JNDSD~My take~Sunday 26.2.17~ Safe soft touch
Evil victimizes virtue in all shapes, sizes and forms. For virtue spells the end of vice. Yet this too is true both reside side by side in the cosmic force, as positive and negative. Both wage war against each other to overpower the other. Both vice and virtue are within us and makes us the person who we are. For so the tenets of morality, the inspired word of the scriptures instruct, teach and discipline us. The episode deals with the face of one who has virtually sold her soul to the devil , in return for his favour of allowing her to write the destiny of her foes the way she sees fit! With her seemingly safe soft touch..
Suman, is the devil's daughter with the soft touch. She comes across as simple, humble attractive woman. An elderly old dearie, with the title of grandma'. All grandchildren warm to grandparents, as children do love being fussed about. As all evil tempts and targets the vulnerable and the susceptible , Suman aims for young Madhav ,with the caring ,gentle face of one from the family, but the child rebuffs her grandmotherly advances. But the devil does not give up its target so easily.. the devil tempts and entices ,so Suman entices the little lad in an attempt to buy the child's submission! She sells her gentle touch, she cares for his happiness, hence she presents him the gift.. gives the sense of affection that children have for Santa who comes bearing them gifts!! But instead she gets the distant look from Madhav that reduces Suman to a stranger rather than an intermittent visitor. It's intriguing to see how the four year lad can sense danger around her sweet smiling caring persona. Suman though suffers a set back as she cowers at the idea of being overpowered by something within this mite of boy who rudely runs from and disregards her presence. For the devils character trait is pride and arrogance and Suman will have to show this future threat , Madhav who is boss of his destiny too.. like another similar to this little one.
Whereas Madhav stares at Suman with fixed big bold eyes.. he smites her down with his frigid gawp. Atharv's big bold eyes dreamily look into his pregnant wife Guddi's .. he wants answers from her.. about his past life .. her name is in question. She manipulates his memory as instructed by Suman and calms him down by some cock and bull story.. but the truth of the matter is that Atharv's loss of memory is beginning to cause him frustration..he itches to learn about his past both the joys and the woes all..seems intelligent and fair a desire for him. But this may mark the beginning of the end of Suman's so to speak foul proof plan. But Guddi knows how to tackle this too and off she goes to get Atharv's night cap his drugged protein potion.. that will lull him into the land of Morpheus; thus enabling her to go to her Chintu.,the father of her child. Under the blanket of darkness all evil principalities ,dark deeds, conspiracies, plotting breed.. in the Vashist house.. sly sin stalks silently in the shadows.
During sleep visitations of Atharv a hazy figure a woman..he connects to! A bride, a heena patterned palm, a mandap!! Guddi!! The name Atharv's cry's for help! Guddi turns on the light and Atharv realizes it's the same recurring dream.. from the past! Well by the power of Bhole Nath! Atharv begin's to have rudimentary .. colourless sepia images of two women who meant more to him than the two women in his current life Suman and Guddi.
First night at Ajmer.. the she devil knows the ropes well.. she knows the night cap needed to put little boys to bed. Suman has her minion Guddi doing that to Atharv every night. The devil never gives up chasing its victim. In a seemingly harmless normal scenario. Suman sends off Madhav's mother out of the kitchen and adds some dangerous power to the boys malted milk. From the shadows evil watches Madhav finish every drop of his milk. In fact his mother makes sure he does. As one more mother slips her darling boy into Suman's held out mantle... for her to do what she likes with this new prey.. Soon enough under cover of the night, beneath the spell of her drug, the little light of virtue burns in the evil face. But she too has learnt to develop thick skin.. evil has to, in order to set up its kingdom in the cosmos. Evil has the power to bewitch, hypnotize the exposed one .. Madhav s pure godly glow flickers in this trusting face of Suman.. but his eyes are preset on Suman's narrowed feline eyes.. she meows softly.. Madhav is her slave.. he obeys her, honours her ,trusts her, comes and goes ..exactly like the one enslaved at vashisht house. But when evil demands obedience from the glowing light of virtue..the answer is a flicker.. and then the light snuffs out his eyes close ... the attack of evil wafts by either sides of the light.. missing possibly, warded off evil, delivered off it. By the prompt arrival of Madhav's mother. But the she devil never gives up its prey easily.. she holds an half asleep/drugged.. Madhav close to her and looks at the boy's mother challengingly.
For me, Suman is in the business of targeting her foes mothers! Sujata, Uma and lastly Vividha's maternal instincts. In particular, she delights in controlling a mother's son.. Sujata s fruit of love Atharv and now the continuation of that seed Madhav ,she aims at Vividha .It's like she wants to wipe out all traces of Ramakants' love spawn.. looks like Suman's house of cards is shaking.. Atharv's past recurring in his slumber and Madhav fixed gaze of silent defiance in her face unafraid .. not looking good for Suman .. mind you she is like Satan so drunk with competing with the Almigthy ...wants to control the providence of her foes.. by hook or by crook..is all fair in love and war? Ramakant's love.. Hamlet53 27.2.12
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