BEGUM RUQAIYA SULTAN- AN ANALYSIS
After seeing, Ruqaiya's disappointment and desperation in the 09/04/2014 episode, I decided to analyse our dear 'Bachpan Ki Dost''.
What kind of a person is Ruqaiya??? And, what kind of a person is Jalal to have a friend like her? She claims herself to be his best friend, his advisor, his pillar of support and so on and so forth... but has she ever proved any of her claims to be true?
If she were a true friend, once she knew about Jodha meeting a stranger at night from Jalal, she should have gone to Jodha and confronted her then and there. Once Jalal told her his misery, she should have taken such steps so as to mitigate that pain and not start plotting with Maham Anga to drive away Jodha. As we see now, Jalal is most affected by all this. Jodha too is equally affected but Ruqaiya need not bother about that. But she needs to care about Jalal's suffering if she cares about him.
She was exhilarated as Jodha had left the palace. But she failed to see the grief in Jalal's eyes. Yes, she felt bad when she came to know the truth about Sujamal. But she was more worried about the fact that Jodha will come back only to be much more powerful than before.
Earlier, in the Benazir track,she coerced Jalal to marry her which was unnecessary on her part. All this was done to spite Jodha. Her hatred for Jodha seems to exceed her love for Jalal that is if she has any love for him. Later, she refused to go to the darga with Jalal, and then followed him. If she so wanted his attention and company, she need not have refused.
The last and most important thread in this story- Jalal's HEART which supposedly doesn't exist.
The first question is: despite Ruqaiya being a part of Jalal's life for a long time now, Jalal does not or rather, did not have a heart. How did he lose it in the first place? Let us say, because of Bairam Khan. Let's be fair, we will give Ruqaiya that much. Jalal lost his heart.
How come Ruqaiya never bothered to help her best friend' regain his heart? How is it that she could never teach Jalal to love? After all, the first form of love is friendship. There is no love without friendship. Why didn't Ruqaiya ever TRY to use this potent tool to teach Jalal the importance of love and emotions?
On the other hand, she always reminded him that he did not have a heart and kept cynically questioning him about his non-existing heart. Why?
Forget about Jalal, what about her? Does she love her husband? No, she doesn't. Has she ever told him or herself that she loves him? No, she hasn't. when Jodha asked her, she had no answer. She has been with him for such a long time now, why couldn't she ever love him?
Despite all this, our dear Jalal considers her as his best friend which is indeed praiseworthy.
Arjun
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