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Thank you, Sonia, and my Deepavali resolution, to stop critiquing Jodha, is meant to achieve the same happy state of mind!😉
The resolution of the body heat conundrum today was so ludicrous in terms of either logic or simple physics that it did a lot to restore my mood. Do see my response to Kamal above if you have the time.
As for Ruqaiya, you are too harsh on her. I do not agree with the facile explanation that she is simply defending her own interests that are tied to Jalal. She attaches top priority to Jalal's takht because she is a Mughal princess and she has seen all the terrors and upheavals he has been thru, and thus sees the paramount need for him to retain the throne. But as Alakh says, she is his childhood friend and she loves him in her own fashion. That cannot be denied.
To revert, Hamida Banu says the same to Jodha after the tiger attack, when Jalal is at death's door. She never seems to be mourning the likely death of her son then, does she?She only voices fear for what will happen to the sultanate if the Shahenshah dies. So how, using the same logic, would you interpret those statements by Hamida? Obviously that she cares nothing for Jalal as her son, but only for the Emperor.
Jodha has seen nothing of any kind of hardship in her life, except when Amer is threatened by Sharifuddin. So, by the same token, if and when Jodha tries to protect Jalal in the future, one could argue similarly that it would be because his continuance in power is vital for Amer's survival.
That would not be true, and neither is it true that Ruqaiya's fears for Jalal are motivated solely by her self interest. Or Hamida's for that matter.
I would like it if Jodha some day graduated to the same level of sharpness in defending Jalal's interests in Agra, and not thinking all the time about her maayka. There was a flash of it when she spoke up against the Rat King to her family, but it was a flash in the pan.
Shyamala
The resolution of the body heat conundrum today was so ludicrous in terms of either logic or simple physics that it did a lot to restore my mood. Do see my response to Kamal above if you have the time.
As for Ruqaiya, you are too harsh on her. I do not agree with the facile explanation that she is simply defending her own interests that are tied to Jalal. She attaches top priority to Jalal's takht because she is a Mughal princess and she has seen all the terrors and upheavals he has been thru, and thus sees the paramount need for him to retain the throne. But as Alakh says, she is his childhood friend and she loves him in her own fashion. That cannot be denied.
To revert, Hamida Banu says the same to Jodha after the tiger attack, when Jalal is at death's door. She never seems to be mourning the likely death of her son then, does she?She only voices fear for what will happen to the sultanate if the Shahenshah dies. So how, using the same logic, would you interpret those statements by Hamida? Obviously that she cares nothing for Jalal as her son, but only for the Emperor.
Jodha has seen nothing of any kind of hardship in her life, except when Amer is threatened by Sharifuddin. So, by the same token, if and when Jodha tries to protect Jalal in the future, one could argue similarly that it would be because his continuance in power is vital for Amer's survival.
That would not be true, and neither is it true that Ruqaiya's fears for Jalal are motivated solely by her self interest. Or Hamida's for that matter.
I would like it if Jodha some day graduated to the same level of sharpness in defending Jalal's interests in Agra, and not thinking all the time about her maayka. There was a flash of it when she spoke up against the Rat King to her family, but it was a flash in the pan.
Shyamala
Originally posted by: Autumn_Rose
she may have said that but she does love him in her own way.. he is her childhood companion.
Ye Hai Mohabbatein
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