Was seeing Jhansi Ki Rani the other day on Zee TV. Manu or Jhansi ki Rani is totally not one of those regular 'Indian women' you would see on Television. She fights, she is bold, she speaks her mind, and most importantly she is smart...So I began to wonder how she is working, why she is being liked et al.. First of all, there are boundaries that she cant cross..so she is also a good wife - who loves her husband and respects him to the core, no matter what. And secondly, every act of bravery, every act of boldness is directed to protect her husband and country from an external, non - controversial, innocuous (its all past and over) known, and already well hated enemy - The 'unequivocally ruthless' Britishers. The presence of this enemy allows her character to be what it is; Another equally powerful character doing exactly what she is doing, behaving the way she does might not be appreciated, without an equally plausible + strong reason
Got me thinking - an external enemy is always necessary for the cohesiveness of a group. Only because of this enemy, do we look at diversity, and differences within us as a positive.
In the absence of an external enemy or a common goal,the group always divides. A couple is the only unit of group that can manage to without an external enemy, or even a common goal, due to the human need of wanting company, and our incapability to understand ourselves without the 'other'
P.S: Even a goal is an abstract enemy, a hindrance to what you want to achieve
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