Dearest Sujz, let me grapple with my running emotions first. Somebody please pass me the tissue.
Copy pasting my original reply here:
It will take me awhile to absorb the sheer brilliance, melancholy and intensity of this beautiful piece of art, that would make even Leonardo Da Vinci jealous.
This was such a journey - a long one , in a few words. I felt so choked, drained out and weak in my knees. The sadness and pain of Banu is indeed contagious. See my tears are falling unchecked. And the credit goes to you for weaving this tapestry of a melancholic hue.
Sujz my dearest love, you created a masterpiece. Your words upheld the essence of the show. The emotions were extremely heavy. I have read extreme vocabularies and unending sentences and master-pieces of English, but this was something different, this struck a chord of my soul. The language of heart, spoke to me, it reached out to me and drenched me in its purest glory. The story felt beating till Anirudh talked and then finally it seemed that it was lifeless and cold
Bondita actually died with her husband for he was her very soul and beat to her heart, and how can anyone survive without soul and heartbeat? She might be alive physically, but won't remain the same for long.
I have let each word , each sentence, each para burn my soul in pathos, yet uplift me with the eternal truth of life. You have captured the essence of waiting beautifully.
You my dear reminded me of a song of Tagore himself, and also of my own celebrated write up Deneb. Sharing with the transcreation of the original song by Gurudev himself...
"This is my delight, thus to wait and watch at the wayside where shadow chases light and the rain comes in the wake of the summer. Messengers, with tidings from unknown skies, greet me and speed along the road. My heart is glad within, and the breath of the passing breeze is sweet. From dawn till dusk I sit here before my door, and I know that of a sudden the happy moment will arrive when I shall see. In the meanwhile I smile and I sing all alone. In the meanwhile the air is filling with the perfume of promise."