My dear Santhi,
I am quite late with this, but I had net access problems for most of 2 days, thanks to MS and a dodgy patch they put out earlier this week. My laptop was stuck in what they call an Update Hell, and given my mobility problem, sorting this out was difficult. Anyhow, here I am!
Thank you as always for the lavish praise; you will soon make me a thoroughgoing addict!
Two points, one about the Part 1. While I too have, after watching that segment again, come round to the idea that Sahadev Malla is not hiding in the Pandey house
baudi, it is also true that the whole part about Shivanand entering the
baudi, in fact jumping down to the top of the steps, and then proceeding cautiously down them, and Sahadev being startled by a sound - which at first sight would be taken fo the thump of Shivanand landing at the top of the steps- and then preparing to slug it out with the intruder, has been carefully and deliberately shot to confuse the viewer. Anyone can be excused for assuming that Sahadev was in the same underground area as Shivanand and his library!
Then again, as I have noted above to Sandhya, I wonder how safe it was, Shivanand's underground set up, with the opening of the
baudi accessible to all. And how did Shivanand set up all this stuff - not just the books, but all the electronic gizmos and what looks like a full scale radio jockey's studio - in that underground area that is part of
khoye paaye Pandey's house?? The theory that no one would look for it in enemy territory is all fine, but how did HE get there undetected, and how did he bring all this material across and install it ? That too all by himself, as per Sahadev Malla? This is creative licence with a vengeance!
Two, since Daadi says that Daada refused the
amrit from the Saraswati Kund after the attack on their ashram by the 'Veshes, it stands to reason that it was there till then. So it had not dried up earlier because of Shivanand's
naadaniyaan, as Daadi was telling Rudra., which was my interpretation. I was wrong.
It is now clear that it dried up because of the attack, which Daadi somehow attributes to Shiva's researching sacred subjects like the
garuda chinna-amrit-Saraswati Kund linkages and bringing divine retribution (courtesy the 'Veshes?) down upon all of them. I do not agree with her at all, neither about this nor about her aversion to any idea of revenge and, what is worse, her being willing to brush the destruction of her whole family by the 'Veshes aside as due to their innate nature. Left to her, she would go on talking of seva until the whole Brahma Nisht Panth was destroyed because of the lack of firm action from their side. The good can last only as long as they stand up to the bad and defeat them. Daadi reminds me of a delightful ostrich!
Now we are on to the
nagas. Nice, and I am relieved that we did not end up with remixed Dementors!😉 Do see my response above to Mishti's very interesting story about the
garuda-naga rivalries.
More on Sunday, hopefully. My finger is now ok, but my knee is as troublesome as ever. Sometimes I feel that it is getting worse, not better!😡
Shyamala
Originally posted by: pasumarthisa
Shyamala ji,
Wishing you a speedy recovery with your finger and knee. You consistently amaze me with your writing.
I was pulling my hair apart on the question - how does Balivesh know about Rudra's knowledge of his panth etc. Because Rudra didn't know anything when he left Kashi. Bored my friends with that argument. Because then he should know Rudra might have met his dadi? But Balivesh does mention to Shiva that his dad and wife could not be spared. So they might be aware of dadi's survival?
But you raised many more important questions.
Greyerson would have wanted balivesh's help in unearthing the book. He wouldn't want to reveal kpp's identity to Balivesh. He himself was unaware that the 'gulabo' is balivesh's house. He wanted to pass on Shiva's information and Balivesh mistook it as something else. But the point is why is Greyerson not after that shop if he trusts Shiva to pass vital information. Its a miss on part of writers or they intentionally left that loose.
Like you said, Shivanand would have finished the show in 2 more episodes if he was left to go at that rate. I found the burning of the mansion episode not well written. Suddenly things just happen so easily?
Your take on Maya is awesome. Things happen to her and not the other way round. But even Rudra was like that. Things used to happen to him. Till he met dadi. Even Maya cheated him and brought him to Prayag. Whatever be her motives, she lied to Rudra big time. I am surprised why Rudra never questioned her motives? And he does understand them now but earlier he was clueless.
I didn't realize that the bawdi in which the book is kept and sahadev's hideout is the same.
And Siva's scene near the kind was agonizingly long. If it dried up before the attack, he was aware of it. He must have been chided by his mom about his nadaniyaan that led to this.
