Well, two points.
One, Radhagupt could not possibly have made the core point in Kaurwaki's speech, which was that Chanda was no wronged innocent, but a woman who married an evil Sushim knowing perfectly well what he was like.
This is because Radhagupt knows nothing about the inner mechanics of the Sushim-Chanda marriage. Kaurwaki does. She is the one who goes - ill-advisedly in my opinion- to try and dissuade Chanda from entering into this marriage.So she is the only person in a position to state, firmly and unequivocally, that Chanda marrying Sushim was a case of the bad joining forces with the the bad. And it is
this point that finally changes Ashoka's mind and makes him abandon his early, emotional decision to "right" the "wrong" that would have been, to his mind, done to Chanda and her unborn child.
Incidentally, this child is the one who grows up and becomes the Buddhist
bhikshu Nirgodh (?) who first introduces Ashoka to the teachings of the Lord Buddha.
This apart, Devi's fear about the
shraap was typical of her class and upbringing. Kaurwaki might or might not have been a fisherman's daughter raised by the King of Kalinga - though here she is clearly shown as a child born to Jagannath and his wife ( a terrible set of genes to inherit for the poor girl!š) - but she has been raised as and is a princess and a warrior. Her argument, that if the ruler was to be afraid of the curses of evildoers, the justice system would collapse, was spot on.
For once, Soumya delivered her lines perfectly, with no bombast or OTT expressions. I was pleased to see that Kaurwaki did not look elated, nor did she even smile, when Ashoka thanked her for setting him on the right path. Plus I liked the dignified manner in which she nixed any idea of her marrying Ashoka and quit the scene.
Chanda was frightful in her OTT and unbearably extended scene. Poor girl.
Finally, when has this Radhagupt ever displayed any special flair for tackling problems that he is now expected to open his mouth and spout pearls of wisdom? Even when the trick to save Ashoka from the death sentence is thought out, it is Ashoka who does the thinking. Not Radhagupt, who simply stands there bleating
Ashoka, kuch karo! Some guru, this! To even compare him with Chanakya is sheer blasphemy.š”
Nor is there is any point in arguing about what he was in history. We are concerned only with
this Radhagupt, and CAS is not history by any manner of means!
Two, a girl in love with a man, or vice versa, is always obsessed with the beloved. If not, it is not love. True love is never rational or balanced or subject to a thousand social and other considerations. It is concerned only with the beloved to the exclusion of all else. All the iconic love stories share this single premise.
But if the girl is obsessed with a man she
knows to be evil, then she is a
vikshipta preyasi. This is the case with Chanda.
When she is obsessed with a noble man, she is of
dhridha sankalp. This is the case with Kaurwaki.
Ashoka was at best average last night. When Kaurwaki was reeling off her arguments against Ashoka's initial decision, there should have been a shifting array of expressions on Mohit's face as the realisation of where he had gone badly wrong, and of the implications of his hasty decision for his
praja sank home. There was absolutely nothing. Ashoka simply stood there like a casual listener, and then thanked Kaurwaki and regretted his mistake with the same, flat expression. Mohit fell down completely in this bit.
It was pretty much the same when he rejected the idea of a second marriage. There was not the least indication of a hidden sense of what he really wants, not even in a fleeting instant of joy at Devi's suggestion - for Kaurwaki is still his only love - and it looked as if he just wanted to deliver his confused (discussed below) lines about the
ek patni concept and march off.
What made me go š¤£ at the end of last night's episode was that the eternal wait in this EDT for Chanda Ashoka bids fair to match that for Godot in Samuel Beckett's very famous play
Waiting for Mr. Godot. Mr. Godot never came,and it seems likely to be pretty much the same with Chanda Ashoka.
Who, as of now, seems more like the Maryada Purushottam than anything else, from his oft repeated commitment to being a
praja sevak (God knows what that would mean in practical termsš) going one up on Lord Rama's
praja paalak, down to his
ek patni vrat resolution. His explanation for the last was rather confused, as well it might, seeing that Bindusara was effectively a
Dharma ka daas ever since she resurfaced, and neglected Charumitra and (the by then invisible) Subasri blatantly.
Maybe, just to satisfy the popular demand for Chand Ashoka, he will wake up tonight, find that both the women in his life have vamoosed, and go berserk for all of 10 minutes, midway thru the last episode. Kalinga will be the sole holdout in the positive responses to his ABN invitations, so he will attack it. Kaurwaki will be nearly, mark the nearly, mortally wounded, then she will recover and they will get married and live happily ever after.
So shall we, having been finally liberated from this daily 9 pm millstone round our necks!
Shyamala Aunty
Originally posted by: kaatayani
its a rare event when Kaurwaki speaks sense.. i quite liked the things she spoke to Ashok about Chanda's misplaced anger.. however I would have appreciated if the same reasons were given by Radhagupta who was the real patron of Ashok
also it was kind of ironical of Kaurwaki to call Chanda "vikshipt preyasi" given the fact that Kvk herself took insanity and obsession to a different level..
I actually loved Kaurwaki today
Edited by sashashyam - 8 years ago
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