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I've been depressed since I watched today's episode.
Firstly, the misconception (?) that Jalal had "violated" (I use this word because that is how it must feel to Jodha) her body has pretty much reeled Jodha into shock. Yes, she immediately burst into an outrage, but that lacked her usual fervor. She did not jump into an excessive, animated and passionate speech but put an end to her soliloquy after a couple of sentences addressed towards Jalal. And, then she collapsed to the ground. That is the first time that Jodha looks so utterly and dishearteningly helpless. While Paridhi Sharma's acting in that particular scene was commendable, it struck a chord in my heart. I understood the gravity of the situation.
There's been a lot of excited uproar from the people in this forum about the whole fiasco of warming Jodha up by sharing body heat and bringing her back from the clutches of death. Now, in terms of practicality, even if you and your nemesis had been in the same situation, you might have to share the warmth of your bodies to survive the cold. So, nothing romantic there. But, do imagine waking up to find the last person on Earth whom you'd like to sleep with, beside you, on bed after what could possibly have been a night of debauchery. And, imagine remembering nothing about it since you weren't awake. That is a violation of the body, no matter who does it. So, I kind of understood where Jodha was coming from. It's not really about sex as much as it is about her rights. Because, shamefully enough, women did not have their fair share of rights back then and their bodies were the only thing that they could really claim to be their own, and sometimes not even that. And, it's not like her suspicion is ungrounded. She wakes up, dressed in a different attire than the one she had on the previous night, her hair in a wild mess, lying beside Jalal, only to have Maham Anga confirm her conjecture so cruelly. Any sane person would jump to that conclusion. So, no, those who think it was an overreaction, I beg to differ.
And, then, there was the absolutely arbitrary ultimatum placed before Jalal of compelling Jodha to convert to Islam, by force if necessary (that bit was implied) or have a full blown rebellion on his hands and endanger his throne in the process. And, for what? Because he acknowledged his wife's religion? Or, because he showed respect to it? I am not angry at any particular community. Your religion is your choice, because it's a set of ideals, principles that you believe in and would like to follow in your everyday practices. Notice one word that did not come up in the whole sentence? "Others". I just needed to rant for a while. We hear of a shameful multitude of discrimination, segregation, violence based on religious grounds. Is that what religion intends us to do? Fight and shed blood? No, that's not it. Live and let live. I do understand that in the 16th century, religious tolerance was not the "trend", so to speak. I also understand that the clergymen felt offended by this innocuous action of Jalal because their position in court felt threatened if the Emperor renounced his beliefs. But, that's not what he did, was it? You could call me irrational and optimistic to a fault, but, I really wish people would stop fighting against each other because of stupid and unimportant reasons. Hold your horses, I'm not calling religion stupid. I'm saying that whether you have one God or an arsenal of them is a stupid reason to fight over.
Rant over. To those of you who stuck right till the end, a word of thanks. I do feel much lighter, after getting that off my chest. 😃
Firstly, the misconception (?) that Jalal had "violated" (I use this word because that is how it must feel to Jodha) her body has pretty much reeled Jodha into shock. Yes, she immediately burst into an outrage, but that lacked her usual fervor. She did not jump into an excessive, animated and passionate speech but put an end to her soliloquy after a couple of sentences addressed towards Jalal. And, then she collapsed to the ground. That is the first time that Jodha looks so utterly and dishearteningly helpless. While Paridhi Sharma's acting in that particular scene was commendable, it struck a chord in my heart. I understood the gravity of the situation.
There's been a lot of excited uproar from the people in this forum about the whole fiasco of warming Jodha up by sharing body heat and bringing her back from the clutches of death. Now, in terms of practicality, even if you and your nemesis had been in the same situation, you might have to share the warmth of your bodies to survive the cold. So, nothing romantic there. But, do imagine waking up to find the last person on Earth whom you'd like to sleep with, beside you, on bed after what could possibly have been a night of debauchery. And, imagine remembering nothing about it since you weren't awake. That is a violation of the body, no matter who does it. So, I kind of understood where Jodha was coming from. It's not really about sex as much as it is about her rights. Because, shamefully enough, women did not have their fair share of rights back then and their bodies were the only thing that they could really claim to be their own, and sometimes not even that. And, it's not like her suspicion is ungrounded. She wakes up, dressed in a different attire than the one she had on the previous night, her hair in a wild mess, lying beside Jalal, only to have Maham Anga confirm her conjecture so cruelly. Any sane person would jump to that conclusion. So, no, those who think it was an overreaction, I beg to differ.
And, then, there was the absolutely arbitrary ultimatum placed before Jalal of compelling Jodha to convert to Islam, by force if necessary (that bit was implied) or have a full blown rebellion on his hands and endanger his throne in the process. And, for what? Because he acknowledged his wife's religion? Or, because he showed respect to it? I am not angry at any particular community. Your religion is your choice, because it's a set of ideals, principles that you believe in and would like to follow in your everyday practices. Notice one word that did not come up in the whole sentence? "Others". I just needed to rant for a while. We hear of a shameful multitude of discrimination, segregation, violence based on religious grounds. Is that what religion intends us to do? Fight and shed blood? No, that's not it. Live and let live. I do understand that in the 16th century, religious tolerance was not the "trend", so to speak. I also understand that the clergymen felt offended by this innocuous action of Jalal because their position in court felt threatened if the Emperor renounced his beliefs. But, that's not what he did, was it? You could call me irrational and optimistic to a fault, but, I really wish people would stop fighting against each other because of stupid and unimportant reasons. Hold your horses, I'm not calling religion stupid. I'm saying that whether you have one God or an arsenal of them is a stupid reason to fight over.
Rant over. To those of you who stuck right till the end, a word of thanks. I do feel much lighter, after getting that off my chest. 😃
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