Thanks for the great take, Hammie
A very low blow by Kanak to coat the ashram windows and walls with lacquer so that the building burns up like paper. The whole thing reminded me of the story in the Mahabrharata, where the baddie (villain) Duryodhana invites the righteous Pandava princes for a "holiday" at a resort like area, where he says he has built a palace for them. The Pandavas unsuspectingly go for the promised holiday, but they get intelligence in time that the entire palace has been constructed with lacquer and wax. Therefore, they dig an underground tunnel and escape. Meanwhile Duryodhana and his team stealthily set fire to the "palace" and watch it go up in flames.
Kanak is using the same modus operandi of Duryodhana. This symbolises how wily her ways are. Of course as a mark of poetic justice, she herself gets trapped in the fire, revealing that karma bites, and when it does, it can be quite nasty.
I muse about where will the safed gang go after their refuge has been burnt down? I wonder if they will all live in Ayodhya Nivas --from the standpoint of the plot, the more the merrier I suppose.
Watching the ashram burn down, I was reminded of all the memories it held of the widows who have next to nothing. Moreover the walls told tales of Viplav and Dhani's love story. In destroying the ashram, it is as though Kanak wished to destroy the story itself, but really speaking killing the messenger is useless after he or she has delivered the message.
Take care and best wishes. Have a happy Sunday.
Hi Aimf
Wonderfully written😊