I agree completely, Ela, it was a very moving scene, and so dignified in its understated, silent, and thus all the more poignant grief. No rona dhona at all.
And the storm of guilt that is gathering force inside Rudra was a sort of counterpoint to this still mourning. One felt that one was in the eye of a storm, where there is a virtual calm, and that the storm was going to break very soon.
And it did. My heart went out to Maimuyi in her helpless despair and fear, for she alone has the perceptiveness to grasp what Rudra is feeling now and thus what he is likely to do.
As for Rudra's kneejerk decision to leave, his rationale is all well and good, but like all self-centred children, he has no notion of what will happen to Maimuyi if he vanishes like this without a trace, leaving no message either. But that is a kid all over!
Shyamala
Originally posted by: elasingh
Peaceful death to Udiya baba...and very touching scene at shamshan ghat...very poignant...You could feel mortality of this world and life..