In the Vale of a Myriad Flowers: A FF (On Hold) - Page 8

Originally posted by: shailusri1983

Beautiful beautiful poem, Shailaja... I can't believe you were in doubt... no one... absolutely no one would say that you don't do poetry more often...

And the gist of it was just like the questions I'd posted... I'm telepathic

Jodha: Until you come! Don't you know? It is dangerous outside! See I have closed all the doors, widows and curtains of this room. I have also filled two full buckets of water in my bathroom. Now we are safe in here. Listen to me! You also don't go out! It isn't safe! I am telling you because you are good and not like others outside!

This one para explained everything so well... more than any headlines could... watching the news through the eyes of a child who's experienced it...

You know... I once read in an article... the interview of a few people living in wartorn areas.. they literally slept with their shoes on and bags strapped...because they wouldn't know when the next bomb raid would be and when they'd have to run...

In a big tea estate in Kashmir,

"Aapne Jalal ko dekha?" (Did you see Jalal?)

The two workers nodded, "Nahin Begum Sahiba! Hum ne Choote Sarkar ko nahin dekha!"

Chote sarkar! aa gaye hamaare chote sarkar... don't you think there's something so regal about Urdu

He loved everyone around him and was the apple of everyone's eyes. He was so sweet and lovable that he knew not what tears really were. He always loved to smile and keep the people round him smiling and happy. He never cared about stature or associating with people of his own class or religion.

True to the man he was named after👍🏼

Smiling naughtily, Jalal said, "See here Ammi! Nothing happened to me! The puppy is also safe!"

Yes thankfully... because you're the hero of the story... warna ... you ought to be careful!

One who can do something to save somebody just stands and watches doing nothing! When we can make a difference, we have to make a difference instead of standing in the vast crowd and getting lost in it! We have to standout among the crowd!

I was wondering where you were taking it with the puppy incident... till I read this para... gives us an insight as to how this child thinks... and how he is going to think in future...

He is like that only! Careless!

Not careless, Ammi! I care a lot!

Very pithy lines

And you know who your Jalal reminds me of... have you seen Taal?

Akshay Khanna's character in it?

In it, Akshay Khanna plays a good man and a very confident young man... never raises his voice... always soft spoken... his conviction in his love for Aishwarya's character is amazing... but despite the class differences, he never fights with his dad, never fights with her or throws a fit.. he is just so sure of his thinking... and rides the tides with calm confidence...

Hamida Bano was giving instructions to her manager, "Jaimal Bhaisa, I have kept some clothes, necessary essentials and sweets for the children of the orphanage over there! Will you please give it to them on your way home?

Stuti and you.. both have a Jaimal 😆

Jaimal: What will happen to me? I have lived here all my life. Everybody here know me and respect me. I have nothing to fear from any of them!

Ok this sounded ominous!

"Jalal, if both of you meet a group of strangers on the road and they begin asking questions, you will confidently tell that your name is Jalaluddin Akbar and that he is your Mamu Jaan! Will you?"

Reminds me of scene from Bombay with Nassir taking the Muslim kid... and he rubs his vibhooti, because a mob were coming to attack

Jalal smilingly said, "Of course, Ammi! If I will not call Mamu as Mamu, what else will I?"

Innocence!😭

Precap: Jalal asked a scared Jodha whose face hesitantly peered across a tiny opening in the window, "Kya tum mera dost banogi?" He wasn't able to see her full face. All he saw were her full, lustrous brown and hazel eyes which wore a perpetual hunted look.

Waiting to read about the first meeting.. ❤️

Thanks for the update... and keep updating quickly quickly... 🤗