There is no Bad Mother: ‘Beta’ and the Indian Mother-Law Against the West’s Asian Mother Phobia
By Suneel Mehmi
Beta says the triumph of the Indian law and its wisdom, of Indian cinema, is that love triumphs over hate and its brainwashing, that the power of the mother orchestrates our very being and identity. If Indian law and the Indian state is legitimate, this legitimacy is based on a radical revolution from misogynistic Western frameworks of identity and belonging.
Café Dissensus 