Originally posted by: divyavm
So, you were worried after the roller coaster of prior updates I would not like this update? But, life can't always be a roller coaster and marathons on mountains. That would be immensely tiring.
Hence, I loved this update for the little peaks and valleys, the tiny ups and downs, and the steady rhythm which is life.
Now, I don't know what you will throw at us for the epilogue ... but for now, I like how Jodha-Jalal's life had settled into a steady rhythm with the unfamiliar moving to the background, and the familiar coming back to the forefront.
For me chapter 60, was the return of how Jodha-Jalal were together in the crowd, lost in their own little world, and this is one of the things that is so endearing to me about this Jodi
(1) Amidst all the angst and anxiety of an "examination", in the end of the day Jodha cared only about Jalal ... and I loved the line when she reflects "Yet she was here. For the one person who truly mattered." And after Abdul distracts her for a while ...
(2) Jodha was back to being lost in the one person who mattered -Jalal - I loved the way you described the "wild monsters ... doing crazy stunts" ... the girl whose eyes had recently been too hazy to see even close to her, could now see his eyes amidst an ocean of a hundred faces, noticed his haircut, his shirt, and could even smell his new musk scent from a distance. Such was her senses sharpened to notice her Jalal. 😳
(3) And then it was Jalal's turn to be lost in Jodha ... I like how , very smartly, you hid Jodha's new look from us. As we were left to be surprised and react along with Jalal,
I like how you did not give away what was special about Jodha's look ... you made us see it from Jalal's eyes and be as surprised and stunned as he was ... we are wondering why he was "tongue tied" when we "see" it from his own eyes as his "gaze glided along." Again, Jalal was in his own little world.
And even Renu knew she had to re-invite the lost love birds back to the party 😆
(4) And yet again, they were lost for a moment ... as Jodha shyly gave her gift to Jalal, a memory encapsulated in a photo. However, Jalal's gift of life was his one and only "bundle of surprise" - his Jodha.
(5) And after an hour of indulging the crowd, Jalal- Jodha stole away into their little world again on the patio, together, enjoying their Blue Hawaiian and Masala lassi ... and loved the way Jalal said that he would not have hired him if he couldn't make the perfect masala chaas ... they think about each other in the smallest things... it is amazingly cute 😊
But, yet there was a lingering hesitation in Jodha throughout it all ... something that was bothering her that did not quite let her be ... while she was trying her best for Jalal, there seemed to be a hesitation. While I am very proud of Jodha for the way she stood tall in front of Bharat and Harsh as long as she could, I am also glad that those idiots Bharat and Harsh hit that sore nerve when they asked "Why and HOW is he still with a clown" or else Jalal would never have realized how sore it was.
And till this sore nerve was addressed, things could never get back to normal and I loved how Jalal made it all okay in chapter 61, with the return to the familiar and here I fell in love with Jalal again for all the ways in he showed how things had returned back to normal.
(1) Showing her a mirror of herself: Showing how her independence, self-respect, and ego had returned and in turn showing us the reader how Jodha was indeed returning
(2) His sense of humor: That her singing and dancing would still be better than Shantamma and Balaji and his mimicry of the physiotherapist. .. how does this guy pull it off? 😆 The fact she was following his jokes now also was signs of the return of the familiar.
(3) It was a subtle moment ... but there was a moment he alluded to their shared future together. It was masked in humor but I felt it. It was when he was saying he was letting her in on "her boyfriend's secret", referring to him in third person. I loved how he said that he is planning to buy a car and get her a drive when you shift here permanently - there was something endearing about that moment for me. 😳
(4) And then to the most powerful moment of its all when he told the "touching story" of the journey he, Jodha, and us the readers had traveled ... from that moment when she was "near-dead" when he said "he would have settled for something of her ... ANYTHING of her ... and THAT is why [he is] so grateful." To me that was the most beautiful moment, as we were all there with him at that point. We could do anything to get Jodha back and today we have her back. And what could be more special than that. It also shows how you almost have to lose what is precious to you, to help you realize what is precious about it.
What a beautiful concept writer-e-khaas! 👏
(5) And with that, what a fitting "end" to the story, where the lives of Jodha and Jalal are settling into a steady rhythm and with things coming back to normalcy ... with Jodha-Jalal feeling each other's emotions as they always did. Lashy, you know, I am not good at describing physical scenes so I will pass on this. 😆
As they say, the end is often a new beginning and that is how this chapter ended. I am glad everything is not solved yet ... Jodha still has a ways to go, but she knows she will get there with Jalal and so do we. While it is the end of this series, there is a feeling of how Jodha-Jalal's lives will move beautifully on and that is what is beautiful about this ending. 👏
Well done Lashy! You have left an opening for a sequel as well ... smart girl! 😉
I am going to miss writing these take 5s/10s!
Thanks writer-e-khaas for an amazing journey with Jodha-Jalal, which will now go on in our imaginations.I hope you will be back with a sequel. Thanks again writer-e-khaas for your fabulous writing, where we felt the journey with Jodha and Jalal. 🤗
he he kal di 😉😆
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