Jodha-Akbar 89-92: Irregular progression - Page 6

Originally posted by: amina1

hahanever thoght it that way anyways yeh hunar bhi jodha begum ke naam,one thing is Prem i dont think his wives rather any of these empirers wives bumped into one another or organised welcome party ya birthday party as we saw it in ja,remember that welcome jashan for jo by ruku as it was jalals order,i wonder which husband has himmat to do that,no wonder ruku became an addict and salima was a behna to akbar

Originally posted by: Nonie12345

Fantastic analysis Shymala Aunty😃

Originally posted by: devkidmd

That must've been terrible Sandhya. Without electricity and water. Glad things are getting better.

I had no clue it rained so heavily in Nov-Dec in Chennai.

Take care.

Originally posted by: sashashyam

My dear Akka,

How thoughful of you to understand where I am coming from? Anyhow, let me first take care of tomorrow's post!

Your husband was obviously very wise, and that shows in the quote you have cited. There is neither anger nor frustration, just a simple acceptance of the existing state of things.

I don't feel quite the same; it is more like: I have done all this, and I really never wanted to do it all over again. My problem is that I find it very hard to say No! to friends. Which is why I am here, while Mandy, who made me start this, is nowhere to be seen these days! The old enthusiasm and sense of excitement is naturally all gone.

Anyhow, one big plus for me is getting to know you, though this could have been done 2 years ago. Well, better late than never, I suppose.

Don't delete the post, Akka, why should you? In any case, it will stay on as part of my response.

Take care.

Shyamala

Originally posted by: sashashyam

That is when it really rains in Chennai, Devki. It is the northeast monsoon.

Shyamala Aunty

Originally posted by: sashashyam

My dear Akka,

How thoughful of you to understand where I am coming from? Anyhow, let me first take care of tomorrow's post!

Your husband was obviously very wise, and that shows in the quote you have cited. There is neither anger nor frustration, just a simple acceptance of the existing state of things.

##I don't feel quite the same; it is more like: I have done all this, and I really never wanted to do it all over again. My problem is that I find it very hard to say No! to friends. Which is why I am here, while Mandy, who made me start this, is nowhere to be seen these days! The old enthusiasm and sense of excitement is naturally all gone.

@@Anyhow, one big plus for me is getting to know you, though this could have been done 2 years ago. Well, better late than never, I suppose.

Don't delete the post, Akka, why should you? In any case, it will stay on as part of my response.

Take care.

Shyamala

Originally posted by: myviewprem

No i doubt welcome and birthday party were arranged by one wife to another

But they stayed in same harem - if you read on harem many wives lived in single palace

Like in Akbar's time- Jehangir palace was where Jodha and all his hindu wives stayed

Ruqaiah and Salima had a single palace to stay

In Jehangir's time Jagat Gosain and a few other wives of Jehangir stayed in Jehangir palace

Not only Jehangirs wives but his brother Murad and Daniyals wives stayed in that palace. Jehangirs mothers stayed there so it was all mixed living

So we cannot say that wives never met each other, they stayed in same building in rooms next to each other so they definetly met each other frequently(whether they liked or not) and some may be good friends with each other(husband away on long wars and empire tours so what shall wives do?)

Akbar and Jehangir both rarely took entire harem or family on wars and tours(rare) so the women usually stayed back in palaces across empire while husbands or sons or brothers were away on long expeditions.

Regarding braveness to order a party for new wife by old one- that may have not happened only because emperor has servants to carry out that task. That was 16th century and husband was superior even an jhoru ka ghulam like jehangir and shah jahan. So the primary duty of wife was to please him and follow his orders. I doubt any wife dare say no if emperor says arrange a party for a new wife. But i guess to avoid any ego clashes the emperor would not tell such tasks to another wife.

A wife's power came from her husband even a nur jahan. All followed nur jahans order only because she was jehangir wife and only till jehangir lived. The moment he died everyone stopped obeying her commands simple. The power of a wife came from husband(or a queen mother or grand mother etc). On their own no one would bother to listen to a Hamida, Jodha, Ruqaiah, Nur Jahan, Mumtaz etc they were obeyed because they had powerful sons/husbands behind them.