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Lana Ghosh

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Posted: 7 years ago

#1121

Originally posted by: lashy

Hayooo now really shy coming! Thank you so much Chellam for every little thing you do... starting from the good mornings to the good nights... from teasing me to melting at my cuteness... from fighting with me to fighting for me... you are only true bff 🤗

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Shraddha

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Posted: 7 years ago

#1122

Originally posted by: Vmanoh
C 47 - A chapter served with Thrills, Chills and flirts
Hope you are feeling much better now, Vathsy. 🤗you sure do sound it through your review... and hope you had a great day of celebrations!
A place... not far from Aidabad -
Sayyid's great escape with a noble mission. His luck that he ends up in the abode of a Vaid who is principled enough not to give him away.
Yes.. he does... he was lucky, wasn't he? But, he did use brain + brawn! 😳 He deserved a break of luck!
Midway between Parnagarh and Manswar
The wilderness... following those rules of interrogations, upping the ante with a flaunting display of blood chilling knife throws & at the receiving end a proud Rajput who finally succumbs to his captor's questioning when his kids life is on the line felt the chills all the way.
Oh dear... after all those chills that the flu had already been giving you, I hope I didn't send too many more your way now 😒
😆🤗
Parnagarh
The Haveli's gardens A mother's smile. Lashy you love to pull our legs don't you? Btw I have a nagging question related to this & will ask you later. 😉
Omg... where did the nagging koschun go? Or rather, when will it come? 😲
'Will we ever live worry-free?' However much they know the reality, this must be a question that will prop up for our protagonists at times of troubles. You too keep reminding us 😲 - lest we forget?
yenna panrathu? That's the nature of the story, the setting and their decisions!
The woods Where he chose to deliver the bad news. That combined target practice was so alluring & what a seductress Heera turns out to be. My my...
>>>☺️
The capital So the tattle tale 🐷 is going to show his prowess to the prince.
Tattle tale... another lovely adjective he gets! 😆
That first crack in the AMK/Shehzade relationship back when the assignment was handed back to Khalil is now going to get another blow this time from the Shehzade's perspective me thinks.
>>>
Riverside AMK keeps tabs on his Huzoor's activities to keep abreast with the happening while he is not there. Our Ustaad is indeed a top notch strategist.
Yes he does... how else will he be aware? No mobiles or bugging devices in those days - so, had to make do with puny attendant! 😉
Lashy - Loved the chapter so much and will be going back to read it - to devour the thrills & the tinge of romance.- wanted to write this now as it's suda suda for me. 😆
OMG going back to read it... ishhh THAT is indeed the biggest compliment I could be paid! 🤗so, thrills and romance are your cup of tea, are they now?
Viruviruppana aththiyayam -👏👍🏼
LOVELY DA! Thanks a quintal! 🤗

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Shraddha

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Posted: 7 years ago

#1123

Originally posted by: lghosh

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You are my Knight na.. 😡 knight doesn't do DQ giri!

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Shraddha

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Posted: 7 years ago

#1124

Originally posted by: divyadaya13
Hi lashy dear, sorry for late review. Kya karein "aap ke talent ke samne hamare shabd kam pad jaate hain". Just writing awesome update will be an injustice to your hard work and when it comes to writing review especially to your stories i am no where near to your standard of vocabulary and there are many talented baisas here who put into their reviews whatever i felt while reading and most of the times i am amazed with their thoughts related to the characters👏. Well now here is my short review.

Ufffo Divya... more than all of this, it is your presence and your encouragement that actually matters, that actually counts.. trust me... it means so much when I see the readers - each one in their own special way - dropping in what they felt about the update...
🤗 and you have done it in Divya style! 😎

Thanks to the sensible, humane vaidraj our aziz is saved, hope he reaches his ustaab before its too late. Poor guy is doing all he can for his ustaad.
OMG this our Azeez mistake got you a warning from Cookie... 🤣so cute...
But yes... Sayyid is doing all he can... injured, starving and yet going forth! 👍🏼

As usual our akheera scenes are always mindblowing.😳. Whether its akbar or heera it makes me wonder do such humans really exist, but dear lashy you do make us believe that they do coz you make us feel your character are for real rather than part of some story so thorough are you with your facts👏
Oh thank you so much... the story is a fantasy... and the protagonists are respected leaders of two clans.. so unlike the run-of-the-mill or cutesy protagonists (like the ones in NJAPA), Akbar and Heera had to be sketched as two people we are meant to look up to, as examples... for eg Chatrapathi Shivaji, Maharana Pratap, Shehenshah Jalal-ud-din Mohammed, Chandra Gupta Maurya, Baji rao etc etc... read about these great men and you'll realise the types of AMK did exist, albeit only a few!👏

So, in a way what you've written is what I hoped to achieve... 👍🏼

Hope shehzaade is sensible and does not get carried away because of this spineless swine, the so called kunwarsa🤢. But seeds of doubt once sown leads to many destructive behaviour.
Take a bow for this line alone! Amazingly well said👏

knowing khan sahib by now i feel swines plans are going to fail in future chapters.
I love the kind of faith all the readers have in him!
A big hug to you for a wonderful chapter lashy🤗
Thank you sweetie!🤗

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Lana Ghosh

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Posted: 7 years ago

#1125

Originally posted by: lashy

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You are my Knight na.. 😡 knight doesn't do DQ giri!

Haan karta hai but it is called DKgiri!! 😆 To get the attention of the DQ!! 😉😆

And I get it, you have your one and ONLY true BFF!! 🥺

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Lana Ghosh

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Posted: 7 years ago

#1126

Originally posted by: lashy
Parnagarh
The Haveli's gardens A mother's smile. Lashy you love to pull our legs don't you? Btw I have a nagging question related to this & will ask you later. 😉
Omg... where did the naggin koschun go? Or rather, when will it come? 😲

I think I can guess Vatshy's nagging koschun!! 😉😆 I too asked you, remember in WA! We discussed! 😆 But will wait to see what she asks! 😛

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Shraddha

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Posted: 7 years ago

#1127

@ Sandy

Chapter 46.

Maybe because the focus shifted back from the lovey dovey romance and paasion back to the terra firma, where the evil wait to get a go at them, there was an undercurrent of impending dangers in the chapter.

There was indeed! Thing is the undercurrents of impending dangers were always there, Sandy... bits and pieces of it.. but AMK and Heera's unrequited passion was so strong that everything else got buried under it... now that the passion has been requited and more... everything else is beginning to surface...

The secret of the differently tied knot that probably hints at Heera identifying Akbar's presence/absence through the knot style. Mohan Banna's knowledge further compounds the knots in our stomach indicating the possibility of a situation where Heera is questioned in Akbar's absence and Banna comes to her rescue. 😕

Clearly the gears have shifted. From the languid dreamy pace of the previous few chapters it has picked up speed.

It has... I had mentioned earlier that Part 3 will be a phase where you can take off the seat belts and just cruise along.. with Chapter 48, the massive 'part 3' of HBAS reaches its end... it's time for us to buckle up along with the leads!

Sayyid who was in the periphery thus far comes to centre stage here. (* imagining Bond watching the scene unfold from the first row of the auditorium with increased interest*)

Of course!😆 How else/where else would she be watching?

He single handedly tracks down the grave events, disguises himself and walks into the enemy camp, learns the secrets and hoodwinks them and escapes them though outnumbered leaving the swine fuming.

Wanted to tell the foul immoral depraved polluted specimen - " Idhu summa trailer thaanda. Main picture baaki irukku."😈

>>>😆

And the incredible concern AMK shows to help her take in the bitter truth - OMG! This man is as adept at handling the finest glassware as at cutting through the hardest iron.👏

This finese of character and depth of understanding and concern for others feeling sets him a class apart. Even his extreme intelligence and terrific warrior skills are second to his wonderful innate goodness.

OMG Sandy... ye kyaa? How am I supposed to add to this? I didn't realise you were so 'taken' by his goodness ... all I can say is that he passes on his adab to you...

'Adab Sandhya Begum'

Sayyid's sojourn

Ustaad's Shagird proved that he had as much brains as brawns. He knew when to attack and when to flee and how to use his last remnant strengths to save himself. Fortune does favour the brave and he was fortunate to have been picked up by the kind hearted and intelligent Vaid Babu.

Omg this was exactly what I'd written to Vathsy above!👏

He trusted his instincts that an injured fainting man's words couldn't be false and took the risk of lying to the soldiers. (Excellent sketching of even the secondary characters Authoress Sahiba.👏)

Thank you. Thank you. And thank you once again. I did like the man, Vaid Babu a lot. A one episode Samaritan, he was to me... 😳

The act of giving the fifth coin for the timely services and that inviting Khuda's hand of help was beautifully penned.

Thank you😳

The interrogation

Chanakya would have highly appreciated our Ustaad for the implementation of Saam Daan Bhed Dand to manipulate for information. His composure and assurance of impending doom would have caused the first cracks. Appealing to noble motives like non cooperation with filthy hypocrites, and finally the 'danger to family' card. Wah Ustaad! Wah!

Arre wah Sandy you sound truly impressed!😆

One point to note here is that contrary to the belief he has probably spread on purpose Ustaad is a man of minimum violence. He doesn't tend to resort to inhuman methods even if it would make it easier for him. For example he could have nicked the prisoner's son and daughter and t hreatened to liquidate the kids in front of his eyes and get the results faster than with the clothes. This purushottam has nothing akin to ruthlessness in him. He is smart, intelligent and manipulative but by no means ruthless. Kills only to protect and as a last choice.

👍🏼 He would of course kill all those who are a direct threat to the Shehzaade. And those who dangerously double cross him. Forget the strangler and Raftaar from recent episodes... but, remember the informer who sold him out to the enemy? An act that cost him his men? In return, he left them for dead in an unburied heap - as a statement - with the informer on top! I found that act of his a bit chilling.😊

Nevertheless, THIS prisoner had done no such thing, was inherently good - thus, AMK would avoid treating such a man in a ruthless way at all cost, for as long as he could.

Paradise regained

Parnagarh that was Paradise lost when Heera lost Durga is now regained with all its warmth glory inmates and joy and super bonus in the form of its Mansabdar.

She revels in his thoughts blushes at the mention of his name is in raptures in his presence and euphoric at his touch. And above all he has let her be herself, be it in running the affairs and accounts of the place or being the lady doctor and treating others or expressing herself in every way without inhibition. And he reinforces her self confidence. She couldn't have asked for more.

And here Sandy sounds just as beautiful as Heera!

The eagle and the swine

This scene was beautifully played out with the perfidious trying to match wits with the cunning. The swine trying to extract the best out of the bargain and the Shehzade measuring him up. Waiting to see how it further unfolds.

You refer to the Shehzaade as the eagle? Interesting! ⭐️ Alright I know I have used wait and watch many times already so shall use 'time will tell' 😆

Thanks so much for this da... hope you had a good New Year yesterday! 🤗

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Shraddha

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Posted: 7 years ago

#1128

Originally posted by: lghosh

Haan karta hai but it is called DKgiri!! 😆 To get the attention of the DQ!! 😉😆

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Originally posted by: lghosh

I think I can guess Vatshy's nagging koschun!! 😉😆 I too asked you, remember in WA! We discussed! 😆 But will wait to see what she asks! 😛

Then, I'll have the same answers to her here too! 🤣

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Shraddha

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Posted: 7 years ago

#1129

Originally posted by: Shinning_Stuti

Sorry I took a long time to respond.😳
You TOTALLY made the wait worth it, didn't you? Aur waise tho kitni baar res karke vanish ho gayi Mr. India ki taraf😭! I don't mind waiting if I know Rasmalai is deffo coming at the end!🤣

Coming to the chapter! OMG Di! What you have done!
Wot?
Wot?
Wot?
😲
One of the best chapters of the novel. So fast, so crunchy, and so complete!
Sachi😳? Feels like you're describing my favourite chocolate Ferrero Rocher!
It's so complete, It's so crunchy and it gets finished so fast too!😕

And the best thing of the chapter is it gives me the vibes that from now on we will be getting this kind of chapters frequently... the story have taken a very compelling pace!😃
Yes! And I get the vibes that you are not the biggest fan of romance, are you?

The chapter has everything! From brave and loyal Sayyid to intimidating face of Ustad 😲, from sweet banters to refreshing romance ☺️, and last but not the least... the encounter between that foxy Mahindar 😡 and THE PRINCE!😃 From first sentence to the last word, it kept on giving me goosebumps!😲
Thanks da.. I knew that this chapter had a lot.. but there was no OTHER way it could be... because of the timelines and simultaneous occurrences in different parts of the empire... and also these incidents had to end here to make way for the next set of incidents in 48.

Firstly, when I first saw the banner long before you posted the update, I was scared! I have almost assumed that Sayyid will become a martyr 😭...
Nahiii... Bond will be🥺

Thank god that he is not dead at least for now!
For now? Hayooo😆

But I really became emotionally attached while reading the description of Sayyid's condition! How do you rate this awesome rendition of melancholy just by playing with words? I am amazed again and again! Why are you so awesome Di? 😳
😲 *gulp* I ... errr... errr...

Sayyid's loyalty towards his boss and his duty fills the heart with content. The short presence of the old healer added more positive lights in the chapter. 😳
Thanks da!😳

The next part... Ustaad!! OMG! I always had a mysterious feeling about this particular entity of Akbar. I knew he is rigid, tough and unforgiving... but I never thought that Heera's romantic hero Akbar can also be so scary! I was really scared while reading the particular part of interrogation.

He was, is and always will be an Ustaad... it is through the course of his interactions with Heera, that parts of him have found a balance... to become Heera's AMK😳 The old AMK was lost forever (innocence) when his mother upped and left him to die.
'You work for that monstrous mentor who bathes in the blood of children and women? A man who doesn't sleep at night, unless his armies have crushed many innocent Hindu lives merely to fulfill his Huzoor's dreams?'

It seems there are a lot of myths and rumours float in air regarding the capacity of Ustaad. And Ustaad actually cashes those as per his own requirements... as his rules says...
Of course na... if you need to scare someone... and they are already thinking you are the scariest man alive... you aren't going to correct them saying 'Actually, if you know me, I am not all THAT scary' 😆

His second rule of interrogations - to never let a prisoner ever doubt that he was indeed the most heartless man they'd met. Even if the truth was far from it.

😲 😲

As the weapon ripped through his body, it was meant to burn like a torch on raw flesh. As warm blood escaped with each beat, leaving his body whiter and clothes redder, it was meant to drain his soul drop by drop. It was meant to...

Why are you biting nails? He didn't actually aim at his body, but half-an-inch above that na!😆

His fourth rule of interrogations - if a sane man would not buckle under the threat to his family - the threat to his first-born son - there would be nothing else in this world that could get him to buckle! '

Baaappp ree!!😭 😲

Now THIS part I know - would've unnerved my readers.. but by the end of it, we could all see what he was trying to achieve and why!

After such a long time of reading the novel, I actually realized how much cold-blooded professional actually Akbar is!

Yup!😎 As in... he's not the sort to melt to needless emotional drama and what not (unless it's Heera - and Heera would never do it needlessly. So, he's chosen wisely that way😉😆!)

And I am again flat on Akbar. 😆 Though his this form is not at all lovable like his romantic avatar.😛

>>>😎

So, as per the previous discussion between Akbar and Heera, they grabbed an excellent pointer on Tejraj. Let's see how Akbar exploits Tejraj against Mahindar! Super excited to see what happens now!!

Yes. Wait and watch da!

Well, I liked the Rajput prisoner as well.😃 He shows his guts throughout the interrogation process and does not give in. The dialogue I liked the most-

'I'm done covering for the womanising alcoholic Kunwar, who is an insult to us honourable Rajputs...

🤣

>>> I mentioned this to Lavanya about the prisoner in my reply to her and this is what I'd like to share with you too.
I wanted the prisoner to be a normal man... like us... neither a caricature... nor a lofty folkish Rajput with an overblown sense of valour. But a commoner who knew right from wrong and practical from impractical.

At the next part, when Ustaad becomes the loving romantic husband of Heera again, it is tough to imagine both are actually the same man. The transformation of Akbar from Ustaad to a normal family man is the most interesting balancing factor of his life. And you balance both of them so perfectly!

Thank you sooo much! This is possibly one of the toughest parts of HBAS itself!

Do I need to say how much I loved the romantic encounter? ☺️ Better I keep mum.

Mum? Nahiii we'd love to hear more

Removing his bow from the saddle belt and an arrow from his quiver, Akbar placed the weapon in front of his Begum - poising it perfectly in line with her height and shoulders. It did take her by surprise - seeing how she was not used to facing the curve of a bow or the feathers of an arrow from so close. But it didn't stop there. Gently shutting her eyelids, he navigated both her palms - curling each finger of her left around the grip, one by one, and then curling her right thumb around the string.

Offf!!

Stuti I haven't seen you respond in such colourful emojis in a long while and so it really was refreshing! 😆

'Tonight Heera... by moon-rise... I promise you...'

'A promise that the moon will be left agape... witnessing its beauty lose to my Begum's...' he paused 'particularly as her femininity blossoms... in my throes of passion tonight...'

O My My!! ❤️

>>>☺️
However, now Akbar and Heera has seen the true colour of Mahindar!😡

'So, after humiliating me... after trampling all over my sister's raped and discarded body...' she whimpered 'he went back to meet Khalil, did he?'

And I was feeling sorry for Mahindar when he came to Panagarh first after the mishap. 😡 🤢

Yes!

And after that, appearance of the prince! 👏

It was really an intimidating turn! Mahindar is trying to team up with the man who is actually the source of Akbar's powers!

Very well worded, Stuti. Then again, no surprise coming from you, is it?

It is good that the prince believes Akbar to be the most loyal; but let's see for how long he would stick to his belief instead of falling into Mahindar's manipulation!

True!

An interesting fact, the name of Durga Bai comes too many times in between the discussion. It seems Durga Bai will be present with Mahindar even without being alive forever, as long as Mahindar survives with his evil intentions.

I'd mentioned this early on... a chapter or two after she was killed and when she was the hot topic of discussion everywhere - one of the readers said 'How could we forget Durga so easily?'
I'd said Durga will not be forgotten. Not till the last chapter! 😊

Let's see how Akbar takes the news that Mahindar is manipulating the Shahzada...

Wait and watch da!
Waiting for the next Di!😃

Thanks a ton for this. Really means a lot!🤗

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Lana Ghosh

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Posted: 7 years ago

#1130

Originally posted by: lashy

One of the best chapters of the novel. So fast, so crunchy, and so complete!
Sachi😳? Feels like you're describing my favourite chocolate Ferrero Rocher!
It's so complete, It's so crunchy and it gets finished so fast too!😕

Oh really?? 😉 3 layers of yumminess coated with chocolate crunch and then soft chocolate and finally the core of hazelnut leaving a delicious taste lingering on the taste buds craving for more!! Reminds me of someone who has several layers and each layer like the different texture reflects his intelligence followed by emotions and feelings and finally, his core reveals his sensuous nature!

Oh FR is your favourite?? I didn't know that! 😉 I thought it was only my favourite! 😆