Today I would like to put forth how ego is often confused with self respect/self esteem... how someone so immersed in one's own self and ego refuses to see anyone else's suffering but their own. When a person that they professed to LOVE is begging in front of them and that does not register but what registers is I, Me & Myself. So here goes, it's a long long post of course 😆 and my comments are in red:
Jodha's conversation with Ashram lady
Lady - bada hi shurveer purush hai woh, maine sab suna hai, kis bhanti usne sabko prem ka mahatva samjhaya, nari ki samman ki raksha ka samarthan kiya, bada hi bhala insaan hai woh, iski patni bohot hi bhagyashalini hogi jiska pati nari ka itna samman karta ho. mujhe vishwas hai, iske ghar mein naari surakshit aur prasannabhit hongi
jodha (mind talk) - hum nai jaante woh humse kitna prem karte hai, humne aajtak to unka prem nahi dekha..
Jodha expects Jalal to read her eyes right?? So how did she manage to miss out on the love that's been in Jalal's eyes at least since after the Ben track??? How he shows up to meet her in her room and at angoori baug wanting to be with her... How he supports her & TRUSTS her in the FP/Tasneem case & Murti Kaand... His TRUST in her is always intact but make even a saint be in the situation Jalal was in and He would question his wife... Give me one instance where Jodha has blindly TRUSTED Jalal and then we will talk about a mutually trusting relationship... What I would like to say here "Jodha, kya aapne kabhi unhe apna prem dikhaya?" Or was he supposed to read something in your eyes that never existed 🥱
Jalal & Todarmal conversation
I am putting in this conversation here too coz I wanted to show to what extent this person is hating himself for questioning or doubting Jodha... even knowing that he is not completely at fault he is willing to take the whole blame on himself but he just wants Jodha to come back to him.. how even a person who has only met him once before can read the love in his eyes but not Jodha who wants him to do the same he understands her pain and anger but did she even for one moment understand his after his outburst???? NO she did not
TM - Kya hua Shehenshah
Jalal - Todarmal Sahab humne unki aawaz suni, sahi farmaya tha aapne woh yahi hain, issi mele mein, lekin achanak kahan chali gayee. sahi kahan tha aapne TM sahab agar humein Jodha Begum milengi to aaj hi milengi. Shukriya. aap... aap wahan dekhiye hum wahan dekhte hai
TM - Shehenshah, sambhaliye apne aapko. shaant ho jaiye, aapke ghaav abhi bhare nahi hai
Jalal - nahi TM sahab hum ruk nahi sakte, agar aaj humne Jodha Begum ko kho diya to hum zindagi bhar ke liye unhe kho denge, agar aaj hum unhe nahi dhund paaye to zindagi bhar unka chehra nahi dekh payenge. aap humein hamare haal par chod dijiye
TM - aap iss tarah aasha nahi chod sakte, ishwar ne aapko yeh avsar diya hai, aapne kam se kam pratyaksh roop se unhe dekha to, woh aapse milne hi wali hai aur issi liye aapke saamne aayee hai
Jalal - lekin aisa kya hai TM sahab ki hamare saamne aakar woh humse itna door chali gayee, kyun? hum batate hai aapko, kyunki humne unke jazbaat ko iss kadar thes pohochai hai ki woh hamara chehra tak dekhna nai chahti.. hum bohot bohot bure insaan hai TM sahab, bohot bure insaan hai aur woh har jagah sahi sabeet hui hain.
TM - aap unse saccha prem karte hai, woh aapko avashya hi mil jayengi aur agar aapke shabdo se unhe itni hi thes pohochi hai to woh bhi aapse bohot prem karti hongi
Jalal and Jodha conversation
Jalal - Jodha Begum aapko khuda ka vaasta ruk jaiye
Jodha Begum ruk jaiye ab aur durr mat jaiye humse
Jodha Begum yeh kya karne jaa rahi hai aap, yeh kya karne jaa rahi thi aap? kya aapka dimag kharab ho gaya hai Jodha Begum.. kisi ke baare mein nahi socha aapne. apne vaalden ke baare mein, ammi jaan ke baare mein, rahim ke baare mein, hamare baare mein.
This is Jodha's list of people priorities and the sad part?? even Jalal is aware of it... IF ever Jodha had shown her love Jalal with full confidence would have said "hamare baare mein" to begin with.. again the one sided expectation that HE is supposed to show love, HE is supposed to trust her but never the reciprocation of the same from her and that shows here
chaliye hamare saath... chaliye
hosh mein aaiye aap
Itni khafa hai aap humse, itni khafa to aap humse tab bhi nahi thi jab aap humse nafrat karti thi Jodha Begum.tab bhi aap hamare saamne aakar khadi ho jaati thi aur aaj.. aaj aap humse itna door jaana chahti hai? hum maante hai Jodha Begum humse galti hui hai, ek galatfehmi ki vajah se itna bada gunah kar baithe hain hum, lekin humein apne gunaah ka ehsaas bhi hai aur aap hi kehti hai na ki agar gunehgar ko apne gunah ka ehsaas ho to usse ek aur mauka dena chahiye.. to hum bas woh ek mauka chahte hai isliye hum dar badar bhatak rahe the aapko dhundne ke liye taaki hum aapse muafi maang sake, aapko apne saath waapas Agra le jaa sake Jodha Begum.
Agar aap chaahe to hamara katal kar dijiye Jodha Begum lekin iss tarah zinda chodkar humein hamari zindagi ko maut se battar mat banaiye Jodha Begum,humse durr rehkar humein aur mat sataiye Jodha Begum kyunki hum aapke bagair ek pal nai reh sakte..
Jalal does not expect his LOVE to be read in his eyes... he says it with his words, proves it with his actions... In the bold words above he accepts his mistakes, calls them his sin... he is begging, requesting, asking for forgiveness.. one chance.. he accepts that he has come all this way for her. His LOVE is clear to be seen by anybody who wants to or CAN see it... He says "Kill me but don't leave me alive to make my life worse than death.. don't torment me by staying away from me, i can't live one moment without you" Even after all this from a person they are supposed to love if a person holds onto their SELF then no that is not a person i respect..
Jodha Begum hum jaante hai aapko bhi hamari kitni kadr hai, hum jaante hai ki aap humein kitna chahti hai, isliye..isliye aap hamare liye woh marham leke aayee thi na aur hamari maut ki khabar milte hi hamare paas daudi chali aayee na aap?? hai na? jawab dijiye humein Jodha Begum, jawab dijiye
Jalal is either living in a dream world or reads her actions enacted for her kartavya to be LOVE like many do watching this show. Jalal is crying out for his LOVE to be returned soo bad alas he has fallen in LOVE with someone who holds their SELF at a higher level than any mere LOVE. And there is still silence and he is left asking for answers again and again and again
Jodha - phir se prashna?? haan ki na?
haan.. humein aapki chinta hai
haan.. aap dukhi hote hai to hum bhi dukhi hote hai
haan.. aapki mrityu par hum apni chudiya todenge aur
haan.. hum ro rokar apne praan tyaag denge
kyunki jab tak hum jeevit hai sada aapki patni bankar jeevit rahenge aur aapki patni honeka har kartavya nibhayenge
Jalal - hum jaante hai Jodha begum, jaante hai ki humse gunaah hua hai lekin uska pachtava bhi hai, aap nahi jaanti ki jis din se aap gayee hai hum apna sukoon kho chuke hai. muafi chahte hai aapse, chaliye hamare saath
Jodha - Kyun? hum aapke saath waapas Agra nahi jayenge. kya kaaran hai aapke paas humein waapas le jaaneka. aapke liye sab kuch kitna saral hai na. jab chaha hum par krodhit ho gaye, jab chaha muskura diya, jab chaha humein ghar se nikal jaane ke liye keh diya aur jab chaha humein waapas bula liya, jab chaha hamare charitra par keechad uchaal diya, jab chaha inn aasuon se unhe dhone chale aaye.
😆 Has she never gotten angry for every small thing he has ever done, has she never smiled at him when he has done something she is proud of, wasn't she the one wanting to go to Amer the first time around, wasn't she the one who went to commit suicide when she wasn't welcome at Amer leaving her husband so he brought her home not letting anyone know what she was gonna do, first time keechad uchala when a hakim said she was pregnant and he hadn't touched her, (kissi bhi hubby ko puchlo if that happens how he will react 😆) iss time uchala coz she very well knows... one sided crimes being cited again Jodha????)
aur hum kaun hai, kya hai hum, hamara astitva kya hai, hamari pehchan kya hai.. kyahamara koi astitva nahi, kya hamari koi pehchan nahi?? kya hamari..hamari koi bhavnaye nahi hai ya hamare hriday ko peeda nahi pohochti hai? hum ek Rajvanshi hai,apne pati ki pooja karte hai (kab ki??? 😲 dhakka diya tab ya baar baar unki beizzati ki tab ya unpar stree keliye laalsa ka aarop lagaya tab ya unhe jallad kaha tab ya hum aapse ghrina karte hai kaha, tab?? batao kab ki pati ki pooja)
aur kisi par purush ka swapna mein bhi sochna paap hai hamare liye aur aapne itna ghrinit aarop humpar laga diya, hamare charitra par prashna uthaya aapne. hamare maathe par koi kalank lage usse pehle hum apna sar kaatna shresth samajhte hai. koi..koi par purush humein sparsh bhi kare na to.. to usse pehle hum..hum jauhar karna shresht samajhte hai aur aapne.. aapne hamare maan, samman, swabhimaan sabko aaghat pohochaya hai Shehenshah.
(hum hum hum hum hum hum from Jodha even though if one is true to oneself we all know Jalal was not at fault in this scenario but still all u heard in his monologue was aap aap aap aap aap and that's what u still hear even after he knows the truth, he is not giving excuses nothing but wholeheartedly accepting his "sins" that's the difference that bugs me and that's where Jalal comes off as a better person to me)
abhi tak hamare kaano mein aapki aawaz gunj hai..jo jo kadve shabd aapne bole the, vishwas nai hota jis vyakti ne agni ko saakshi maankar hamare saath phere liye the, vachan liye the uske vachan itne kate ho sakte hai, vishwas nahi hota ki jo hamara haath pakadkar humein saath le gaya tha woh ek kshan mein jeevan bhar ke liye hamara saath chod sakta hai? (wasn't she willing to chodo this saath when she was gonno go to Amer previously.. Amer accha, Amer yeh Amer woh... hum yahan khush nahi etc etc) 😕
aur..aur hamara gunah kya tha?? yehi paap tha hamara ki humne aapke praan bachane ke vishay ke baare mein socha aur hamare Sujamal bhaisa ke vishay mein aapko nai bataya kyunki hum vachan baddha the.. bhai behen ka sambandha sansaar mein sabse pavitra sambandha hota hai aur aapne usse bhi kalankit kiya.. (Did Jalal know that you were trying to save his life?? oh which u forgot to do this time around what with Khwaja Sara bday's and storytelling to Rahim. did Jalal know that that person was Sujamal?? your brother?? have u come out of your SELF for 2mins to understand where he was coming from??)
aisa kyun hota hai Shehenshah, har baar naari ko hi dand kyun milta hai, usse hi kyun samjhota karna padta hai, usse kyun asha ki jaati hai ki purush usse jo kahe usse woh sahe, sune aur uske apradh ko kshama karde.
(Dont u have the same or some more weird expectations from this purush??? kya aap Jalal se asha nai karti ki woh aap jo kahe woh sune aur aapke apradh ko kshama karde??? without any kshama maangna he has been doing it, hasn't he?? )
ek naari bohot saare sambandho se bandhi hoti hai.. pati ke, peeta ke, putra ke, bhai ke par har samay usse hi asha ki jaati hai ki woh har sambandh ke liye tyaag kare, unhe banaye rakhe.
(aapse asha nai ki jaati ki aap Jalal ki angrakshak bane aur uske liye unse baatein chupaye, yeh aapne apni marzi se kiya tha)
peeta ke liye woh apni icchao ka tyaag kar deti hai, pati ke liye apne swapn ka aur apne maayke, bachpan se jahan woh palti hai, badi hoti hai woh sab ek vishwas ke aadhar par chodkar apne pati ke saath chal deti hai, apna ghar baar sab kuch chodkar, apne pati ke ghar ko apna leti hai aur woh pati keval ek kshan mein usse sambandh khatam kar leta hai, usse tyaag deta hai
(again SELF pity, SELF promotion, SELF victimization... icchao ka tyaag??? is she still hung up on having to marry Jalal coz of her father & Amer?? Jalal ke liye kaunsa swapna tyaaga??? why do we have to sit through a fight for women rights between a husband wife ka talk??? 🥱 poor husbands & men, woh to kuch karte hi nahi hai, sab naari karti hai.. is that what we are to assume from this talk??)
ek naari sab kuch tyaag sakti hai parantu, apne samman ke garv ko nahi tyaag sakti, woh har dukh utha sakti hai parantu apne charitra aur pavitrata ko thes nahi pohochne de sakti.. ek naari ko apne maan samman ki raksha karne ke liye pura jeevan lag jaata hai aur purush ek kshan mein uske samman ko bhang kar deta hai.
(kya yeh sab khayal Jodha ko tab aaya tha jab woh raatko kambal odhke apne bhaisa se milne jaati thi??? and we know ki kissi ko pata nahi ki woh unke bhaisa hai... agar tabhi kissi ne dekh liya hota, tab kya karti aap?? kya tab unki zimmedari nahi thi ki woh apni izzat, maan, samman, charitra ki raksha karein?? 😕)
Jalal - hum jaante hai ki aapka gussa jaayaz hai Jodha begum..isiliye keh rahe hai ki aap humein saza dijiye lekin uske baad to humein muaf kar dijiye, uske baad to hamare saath waapas Agra aa jayiye
(again no excuses, no his side of the story... punish me, ur anger is justified but please come back with me... does HE have no SELF respect, does HE have no SELF esteem, does HE have no RIGHTS... but he has let all that go... u wanna push me push me, u wanna lecture me lecture me, u wanna punish me punish me, u wanna kill me kill me, but after all that come back with me... hands folded, eyes lowered... but still he is a bad human??? that's a blech joke 😆 and people want him to run after the SELF blinded woman manaoying her. WHY???)
Jodha - nahi Shehenshah. kuch apradho ke liye har dand chota hota hai aur kuch paapo ke liye har prayschchit chota. hum aapke saath waapas Agra nahi jayenge. kshama kar dijiye humein hum ab nahi ja sakte. hum apne maan aur charitra ko sambhalkar bohot prasanna hai aur yadi aapko hamari prasannata ki tanik bhi parvah hai to aap hamare peeche mat aayeeyega. bohot kathinaiyo se hum sab kuch chod paye hai, Agra chod paaye hai. shehenshah aapse vinti karte hai aap hamare peeche mat aaiye aur hamari yatra ko aur kathin mat banaiye
(apradh???? paap???? 😲 apradh and paap is what u did when u almost got him killed Jodha... and u were forgiven for it... do u just come up with these rules as and when u desire??? and she also says she is happy caring for HER esteem and respect... others the pati ka parivar, khudka parivar, pati sab gaye tel lene right?? Khudki kathinaiya kyun dikhti hai hamesha?? did she give one moment thinking about THIS EMPEROR, THIS SHEHENSHAH being there away from his sultanat, his people, his responsibilities JUST FOR HER??)
Jodha's talk with Kanha
(mind talk)ab hum yahan aur nahin reh sakte
sab kuch aap hi ne kiya hai hamare saath, pehle Shehenshah ne humein lanchit karkar mahal se nikaal diya Agra se nikaal diya aur ab..ab woh yahan par aa gaye hai humein waapas le jaane ke liye. kyun?? kyun baar baar woh hamare sameep aate hai aur baar baar humse durr chale jaate hai? kyun? kyun humein baar baar aisi pariksha se gujarna padta hai Kanha kyun? aur hum kyun jaaye waapas. hum abhi tak apna apmaan bhule nahi hai, hamari bhakti mein aisi kya kamee reh gayee thi Kanha jo humein aise din dekhne pad rahein hai, kyun humein aisi vichitra marg par aur aisi vichitra paristhitiyon mein daal dete ho aap Kanha, kyun? kyun? kyun daal dete ho Kanha... humein yahan se jaana hoga, hum yahan se chale jayenge
(now Kanha is to be blamed for the stuff she is going through??? 😲 even here she does not by one word accept that she was at fault???? and I am supposed to understand her POV?? How?? Why?? Circumstances and experiences mold a person... every emotion every relationship can be put to test by circumstances in life... Yes trust & faith are essential in a relationship but not BLIND TRUST & BLIND FAITH.. Shehenshah bhi lanchit kiye gaye the, aap bhi unke paas aakar bohot baar durr gayee hai, u are not the only one jinhe parikshayein deni padi hai, Shehenshah bhi apmaanit huye hai... did I ever see him crying about it??? blaming all and sundry?? no he always accepted his mistakes if there and asked for forgiveness never to be brought up as a one upmanship... dhakka woh bhula nahi kyunki uski vajah usse mili nahi abhi tak 🥱)
precap -
mind talking
Jalal - mat jaiye Jodha begum, mat jaiye.. mat jaiye
Jodha - humein kshama kar dijiyega Shehenshah par hum aapke saath nahi aa sakte, hum ab tak sab bhool nahi sake hai, aapko hamari kshama milna abhi shesh hai aur iss tarah ka jeevan hum aapke saath nahi jee sakte
(yeh in bold mujhe samajh mein nahi aaya... 😕 kshama milna shesh hai??.. so what is she planning to make him suffer and run after her a bit and then is she planning to forgive him?? and when she finally decides to forgive him phir woh unke saath jeevan jee sakti hai?? 😕)
I would like to end this long long post with a quote which I really believe in 😊
"Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people's sins, but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes."
Reading this would i say Jalal is a perfect lover and follows all this?? well, no... i am not a blind follower 😆 But I will say he is more than halfway there.. But has Jodha even reached the half point?? No she hasn't... and I am sure people who are smart enough can figure out why I say that 😊
Thank You
Jeannie
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