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The tale of the Turban
🤣I feel sorry you guys for I come up with the most bizarre things to talk about. But mind you, I also give u sufficient warning. This one is no different. I am talking about something really trivial and it may have no relevance. Blame it on my overactive imagination. Read it only if you dare.😛
My latest fascination, why did Maan really choose this disguise. Other than the fact that they are in Amritsar and this one would be the most natural one to come up with, there has to be some other significance, right? I mean, when does Maan do anything normal? Punjab mein Madrasi ban jaye, toh no-one will question him. But yeh banda toh Punjab mein Punjabi ban gaya iss baar. Kyon? So, my detectivegiri shuru.
I started researching about the significance of turbans and what it could mean, with the hope that maybe, if I know the relevance, I could tie it up somehow to why Maan may have chosen to go with this look. And, yup, I might have a theory. To all of you who are ROFL at the moment looking at the nature of my research, I will find a way to get back at all of u 😡. So, here goes, Importance of turbans -
Folded or twisted like a rope and tied in a myriad ways around the head, with interesting regional and individual variations, the turban worn by the Indian male is much more than a headgear. While evidence of the tradition of wearing turbans is gleaned in old paintings and sculpture, they continue to be worn by men across the country from the elegant white turbans worn in the northeastern state of Manipur to the colorful turbans worn in scorching desert regions of Rajasthan. The birth of Sikhism and of the Khalsa Panth by the tenth Guru Gobind Singh, which enjoins Sikh men to keep long hair and wear a turban, brought the neat, tiered turbans into the attire of Sikhs. The Nihang Sikhs, distinguished by their dark blue attire, wear elongated turbans with steel quoits fixed to them. They also wear saffron turbans sometimes, or a yellow band below the blue turban. So ingrained is the tradition of wearing turbans that even the dapper urbanite dons a turban on his wedding day, often studded with a turban ornament, never mind his daily western attire or work environment.
The turban probably started off as a means of protecting the wearer from the elements of weather and injury, before it moved on to become an indicator of his status. Of varying lengths and breadths, the large and loose turbans worn in the desert regions of Rajasthan are comfortable, protective against the elements, and can easily double-up as a pillow or a cover while sleeping. Up to eighteen meters in length, a turban can be used as a rope to lower a bucket into a well to draw water, and sieve it if necessary! And in more tumultuous times past, it could cushion blows to a warrior's head, be torn into strips to serve as bandages or a fugitive could bind it around his face to make a quick getaway without being recognized.
Evolving through the centuries with a complex of physical, cultural and historical factors, which differ through the country, the turban became symbolic of chivalry, honor, respect and brotherhood. A man's turban is his valued possession and no man forcibly touches or removes another's turban, which commands respect and honor. In this vein while seeking a request or forgiveness for a wrong a man may remove his turban.
Most of us were uphauled when we found out that Maan was to be a driver in the new household to win back his love. At the moment I am not so sure if he sacrificed all his honor and his pride in doing so. Afterall, he might have found a way to balance both. And hence his appearence.
Wearing a turban is an indication of one's status and automatically commands respect. Maan may be pretending to be someone he is not, but he has not done it at the cost of sacrifising his honor. His wearing a pagadi earns him the respect that he much deserves.
Another significance in his wearing a turban could be the fact that he is warrior at war at the moment. Be it his situation against Geet's family whose appreciation he has to earn, or the fact that he has to earn back Geet's love and approval and acceptance of him, it is a battle he is trying to find and hence , it may be looked upon as the symbolism of chivalry.
The article also mentions that if you are wrong, you might take off your turban in a sense of surrender. This is probably why Maan was shown as removing the pagadi the first time Geet confronted him in his room. He had taken it off as a sense of surrender to her.
The usage of pagadi is obviously for multile reasons and serves vairety of pruposes. This could be indicative of the fact that Maan was willing to do anything that was necessary, like driving, cooking, eating food that he is not normally used to, as well as altering his personality to being Ballu to others and Maan to his love.
Dheka, pagadi ke peeche bhi kahani ho sakti hai. 😉
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Episode Analysis
The way the episode started, I was all geared up. I thought that it could not get better. And I was right. It got terrible as it progressed. To say that I am disappointed now is a huge understatement.
Will I be blamed if I do not want to analyse an episode where an ex-con artist (pun intended), who is now trying to walk a path of redemption, is getting everything laid on a platter for him while the noble knight who did everything right is fighting to get his love and life back? Forget the comparison, incase the CV's didn;t notice, they just said that if a rapist or a social criminal, maybe even a murderer, seeks apology for his crime and tries to walk the path of redemption, then it is alright if everyone forgets his prior crime and accepts him as if nothing was ever wrong. I agree that people do deserve second chances, but after they have endured their share of punishment, and I mean legal lawful punishment. I am not ok with Dev getting away with his crime.
Needless to say, I don;t intend to analyze anything about today's episode. I am sorry if I used up some space in the hope of getting a good episode. The CV's have managed to pull the rug from under my feet again. Mostly, they do it in a positive sense and leave me floating in the air, but today I fell, flat on my face. Preeto or Nandini, Dev does not deserve anyone.
I am hoping this act will again end with Dev becoming a helpless needy womanizer, trying to woo Nandidi/Preeto and lands up hurting her in the process (Edited - Maybe tries to use her physically and gets caught in the process or something). He can then be punished for misbehaving with the girl, which I will accept as a loop closure and the much deserved punishment of a rapist. And Geet can be the one to find out about his crime and having him punished for his repeated crime. This cannot end any other way for a positive ending to Nandini-Dev will be Dev receiving his punishment. And we are all for positive.
I just saw some of ur posts that it could be Preeto. I am praying hard that that is the case and that this is not an attempt to get Dev another companion. He does not deserve it.
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