Chandra Nandini 29-30: Samhaar! - Page 4

Originally posted by: pakhiv.

Thanks aunty for such a beautiful post. Loved reading it.

Originally posted by: sashashyam

Well, my dearest Akka, was it not the norm in the 1960s and 1970s films for the unmarried hero and heroine to indulge in a bout of stolen passion, usually when they get wet in the rain and end up in some godforsaken shack😆, and for the heroine to turn up some weeks later, with a weepy face, saying Main tumhare bachche ki maa bannewalo hoon?

We have all been raised in this great cinematic tradition of one night stand babies. So why are you so puzzled now?😆

Shyamala

Originally posted by: karkuzhali

First of all, they don't seem to have any passion., but only compulsion.

Just as Prem pointed out in his (or her?) post, it was Chanakya's order and the provocation by Nandini accusing him of not being a man in the battlefield, were the reasons ..

Akka.

Originally posted by: karkuzhali

Shyamala,

I am always reminded of the poem "The Brook" by Lord Tennyson , particularly the lines "Men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever..", when I watch you doing the write ups with so much of zeal and perseverance ..

I have copied below the original and my remix in RED

Affectionately yours,

Akka.

The Poem.

"I come from haunts of coot and hern,

I make a sudden sally
And sparkle out among the fern,
To bicker down a valley.

You come from the hosts of writers in the forum

And create a style that is very unique

Sparkling out and with so much decorum

With your writings that are critiques

By thirty hills I hurry down,
Or slip between the ridges,
By twenty thorpes, a little town,
And half a hundred bridges.

Hundreds of posts you answer

To all the comments that you receive

Without making any delay whatsoever

But firm in your stand in which you are convinced!

Till last by Philip's farm I flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on for ever.

Starting with the last famous historical show

You have done your untiring analysis

For readers may come and readers may go

But you will go on with your wonderful diagnosis!

I chatter over stony ways,
In little sharps and trebles,
I bubble into eddying bays,
I babble on the pebbles.

You show your talent in many ways

In your humour, advice and strictures

You do not cross your limits any day

Authentic in the way you plan your structure

With many a curve my banks I fret
By many a field and fallow,
And many a fairy foreland set

With willow-weed and mallow.

The anger and frustration you get

Sometimes upon seeing the readers' poor response

You brush aside like a dirt and do not fret

As seen from your next post you take up at once!

I chatter, chatter, as I flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on for ever.

You continue with your task you have chosen to do

Like a Sthitha Prajnan does practise in many ways;

For readers may come and readers may go

But you will do you write ups as always

I wind about, and in and out,
With here a blossom sailing,
And here and there a lusty trout,
And here and there a grayling,

You enjoy even the smallest tribute

That the readers bestow upon you so often

Like the gift to a child that is so cute.

You've also given us a venue to contribute

And here and there a foamy flake

Upon me, as I travel
With many a silvery water break
Above the golden gravel,

And here and there you make references

That show your vast knowledge in every sphere

You certainly are firm in your preferences

Never deviate from them for any fear

And draw them all along, and flow

To join the brimming river
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on for ever.

You are as popular as the show on the screen

Which is a rare phenomenon whatsoever

For shows may come and shows may go off soon

But your writings will continue in top gear!

And out again I curve and flow

To join the brimming river,

For men may come and men may go,

But I go on for ever.

And we , your admirers, request as we do always

Since we want not to miss your ever,

For readers may come and readers may go any day,

But we wish you go on writing for ever...

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Originally posted by: amina1

Aunty im sorry to say but after todays episode i dont know if ill stick around hope it improves and if this is star plus nayi sonch i dont see it in nandani by holding a talwar and uttering non sense dialogue is nayi soch than i dont know what iss purani soch as far as im concern shes typicall baba ki ladli unlike durdhara and helena both thought of them selves unlike this nandani goodness why do i pick for this girl 🤢😡

Originally posted by: sashashyam

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Originally posted by: pakhiv.

yes Auntie,
We owe a thanks to you for the pains you take to write, because writing is not an easy task at all...
I will look forward to it.
I am on mobile but I will post my bit on this post in later half of the day. I am yet to watch the last episode which I think has gone hay wire.

Originally posted by: Ash67

Dearest Shyamala aunty,

I do not have words to tell you how much I have enjoyed this post. I have read the earlier ones but the problem with catch ups is the response always feels stale in the context of the latest developments and fresher impressions. I will respond to them because I want to but also because I know the effort that goes into each of them and I can understand the frustration that builds up due to lack of intellectual engagement from us readers.

I have just finished catching up with the episodes and the last one is still vivid in my mind. Your writing always enhances the pleasure of a very good episode. But this time it also filled, very eloquently, the gaps in my visual experience. I did not get to watch the clash between Malayketu and Chandra because, probably to avoid the copyrights issue, this was the part that was cut from the episode on the website I watch it on, But thanks to your vivid description I could visualise it. This is what Drutrashtra would have felt on listening to Sanjay if he had not been vicariously fighting on kurukshetra! Need I say more in praise of your 'Samhaar'?

Rajat on screen is your writing personified! He was splendid as a warrior and as splendid in the scenes with Durdhara. I agree with your take on Nandini and would try to pay as much attention to her as you do😉 - suffice it to say that she needs to work on her voice, dialogue delivery, and expressions, and CVs on developing this character.

Having said that, I feel that her less-than-royal outburst was nothing but an attempt at psychological warfare (on the CVs part). What other explanation can one have for such nonsensical

bhashya from someone who has seen Chnadra single handedly demolish her 'purush' bhais, bhavi var and especially her pitamaharaj who is alive only thanks to the setting sun.

The explanation is plausible but I don't see this Nandini capable of such quick and smart thinking

I also feel that Chanakya was not suddenly worried about Chandra's uttaradhikari but he sent Chandra to Durdhara to undo any residual effects that Nandini's comments might have left on Chandra's psyche. I would bet on this guru knowing his shishya that well and also on his cunning in trying to keep Chandra's thoughts from revisiting Nandini's speech by keeping him otherwise 😉 engaged.Cynical but not impossible since it also has the added advantage of nudging Chandra in a direction which he otherwise would not take given his 'bal bramhachari' niyat. As you said, pure politics - of a very layered kind!

What can one say of Nanda and Amatya who do not lift a finger against breaking the rules of Dharmayuddha simply because they are relieved to see Chandra go down. And where is Nandini at this point? I like the way Helena has been portrayed until now. The question I had was - why is she allowed in this war when Chandra expressly forbids her from the earlier one? Have I missed something to the copyrights? I would have liked to see Chandra reliase that she is amoral booster for the Unani soldiers.

I do not like or agree with the chorus against Nandini or Nanda's 'low' or nonroyal blood or birth. This is the outlook that has kept the caste system alive for thousands of years. A king is as king does. What Nandini says and does is not right because it is not right, period. Would it be right or good if someone of a hundred percent 'royal blood' or birth does it? For this reason, I wish EK had the guts to stick to the popular story of Chankya choosing Chandra to be the future king because of his 'kingly' behaviour in dealing with his peasant friends.

I too don't understand this fuss about royal blood. 😕

I agree with your reading of Durdhara and Chandra relationship. I do feel that she is the rare combination of childlike but wise friend/wife who would understand the needs of the rajya, of the future but also of the moment and take in stride the physicality because her friend needs it at that point (again not nice from the feminist point of view but ...)! I wish she too was given dialogues or allowed expressions that offered this nuance just as Rajat was. Or perhaps it is her equanimity in that situation that says it all.

Now going off to read the whole post once again😃

Warmest regards. Please take care!

🤗

Ashwinee