Tripti dear,
As for the PS, I knew you would be gurgling over it. I have now christened him the Rat King,and that Vijendra the Rat Prince.
No, Tripti, you are preaching to the converted when you tell me that
To see her, go up against her own family & go as far as saying, "Hum Shahenshaah ke saath hain" in effect stating, that if you agree with this gross barter exchange taking place; then I , Jodha, do not side with you, but with my husband, is a seemingly small, but huge, development. 😊
Nowhere in this post have I rated that as a small thing; it is obviously a quantum change, or a paradigm shift, take your choice. Nor am I really denying that her attitude to Jalal, outside the integrity parameter, is also changing.
But the latter is nowhere near as much as is being made out across the forum, not even after Ajmer, the Mohan encounter or the Kali Mandir episode. If there had been a real shift to caring, she could NEVER have told him what she did on Wednesday,. which came down to saying
I do not care what happens to you provided it does not happen here and endanger my sister's marriage (never mind that this very marriage is only due to Jalal), and no one loves you, so what sort of a life do you have? And this from a ruler's daughter, who ought to know that a King is always alone. As for family, does she not remember Sujamal's Great Betrayal? Everything she told Jalal that day was harsh, unfeeling hogwash, and no amount of rose water poured on it is going to change that .
So what I saying that the real reason for this quantum change is not that she has gone soft on him, but her new found confidence in his integrity.
As for the last part of your comments,
@blue, I agree in toto. I would only add that besides being strong, compassionate (though she was anything but compassionate on Wednesday) and honourable, it would not hurt if Jodha developed some commonsense, some understanding of the facts of imperial life, and maybe some sense of humour as well. And yes, a good bit less of preachiness.
Finally, as you seem to agree with my central thesis, why don't you say so?
Shyamala Aunty
Originally posted by: Mallika-E-Bhais
🤣 @your PS, aunty!! I completely agree!! That's exactly what I was thinking too!!
It is a momentous happening in any case, Jodha defending Jalal against her family. She did it for Abdul out of her deep sense of compassion & Moral Code. But the whole meaning changes when it comes to Jalal, because she treats him completely & totally different than all the rest.
She believes , or atleast used to believe, very bitterly , that Jalal was never a Man Of Honour. Of Commitment . Brushing aside every instance that proved exactly the opposite & brought Jodha to the Reality!
It was upto Moti Bai to tell her time & again, "Hey! hold your high & grand horses Jodha! Your husband, the Emperor, has fulfilled every wish of yours! Moreover, he is your husband. Of course he will listen to you out of the bond that you formed with him in Saambhar , and because he has shown himself time & again, as a man who honours every vachan he takes."
Jodha breaks many rules when it comes to Jalal. Of her own personal codes of functioning.
To see her, go up against her own family & go as far as saying, "Hum Shahenshaah ke saath hain" in effect stating, that if you agree with this gross barter exchange taking place; then I , Jodha, do not side with you, but with my husband, is a seemingly small, but huge, development. 😊
And while I do not agree that it has only to do with her hidden (yes, she does feel for Jalal & yes, she tries her best to hide. It it isn't my rosy romantic nature which believes this, but plain sense can see it too) care for Jalal; but out of her own strong belief that he is a true man who sticks to every promise made. If he didn't make this promise, then he did not. And no-one has the right to take away what is his, from him.
And this way is
much, much better. For Jodha can never truly love a man unless
he has his own sound & strong Honour & Committment to Word. Now that she has realised it, she is well on her way to falling in love with Jalal. 😊It had to come from her & come this way, the way it did. Not from the blind care of a woman who is in love with her husband. Which Jodha certainly isn't as of now. But from a very compassionate, strong & honourable young woman who recognises these qualities in a man who happens to be her husband. 😊
P. S. I didn't realise you made a new thread, so copy-pasted what I wrote on your episode no. 92 analysis.
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