really, shyam is from some evil dark hole. certainly not imbued with human qualities. something absolutely slithery and crawly about him. how he manipulates the man who's folly and greatness both lie in his humanness. i love your words, the sacrosanct realm of his mind.
that valentine's day exchange, so well used to accentuate the hour, its meaning... so that the destruction of a love story, well near destruction anyway, hits are harder, writers never leave a chance to get max out of a moment, na?
i liked akash saying, all these rituals don't really matter, what he really wants to say is he loves her forever. in a way that is what asr will say later... all this has no matlab, rituals that is, what matters is "that i love you, dammit..."
i liked the way ipk held up its own light to customs and things we do.
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