, she has signed the petition & every time we talk, she asks me if Im still involved with the campaign & if BP will ever come back.
So thats my story & sooo many months later, Im still here, waiting, like all of youπ