Pride & Joy

Originally posted by: PadBear

Seeing men like Jalal with children is an education for me. I recall seeing a lion cub with his dad in a wildlife documentary that followed the life of a pride of lions. The lion was trying to rest and here was this cub, totally absorbed in getting to know his father. He tugged at dad's ear. Dad did the fatherly thing and pretended that this badtameezi wasn't happening. He nuzzled his neck and dad couldn't help melting and forgot he was a king. He climbed all over him and dad was resigned to his happy fate of being worried to death by this little bully. Dad yawned and the cub stared at all the huge teeth and was in awe. So content was the dad, he fell asleep. Stretched out and snoring. Cub wasn't getting any response now. So he watches dad's long whiskers being buffeted by the heavy breathing and then gently...stretches out a small paw in front of the nostrils to feel the breath of his magnificent dad.

Similarly Jalal is with a newborn. The baby feels so safe and secure feeling the strong chords of affection. It's from heart to heart and Jalal seals it with words of unconditional love. Such words spoken over a child are a blessing and can lay the foundation for a future relationship and can be the cradle of the present. A father who rejoices over a child receives more than he gives and Jalal knows this secret to happiness. And so it's easy to see what the latest DEK drama was doing to Jalal. He could see a painful future for his child, but all he was being presented with was the necessity to give away a child and forego even his right as a father over the child. I don't know how CVs even conceived such words to be spoken. To be spoken to a man who knows the heart of a child and embraces his responsibilities as a father. A man who has made the awaam his children because that is the most intimate and the most noble relationship he wants to offer them.

I ask that the Shahenshah give me also an audience in the DEK. That I may ask for a farmaan to be drawn up listing all his qualities and asking the CVs to be signatories to a promise that they will at least honour the simplest yet most vital need we all have for a protector, for a man who will watch over the best interests of us to the best of his ability. How can I stand by and watch him try to function with one hand tied behind his back. Yet I know he will not rest. He will not rest till he has done all he can with God's help to secure the safety of the helpless. After that, he need not fear or have any guilt. He will accept whatever is willed.

Originally posted by: divyavm

Beautiful! He is not not only the father of his children but his people ... I am still awestruck by his speech after Jodha's fake pregnancy ... That he cannot be childless when he has his awaam.

I am so glad you wrote this ... It is amazing 👏

And you even managed to add a farmaan 😆

Originally posted by: PadBear

😆 Farrmaans are all the rage these days, don't you know.

My heart did many turns when Jalal just accepted Ruqs reading of the farmaan she wrote. He has the guts to take her at her word. Courting danger 😆. And really giving Ruqs plenty of rope to hang herself with soon.

Originally posted by: PadBear

Divy, without a Farmaan, nothing gets done now. So my every post will have to be a farmaan. Witnessed by Munim Khan of course. I saw how pained his reaction was in the DEK. He's a really warm and sensitive guy.