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Originally posted by: divyavm

Writer-e-khaas,

I always say you have a knack of making us wonder where we are as you slowly raise the curtains on the scene.

And I always love it when you mention how you felt when you realised where this maze takes you... 🤗

The last person I expected you to start with was Mahendar and how many little details you packed in the introductory scene including his memories of Durga (she still seems top of mind), his dislike to look shabby (or rather his superficial focus on false appearances), and the continued presence of Durga in his thoughts as his wife could only look like her but never be like Durga, who was lost thanks to Khalil. You almost gave a mini-tour of the crooked crevices of his brain in that scene.

Yes... almost like an entire episode of his life has been skipped since we've been busy focusing on the leads ever since Bansi... and now, we enter a new phase of his life so it had to cover up all those missed portions ...

of course, new phase but his crookedness is never meant to go anywhere!😈

And then you smoothly transition to Parnagarh, where we withness the various threads of nuanced thoughts weaving in Harka's minds. The churning (from my prior take) had almost stopped but she seemed to be more worried why it had stopped and that it may return. Things were slipping into a normalcy, which she feared was a mere illusion.

That's what happens when tragedy strikes again and again! Believing that life can be normal takes a while!

I particularly liked the detail of how Akbar had returned the accounts and responsibilities to Harka; a small detail that said a lot.

Thanks dear... 😳

And somewhere, it seemed like life was coming full circle. The horse races that had earlier introduced Harka and Durga to us was back again and as Bindiya said, maybe Harka's long lost spirits were recovering as well with a few giggles and chuckles along the way.
Well noted... it did come a full circle... and it doesn't end there! 😉

And the horse race itself had so many undercurrents of the dynamics of Harka and Akbar's relationship, and what a unique way to bring it to the fore.
- Harka's wish to stay away but curiousity to see what was happening (similar to why she asked the questions in her head earlier about Akbar when she claimed she didn't care to know the answers to them).

Strange are the ways of our mind... especially when it's in conflict with the heart!😎
- Akbar, always at a distance, with a keen awareness of Harka's every move and thought, both during the race and in daily life.

Hai hai!
- Bahadur as the symbol of their times of closeness, loyalty, and trust. Always there, steady and dependable.

Of course... he is like an adopted brother/child to them... call it what you may...❤️
- And then there was Sufi, the white horse, moving like the beautiful poetry of their story that was still incomplete.

The first line👏... take a bow, Divya... moving like the beautiful poetry of their incomplete story!🤗

Was Harka more attracted to the horse or the focused rider later who took him to victory is the question?

You tell me! 😉
- The undercurrents of jealousy as Harka was bothered by two new girls who were eyeing their Mansabdar (now, not sure if there is something more suspicious about this twosome than their admiration for Akbar) or Akbar slightly envious at the attention Sufi was getting from his Sahiba.
They were both envious... Akbar's was more playful... that she chose the horse over the rider...

and Heera's was real jealousy! Like the one AMK had when he first heard Mahendar's name!😛

And who won their mental games at the end of the race? This round at first seemed to have gone to Akbar; but both had won in their own way.
No...they both won in their own ways...

Had AMK not slowed Bahadur down, Heera's calculations would've come a winner

Then again, AMK always knew Bahadur couldn't/shouldn't run at those speeds, so he was the assured winner...😆

And of all of this, the star of this chapter for me was Bahadur. Bahadur had been the steady bond that had always connected Harka and Akbar- from when his own life was being saved to when he had had been with his master through every angst as they set out to save Harka. Bahadur was so cute in how he reached out to Harka and how he insisted on winning for Harka's belief in him and Akbar's affection. And so, I leave my take with the following:
The underlined made me misty-eyed..🤗

No crowd could ever hide you from me
Incomplete I am without your tender care and affection
Only when you look into my eyes you will recognize their honesty and loyalty
Your attention to another gave rise to a seed of envy
With your support, I can take on every race against time and pain
Both Bahadur and AMK... singing it to Heera!🤔

Who am I describing here? Is it one alone? Where is my take 5 (it's there in a few ways)? I felt like having some free form fun with this chapter.

And we all had such fun with you...🤗

What a chapter

Thank you da

Lashy dear; perhaps a bit of fun and games before the miners and Mahendar arrive?

Wait and watch!😈

Keep passing such remarks... and be assured, Tejraj... you, your two wives and your children will be homeless again.

If he had married (challenging) Durga, he would have used this stlye of remark to her as well( like he uses with Tejraj)