NOVEL~*Hiding behind a Stranger*~THREAD 52 - CHAPTER 57 - UPD 28th Jan - Page 12

Originally posted by: jiya.k

Aapke iss aaftaab ki ab hum kya taarif kare sandy begum Innke 'JAMAAL' ke toh yanha sab ghayal hai 😳aur aapke lafzo ke hum kaayal hai...👏

WORD OF THE DAY...

JAMAAL - BEAUTY

Originally posted by: Testmytest

Dearies,

Wanted to share this with you all:

This was in the Nat Geo magazine: New species, "Vogelkop superb bird of paradise" is what it is called 😲. Its feathers fan into a unique crescent shape and has distinctive moves, like a Latin dance where all the motion is below the hips (according to the magazine)

Found in Western New Guinea, an island near Australia!

Somehow seeing snow in this light doesn't do the winter season any favours!😆

Hope it was not too tiring, Baisa!🤗

Periyamma's GM post- great quotes. 👍🏼

Rekha, Kuki, Vathsy, Lavanya, Lashy Sahiba- 👏

Originally posted by: Vmanoh

All those who have done Right will all be left,

All those who were wrong will bite the dust!

All the ones who are upright will pass the test,

All the ones who are evil minded will be bust!...

Rightly said, Baisa!👏

Originally posted by: Sandhya.A

The duel

You remember the edit of the return of the Ustaad? And all our collective gasps and adoration. You hastily reminded us that it a was figurative edit. 😆 That should have told us that the entry per se was not going to be one to evoke gasps, but nevertheless the duel in itself was a seeti maar one.

The story has defied the regular hero-giri heroine-giri right from the start. Our hero is a recluse, who is focused on the ends rather than the style of the means. Principled disciplined but doesn't put it in the showcase and expect praises or appreciation. (Would have been a sore disappointment to JB) Rather he prefers to be unnoticed till he strikes the final blow.

>>>Your Lub for her is something else🤪🤣

So is Heera. Unusual for a heroine but for her breathtaking beauty. Can look deep into a person/issue inspite of limited vision. Very cautious willed and strong from within. Yet gentle and calm on the exterior. A young girl with the charms of youth and wisdom of the old.

This duel was no less in its being different. No chest thumping by the hero. No mass entry. No brandishing swords followed by lengthy speeches. He doesn't become He-man magically in two weeks. He gains enough strength to fight but hasto use it wisely for he has one more to go. So he uses strategy than heroism. Tires the swine out. Drains out his josh and makes him frustrated enough to lose his caution. Is tricked once but recovers and strikes back smartly. Plays his cards wisely and reveals his strength only as the duel progresses.

His manipulation wins back the Shehzade's interest.

Chanakya would have simply adored your leads Lashy.

You are a master at action sequences as you are with romance Sahiba. Surely we baisas feel that we have occupied an enclosure at the arena and that the duel took place 'aankhon saamne'. Right from the first clang our cheers were audible, even above the Parnagarhis and Manswaris. Weren't they? 😉

>>>of, course 😎

Moreover this chapter was rich in its choice of words and the imagery which made the arena and the duel more realistic.👏

Thankyou for giving the swine his due. 👍🏼

First the demons of guilt.

Fall from confidence.

Fall from pride.

Fall from honour and life.

A handsome life wasted. Like Durga's. But he wrought it upon himself. Unlike her. That is why she died in glory and he in disgrace. Intentions alone do not matter. Ends do not justify means always. And certainly not when it is underhand or backstabbing.

⭐️⭐️⭐️

Lashy, i know Mahender was supposed to be lesser of the evils in the story. (Hence the guilt, conscience prick haunt and untimate relief as he breathed his last.)But my hatred for him surpassed the rest.😆

One can argue that AMK too played with Heera's trust to get at the farmaan. Had Heera died un expectantly in the course of his mission then AMK too stands in the same accused box. But it is what they did or would have done AFTER that that tells them apart. Akbar didnt use the 'love' card and go cosy with his mistress. And if Heera had a little sister AMK wouldn't have oggled at her in the garden as the next means to get at the farmaan. His consience would have torn him apart. It is here that the swine loses his respectability. His pride never allowed him to feel any true remorse. He only admitted Durga's loss as unfortunate. Of course his conscience did prick him. Hence her look alike for a wife and the haunting in his last days. And a ll this was only after he was driven to a desperate situation. Had he been hale and hearty in Manswar would he feel Durga haunt hin? He would have been too proud to care. He didnt have the humanism in him to feel sorry or make amends which AMK would have done.

👏👏👏

His vanity, ego, lack of principles and inner strength, sense of assumed importance doubles his mistakes and ultimately led to his deserved end. Honestly, I didnt feel any sadness. Just a sense of 'it had to be so'. Had it been anything less it wouldhave been unfair.

Originally posted by: Sandhya.A

Teer si aankhen aur teeki baankpan aur ghayal karnewali Husn-o-jamaal

Deewana kar de unki zaalim adayein aur shararat, aise hain hamare Jalal. ☺️

Originally posted by: roseraja1915

Congratulations, Senior Member James Banna! 🥳👏 🤗

Originally posted by: roseraja1915

>>> Me? Angry with you, Chellam ? Impossible! You might have triggered a bout of coughing , maybe, but anger, never!😉 😆

Originally posted by: roseraja1915

Congratulations, Senior Member James Banna! 🥳👏 🤗

Good night, darling Sahibas and James Banna. See you tomorrow.🤗

Originally posted by: Sandhya.A

Originally posted by jiya.k

Aapke iss aaftaab ki ab hum kya taarif kare sandy begum Innke 'JAMAAL' ke toh yanha sab ghayal hai 😳aur aapke lafzo ke hum kaayal hai...👏

WORD OF THE DAY...

JAMAAL - BEAUTY

Teer si aankhen aur teeki baankpan aur ghayal karnewali Husn-o-jamaal

Deewana kar de unki zaalim adayein aur shararat, aise hain hamare Jalal. ☺️