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harshal

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Posted: 9 years ago

#801

Originally posted by: lashy
Heavy rains ka problem hai tho ghar mein camp karlo with cousins.. chai pakoda cake and movie
Anyway, I'm sure you'll have fun wherever you go🤗

haan wahi karna padega lagta hai... 😆 dats also not bad idea indeed... 😉 🤗

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Shinning_Stuti

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Posted: 9 years ago

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Happy Birthday Harshu di.😃

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Shraddha

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Posted: 9 years ago

#803

Stuti read your beautiful review... will reply sabko one by one.. 🤗

Feels like you've become super busy AFTER the exams... 😆

Great Harshu... 😉 go on! Have fun..

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harshal

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Posted: 9 years ago

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Originally posted by: Shinning_Stuti
Happy Birthday Harshu di.😃

thnx stuti... 😛

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harshal

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Posted: 9 years ago

#805

Originally posted by: lashy
Stuti read your beautiful review... will reply sabko one by one..🤗
Feels like you've become super busy AFTER the exams...😆

Great Harshu...😉go on! Have fun..

yup... 👍🏼

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Shinning_Stuti

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Posted: 9 years ago

#806

Originally posted by: lashy
Stuti read your beautiful review... will reply sabko one by one.. 🤗
Feels like you've become super busy AFTER the exams... 😆

Great Harshu... 😉 go on! Have fun..

Actually so.😆 So many plans to fulfill.😉

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Shraddha

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Posted: 9 years ago

#807

Originally posted by: sharmacatty
I don't know why Payal... but I felt very touched by your review.. there was a sincere enthusiasm in it... you came up with your thoughts so quickly and you brought out points that were quite 'ingrained' not out and out..
I just felt so overwhelmed reading it...thanks a lot dear.. now please please update your story too.. esp after seeing pari's photo in your last musing.. it reminded me of Games of desire...
Lashy, extraordinary beautiful chapter it was.👏
For writing the first scene, phenomenally.
I thought people will get bored of those scenes... I am so glad you liked it..
Reading first scene, there was a moment when I realised that I love this character, khalil as I like this Stranger'
The whole arena scene was written fantastically lashy..⭐️
Take a bow for creating each character so imaginatively. Whether it's a Prince, Durga, Khalil, Stranger, harka, Ustaad, Gokul ,bajrang, Bindiya, kakasa, Gauri... I'm loving them all re but Khalil..⭐️⭐️ I like this man.👏.His temper, his ego, that glare of his on his Ustaad.. I loved all these things..👍🏼
Really... Khushi ke aansoon!
And finally you revealed that farmaan is still safe.. I still believe that poem written by durga, just before her death has the address of farman.. and heera knows or will eventually come to know that where the real farmaan is..
Wait and watch! 😉
Khalil said, he will sniff out the younger heiress but man.. hold on.. She's hiding behind a Stranger..😆😉
How beautifully put!
That Stranger who don't have any such weeknesses, which you have been bestowed with..
He's not impulsive.. He knows how and where to use his temper.. Women is not his weakness and the one who will be special to her, will become his strength and not weakness(I'm hoping such a relation between the two, author sahiba😛)
😉 Achaa? How can I argue with you when it comes to your stranger
No doubt how frightful Khalil is.. but it was his actions which make people scared of him whereas our' Stranger', Akbar Muhammad don't need to say anything.. His just one look is enough to make the other person, petrified if he/she is wrong or not to meet eyes with him, out of respect and gratitude.
That's very true! He commands respect... while Khalil commands fear
As heera thought she needs permission, Khan sahib's face flashed through my mind and I spent a moment wondering, will he give her permission to plant those leaves in his garden??🤔
😉 when the 16-year-old-who-he-cannot-forget-about asks him so nicely... errr
And finally she entered his haveli.. 😃She knew that there's no women in that haveli but does she know, that after few months she would change the entire place and make it a best place where they can live in."a sweet home", their home'?!
Awww
Teaser part---I thought he would get slightly annoyed with her intrusion in their meeting but I'm surprised he didn't say anything.. Ok, he called her but still I felt that he won't like this.
Wait.. what.., rather he noticed her skills'in mathematics..😲
thing is they were the ones discussing it quite noisily... so she just managed to hear it... didn't intend to eavesdrop... and he had to give it to her... that she had the solution so quickly..
I guess he might have been annoyed had it been anyone else...
Khan Sahib...' she wished him for the first time by the name that was actually his.
'Sahiba...' he wished her back, and for the first time by the title that was actually hers.
>>> How majestic it is to hear sahiba' in his sweet yet firm voice.
you hear it? Awww
'Languages... medicine... and numbers too?' he began the conversation, a hint of sarcasm prevalent in his pitch 'That's quite a few areas you're skilled at...'
>>> Just 2 meetings and he got to know her skills.. not bad.. my sharp-witted Stranger'☺️
These maids & guards and chacha jaan are there na... to keep exchanging infos... but still.. yes... he knows her..
Ohk, so he knew that his men were followed by hers, not surprising though but loved the way he apprised this to her, in his own teda way.😉
and she told him the truth about herself, about durga's death😲, now that's surprising. I didn't expect that.. and he felt empathy.. did I read it right??
Well.. what other reason she could give to him? It's quite humiliating to be caught at that situation na... you're staying at someone's place and spying on them... loool... and when he was gallant enough to tell her about the man at the market place/children story... she told him about threats to her life.. nothing else.. about sister's death they all know anyway.. (not Durga's name/place etc) but they know the people lost their leader...
Aww my cold hearted stranger do feel the pain of others.. yet stubborn to remain aloof from everyone, from all these emotions.
He did feel her pain, or her words reminded him of someone,special to him, someone from his family??😔
😔
'I had to fix the bridge... and you were in the way... that's all...' Akbar scoffed in response, like she were a mere inconvenience to him then
Ohk!! I was reading the chapter, impassively but reading this, my eyes narrowed followed by letting out a faint laugh. This man is so... fascinating.❤️
I like how you get fascinated everytime he does something 'brazen' or 'rude'
'And if you let me know where I can plant them... I'll bear in mind to stick to the boundaries...' a formal pause followed 'So, I don't inconvenience you, by coming in your way!'
>> woah!! 👍🏼That's why I love heera. She's no less than him.😆
*hugs*
she ended her request calmly, with not a trace of annoyance in her voice - making it difficult for anyone to figure out if there was a 'wry remark' hidden in that request at all.
However, he knew what she was doing.
>>> aww, Love you lashy for creating this enthralling character.🤗
Hee hee... love you for loving him so unconditionally... if only I could transport you to 17th c now..
The heiress had returned his 'You were in the way' comment with a subtle retort - but in a manner very few could have done so. Her approach was 'civil' enough so the reply wouldn't be counted an insult, and yet her words were 'clear' enough to remind him that she was capable of being blunt too.
Raising a brow, Akbar sternly looked up to dart her a glance, before turning aside. As a man who'd never let his grit be swayed by beauty or charms - as a man who didn't want to be fascinated by her finesse, this was a juncture where he found himself failing in front of Harka Bai's perfection. Yet again!
>>> I was like..
@ bold:

This last para fetched a broad grin on my face.😃😃😃 Loved it so much..⭐️

Sara chapter ek taraf aur ye 2 lines ek taraf..

I LOVED THIS LINE.. thank you so much!
Love you Sweetheart for this wonderful, lovely chapter.🤗🤗🤗eagerly waiting for next Sunday, dear..
🤗🤗🤗

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Sandhya.A

@Sandhya.A

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Posted: 9 years ago

#808

Heera is getting more and more adorable with each chapter. No wonder Shyamala Aunty has already laid claims with 'my Heera'. She is everything i wanted Jodha to be. She has everything i loved about Elizabeth Bennet, even more. She has a bigger purpose, greater responsibility and a physical handicap too. She is handling them all with immense dignity and resourcefulness.👏

Her 'not in the way' retort was neat and effective.👍🏼 It was a noiseless return punch.😆 While Akbar sounded obviously rude with his remark Heera produced the same sting most graciously.

And inspite of the searing pain she has the political astuteness to strike the iron when hot and garner support for her purpose and her motherland. This is a woman of steel under the dainty exterior.

Her sister was no less even in the most testing circumstances. She had the smarts and wisdom to fool Khalil even when she was losing. She managed to win the situation for her homeland even in the final moments of her life.

The Shehzade might not have minded so much for Durga's fate or the bad name it earned him had Khalil procured the real farmaan. But all the smear and discredit for nothing is what has hurt him most and he probably packs off Khalil to exhibit his apparent displeasure at Khalil's behaviour.

I must re-read chapter 3 to see if Durga has left some hidden message as to the whereabouts of the farmaan to Heera in her letter. Or probably the both the sisters knew about the safe place. Probably Heera has it with her in her journey. If so or even otherwise would it be wise to delay her journey by so many days for the sake of 2 men? That too in the house of a stranger whose loyalty she cannot be sure of. Humamity sentiments apart, shouldn't her first priority be her own safety and the safety of her farmaan if she has it with her?

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Kalgi22

@Kalgi22

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Posted: 9 years ago

#809

Originally posted by: Sandhya.A
Heera is getting more and more adorable with each chapter. No wonder Shyamala Aunty has already laid claims with 'my Heera'. She is everything i wanted Jodha to be. She has everything i loved about Elizabeth Bennet, even more. She has a bigger purpose, greater responsibility and a physical handicap too. She is handling them all with immense dignity and resourcefulness.👏
Her 'not in the way' retort was neat and effective.👍🏼 It was a noiseless return punch.😆 While Akbar sounded obviously rude with his remark Heera produced the same sting most graciously.

And inspite of the searing pain she has the political astuteness to strike the iron when hot and garner support for her purpose and her motherland. This is a woman of steel under the dainty exterior.

Her sister was no less even in the most testing circumstances. She had the smarts and wisdom to fool Khalil even when she was losing. She managed to win the situation for her homeland even in the final moments of her life.

The Shehzade might not have minded so much for Durga's fate or the bad name it earned him had Khalil procured the real farmaan. But all the smear and discredit for nothing is what has hurt him most and he probably packs off Khalil to exhibit his apparent displeasure at Khalil's behaviour.

I must re-read chapter 3 to see if Durga has left some hidden message as to the whereabouts of the farmaan to Heera in her letter. Or probably the both the sisters knew about the safe place. Probably Heera has it with her in her journey. If so or even otherwise would it be wise to delay her journey by so many days for the sake of 2 men? That too in the house of a stranger whose loyalty she cannot be sure of. Humamity sentiments apart, shouldn't her first priority be her own safety and the safety of her farmaan if she has it with her?

Sandhya I so liked reading those bold-ed lines. You've penned it very well!👏

Edited by Kalgi22 - 9 years ago

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Shraddha

@lashy

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Posted: 9 years ago

#810

Originally posted by: Sandhya.A

Heera is getting more and more adorable with each chapter. No wonder Shyamala Aunty has already laid claims with 'my Heera'. She is everything i wanted Jodha to be. She has everything i loved about Elizabeth Bennet, even more. She has a bigger purpose, greater responsibility and a physical handicap too. She is handling them all with immense dignity and resourcefulness.👏
Her 'not in the way' retort was neat and effective.👍🏼 It was a noiseless return punch.😆 While Akbar sounded obviously rude with his remark Heera produced the same sting most graciously.
Of course! And I loved your noiseless return punch 😆

And inspite of the searing pain she has the political astuteness to strike the iron when hot and garner support for her purpose and her motherland. This is a woman of steel under the dainty exterior.
Thanks Sandy😳

Her sister was no less even in the most testing circumstances. She had the smarts and wisdom to fool Khalil even when she was losing. She managed to win the situation for her homeland even in the final moments of her life.
Yes she did!

The Shehzade might not have minded so much for Durga's fate or the bad name it earned him had Khalil procured the real farmaan. But all the smear and discredit for nothing is what has hurt him most and he probably packs off Khalil to exhibit his apparent displeasure at Khalil's behaviour.
Yes... after all he must know the kind of things that take place at riots etc.. so even if he doesn't encourage it, I imagine he turns a blind eye many times...

but, this was a nobleman's daughter...and during a time when he is looking to step up his game and needs more 'support' in court, this was most inopportune... distancing himself from Khalil for the time being was a political manoeuvre 😊

I must re-read chapter 3 to see if Durga has left some hidden message as to the whereabouts of the farmaan to Heera in her letter.

Or probably the both the sisters knew about the safe place. Probably Heera has it with her in her journey. If so or even otherwise would it be wise to delay her journey by so many days for the sake of 2 men? That too in the house of a stranger whose loyalty she cannot be sure of. Humamity sentiments apart, shouldn't her first priority be her own safety and the safety of her farmaan if she has it with her?

No Sandy Begum... that was one 'lapse' in communication... Durga had forgotten to mention to Heera where the real farmaan is
As far as everyone (including Heera) is concerned.. the farmaan has been lost... (so staying back at Aidabad might be no more than an inconvenience at this point...)

Mohan is her chief guard... not just a soldier.. he handles her security arrangements... and he is more of a family member than a guard... been serving in their family...served her father too..
I cannot imagine Heera would leave Mohan behind (or even anyone else for that matter) behind ...much as it made more political sense to do so.. (unless of course it was an instantaneous life/death scenario)
Unfortunately that's the problem a kind leader faces... isn't it?

If she had more provision to be able to carry them over to Bansi (like stretchers) she would have moved on...
which is why she's written to her kakasa at Bansi asking for help...

Right now, at least as per her observation/calculation, she is in 'hiding' and in a relatively 'unknown' place... so the urgency is more for the sake of guards' health & her plans..