Mahakumbh 41-44: Mostly treading water - Page 9

Originally posted by: pasumarthisa

Shagun ke taur par sirf kangan hi kyun. Kuch aur nahin de sakte kyaa? I really don't know the tradition. The first time I saw this on screen was in 'Maine pyaar kiyaa'.

"Yes, and those kangans. I told my mother, Look out for the khandaani kangans, and lo and behold, they appeared on cue! The only new thing was that they were not described by Daadi as being those she had received from her saas.😉

But they were very pretty kangans, with what looked like minakari work, and all those pearls as well. Presumably they were among the survivors of the arson at the Brahma Nisht Panth ashram, and Daadi, despite her Sleeping Beauty interregnum, had not forgotten where they had been kept!😉"

Shyamala Aunty

Originally posted by: Sandhya.A

🤣. Maine Pyar Kiya was a super hit. So the tradition also became a hit perhaps...

Btw, where did Daadi have those Kangans stored for 24 years? There is only one person whom she admits she can trust and Sahdev doesn't seem to live in luxury either. Wouldn't the 'Veshes or any passerby have looted the ruins? Wouldn't Daadi's accounts have been inoperative for 24 years and hence frozen?

Perhaps there is some secret vault in the ruins that houses a treasure that has provided the capital for the re-establishment of Brahma Nishta Panth and also housed the traditional Kangans.

Originally posted by: pasumarthisa

Shagun ke taur par sirf kangan hi kyun. Kuch aur nahin de sakte kyaa? I really don't know the tradition. The first time I saw this on screen was in 'Maine pyaar kiyaa'.

Originally posted by: sashashyam

My dear Vishu,

I am sorry for getting so late with my response to this unusual comment, which I had saved for the last on Thursday afternoon. Unfortunately, the net connection broke down and was down for nearly 2 days. I hasten to get this one off before something goes kaput again!😉

I am touched to know that you wait for my posts; I will try and not delay things tomorow, Sunday, barring another net collapse. But what you should check for is the PM. I put them out as soon as I upload the post, and that is the surest way for you to know if I have done so.

I am greatly intrigued by the detailed parallels you have drawn between Mahakumbh and the Shiva trilogy of Amish Tripathi. I am ashamed to have to confess that I have had the full set as e-books for months now without having got around to reading them. Your post should be just the right trigger to get me going at long last!😉

As for the Potterite interpretations of Mahakumbh, I feel that sometimes it becomes something of a Procrustean exercise. The giant Procrustus had a bed of a fixed size for all his guests; if they were too tall, he trimmed their legs to fit it, and if they were too short, he stretched them!😉

More later, after I have got thru the Shiva trilogy (The Immortals of Meluha is apparently being made into a film by Karan Johar, Heaven help us!😉).

I see what you mean when you say that MK is much better written than the Shiva Trilogy, but that would be true of Harry Potter as well, where the writing is always rather flat. In attempting a cross between Enid Blyton and Tolkien, JK Rowling has, as far as the writing goes, tilted more towards Enid Blyton.

But what makes Harry Potter so very appealing is Rowling's ability, which resembles Tolkien's, to create a whole and wonderfully detailed alternate world, which can still connect, in parallel fashion and thru similar values, with the real one in which we exist. The core values - loyalty, honesty, integrity, friendship - are the same in Harry Potter and in the Lord of the Rings, and then again, both are Quest tales, of a mission to save mankind to which all else must be subordinated.

Here, in Mahakumbh, while the premise is the same, the implementation is getting confused, as the script drags in unnecessary angles and cliched tracks, and we are stuck with a reluctant hero, and a heroine who is neither Hermione Granger nor Arwen Evenstar.

Enough of this. For now, if you feel like some comic relief, do see my comments on the latest MK episode, in my response above to Santhi.

Shyamala