Wo Kalpana, that was quite something. I agree with some of your points. Sam needs to stop being so annoyingly cloying and harping on RB's past wayward ways whenever and wherever, however much I understand the angst she has felt about her family's situation in the past. In regards to Iyers having their own way, I do find them a bit overbearing as far as such situations are concerned except as you rightly said after II's delivery. In fact it was at that time that mrs IYER should have strongly objected because it was a matter of Ii's well being and not simply about following rituals. Of course the Iyers still can't get around the fact that II is married into a Punjabi family and they have their own way of doing things. I might sound really chauvinistic but the society we live in, it's usually the boys clan which decides how important events related to their household are held. I do feel that Ranjan has followed Iyer rituals to the hilt, respected every aspect of Ii's culture and continues to do so and so if it gives him happiness of host Nivi's fist birthday in her own house, I see nothing wrong with it. I agree that most of the time RB has gotten his own way but it wouldnt be so if II wouldn't make a huge deal of everything- crying fits,tantrums etc etc. In her effort of turn Rb into BALA or Sree she's practically throwing whatever little sense of grounded family values Rb might have left in him. I think Iyers need to back off sometimes and let Bhallas take the lead. There is such a simple solution to this problem, a havan at Sankara temple and A havan at Mm followed by a big bash - Bhalla style. Sab happy happy.
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