NOVEL~*Hiding behind a Stranger*~Thread 7~ Chapter 12 - UPD 10th Aug - Page 115

Originally posted by: lashy

Happy international left-handed day to Harshu, Akanksha, Chellam... and all others who might have been missed 🤗

Originally posted by: lashy

Originally posted by: harshu27

dis is just amazing lashy... it looks so elegant...😳

Originally posted by: lashy

Originally posted by: alffim

Kotwal is a policeman cum judge (in India we call Panchayat) this was the system followed around this (15th - 17th c) time.. because every city every problem could not be taken to the capital... (transportation/time constraints) so the Kotwal is the authority of the city... most possibly, he wouldn't need anyone's permission to go into a house... and at this time (unlike today), houses/rooms had no doors either... only a main door, which was only closed at night...

Plus, Akbar was not even there at home when this happened... he was on his way out of town and returned to find the Kotwal and all his men there...

Also, this is not like the fancy metropolitan cities of today where everyone minds their own business... in smaller towns and villages, one house's problem becomes entire neighbourhood's problem. I don't know how it is in Russia, zhanna... but even today in India, people will barge in uninvited... to give their opinions, raise their voices and add to the confusion too, if they sense a problem in a neighbour's house! 😆

Don't get me wrong... many times, such people help too... 😊

Thank you for the clarification! I was always very interesting to try to understand the habits and customs of the "inside". Stories of travelers - it's still the opinions of people with a different mentality. We have such a relationship can only be in small villages. But to break into a house other people will not..

Even the policemen? 🤔 Cannot enter?

It's because in Russia taken hold in the villages of guard dogs. (In city too).😛 Usually this mongrel dogs, but now a lot such as ...

The Caucasian Shepherd Dog

Such a majestic creature.. like a wolf, nearly! 😉

or

Central Asian Shepherd Dog (alabuy)

These dogs can be equated to the possession of weapons. 😃

And with such guards the house no one will want to intrude.

of course... though there were Akbar's managers/stable boys already there... so Kotwal had only responded to the alarm raised

You are very right, that this unceremoniousness has a positive side, if you require immediate assistance.

You know you'd said Gauri was prejudiced against Akbar because he was a Mughal...it's not true... she was prejudiced against him because he is the man who's able to get her Lady Harka out of depression... she fears for Harka's future...

Actually, the boy (Gafhoor's brother) Gauri was protecting, was a Muslim boy too... here the prejudice was because of the 'Man' Khan Sahib is (someone whom Heera is growing fascinated by)... and not because of his religion... because she knows such a union is not favourable!😳 So, she has an inherent dislike for him..

I agree. A biased opinion is not Gauri, rather, Bindy and others from the group of Heera.
I admire Gauri. When I wrote that I didn't trust the boy, it because I had read about the identity of Akbar in the previous chapters. Smile For Gauri he is a stranger and her kindness and fortitude worthy of high praise.

Thank you dear.. 🤗 I keep meaning to ask... how is your knee, now?

Originally posted by: karkuzhali

The Story so far...

The tension in the Moghul Court and the anger of the Prince

The minister searching for proof but failing to convince

The sezadhe wanting it by hook or crook

For which the steps his sidekick took

And the young seventeen year old

Trying to protect the lands with difficulties untold

Tell the importance of Parngarh, and its fields of iron ore,

Her formidable courage and the heights to which she soared!

She was a beauty and also had a tact

She showed by her purchase of the Arab horse for her price to be exact

But alas! All her effort failed while protecting the farman

From the clutches of the Prince's evil man

She fought with indomitable courage, alone with all her might

Poor lass! She lost her dignity and her life that night

Having in her mind the only solace

That the farman was kept in a secret undisclosed place..

Her sixteen year old sibling who was to protect the legacy

Travelled in disguise in the dense forest with her disability

With a dozen aides and a few maids

For protection in case of any raids

Destiny made her meet on her way a stranger

Who happened to save her from any danger

Little did she think she would meet him again

For events that later happened were nobody's design

Destiny again made her stay a few nights

In his haveli, to be under his sight

Which gave her a chance to meet him twice or thrice

That gave her a strange sensation to her surprise

He made a mark in her heart so deep

That inside his heart she wanted to peep

He must have had a past in his life she did presume

But was hesitant to probe it and exhume..

Petty events took place for them to come closer

But he didn't reveal his mind but remained a poser

What will happen between them is anybody's guess

But it may be anything with a man who is under stress

For the author has shown a twist in the tale

By revealing a 'not so important man' an evil male

Will the forthcoming events justify,

The talent of the author to testify?

Karkuzhali.

Originally posted by: lashy

Originally posted by: lashy

Thanks da... 🤗

Though, at most, all I've done is add a bindi to the already exquisite unparalleled beauty that is the poem itself!

Btw Harshu... just meant to ask... did you read the chapter? 😳

Originally posted by: karkuzhali

Thank you Manasi for my favourite sweet Rasmalai!

Thank you Lashy for giving placing my poem in a high pedestal!

Thank you Harshu, Adwi, Bindu, Kuki and Zhanna for you beautiful replies!

Saraswathi Periyamma/ Aunty/Di/Akka.