Raj- Kranti: shaping up like Roark-Dominique - Page 2

You are absolutely right Nupur.. and yes I love that part too.. " Dominique was the woman for a man like Roark" This one is my most favorite novel till date, and Roark my dream man.. not that he wud be mine alone.. 😉

Originally posted by: morningdew

You are absolutely right Nupur.. and yes I love that part too.. " Dominique was the woman for a man like Roark" This one is my most favorite novel till date, and Roark my dream man.. not that he wud be mine alone.. 😉

Dawn was right in her comparison too.. Raj is like Darcy too, in many ways..a more egocentric character than Darcy, but that wud be the difference b/w a soap and a book. You can stretch and mould characters in a serial, not a book.

Coming back to Fountainhead, the recipes for hate and attraction, both are there.. and am sure, love is parcel wrapped somewhere inside Raj too..his game of oneupmanship is so sorely targeted against Kranti.. always.. he just doesnt let her out of his head. Deliberately.

Originally posted by: morningdew

This is what the storyline seems to be shaping into. Howard Roark and Domique (Fountainhead) were the most bitter of enemies in the public eye, and they were most attracted to each other behind the scenes.

It dint take Roark more than two meetings to get into Dominique's bed ( though she interestingly called it Rape) . Later Dominique married Keating and then Wynand, in her heart she always belongs to Roark. She publicly does everything to damage and destroy his career. But he is aware of this, and after every public battle, he goes to her house at night.

Their relationship is the benchmark. But R-K are similarly involved. NOT to that level ( he is definitely not going to her room at night right now, 😉) but eventually, I dont count that out too. Raj is mightily obsessed as of now.. even tho he doesnt know it yet. When he knows it, and starts acting on it, it wud be fun to watch.

What prompts this post- Everything. Raj's behavior, till this point.

He knows everything abt Kranti, but always hides it from the public eye. And yday, he first baited mamaji by saying he wud announce Kranti's name in the court, and then cleverly manipulated it the other way round, knowing that mamaji wud DEFINITELY fall for it, if he withheld Kranti's name. Clever Raj, very clever.

He will never let his personal battle with Kranti come into the limelight. Even if he ends up marrying Lajjo (somehow I think, he will) ; his fixation with Kranti wud continue.

Originally posted by: Nupur9

You can't beat this one MD......this story...was how you say height of passion and obsession!!

Love in a very dramatic and elusive way......it gave new meaning to the word LOVE!!!

Originally posted by: Nupur9

You can't beat this one MD......this story...was how you say height of passion and obsession!!

Love in a very dramatic and elusive way......it gave new meaning to the word LOVE!!!

Originally posted by: annie20

Loved reading your posts Dew and Nupur👏attaction-hate...passion-obsession..woooow all ur thoughts gives new dimension to the characters.😊

Originally posted by: morningdew

Thanks for liking our posts Annie.. I guess we are just fanatical abt the book, and the comparisons stem from that.

Originally posted by: Nupur9

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Thanks for liking it Annie

The book is great one....sure thing!

It is one of those books that changes the way you think or causes you to question your thoughts.

This book and it's characters are hauntingly convincing. It hits your mind and the soul.

It agitates, stimulates and provokes you to think' question' think again!!!

The Fountainhead is the best fictional work and also the best love story I have ever read.

The transcending love it depicts.....makes me go weak on my knees!

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I find, Roark's most striking statement that contradicted all his other statements was his admission to Dominique, 'I LOVE YOU.' I found it so glaring an expression coming from him. Love and submission is exactly against his militant beliefs about his selfishness, ego.

Love = sacrifing yourSELF to other Self, that is anti- Self.....and yet he succumbs to it.....

Makes me wonder what kind obsession this was....Howard Roark is one of a kind, this love story and odd courting, passionate romance with Dominique is wild......

Oh I can go on & on....

hope they show some shades of it in Raj-Kranti love story....

Asking for too much.....oh I know!!!

Yipeeeee ....... first i get to meet fellow-fans of P&P and now Fountainhed ............. this is too much yaar .......* wiping tears of joy *

Trying to compare the two, and I am damn bad at that but still giving it a try.

I read Fountainhead some six years or so ago, at that time found it quite inspiring and I was all set to create a mark on this world--but it never happened that is another story 😆 😆😆. My memory cells do not last long, so cannot go in the details lest I give an incorrect account—and I no longer remember if Roark became my dream man—but I loved Roark's individualism, conviction and the belief in his own ability.

Same with Dominique, in spite of all her flaws, she was one strong female, and I love and admire the trait of strength in both women and men. That is my fondness for the character like Kranti, who does sit in a room crying over her misery. For me, at present, character of Raj does not have that streak.

I believe that two people of equal energy make a happy life, and in most of the cases it does not happen, thus the confusion in a relationship. These Fountainhead characters were people of equal energies, and even they knew it.

Here, in the RK story, I agree, both are attracted to each other and are of equal energies. Once they recognize the fact, it will be fireworks, but at present they are oblivious to it.

On the third level, Fountainhead is also a fight between two ideologies, a capitalist mind and a communist mind. Though in the book this fight is between Roark and Toohey, in MRD, one can also see an ideological fight between R and K.

One believes in freedom for the nation and giving power to the locals, other is of the staunch belief that inhabitants do not have the acumen to rule thus we are better off by outsourcing that work to the Britishers.

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Today, I am not sure, if I can read it again as have moved to other stories. And, MD and Nupur, most of literature purist, find Fountainhead a substandard work. But, one cannot deny that it has inspired millions of individuals and keep doing so even today—(though for a short period in case like me—may be I need to read it again 😃)

Have you read Atlas Shrugged—there are three male protagonists almost equally strong, and a female that all three loved.