Many of you said that Naku's love and example has helped Dutta rediscover who he truly is, and always was. I think there is much truth in that. We all, but I can only speak for myself, have found myself changed and changed back again, because of other influences, be they people, situations, ideas/philosophy, my own desire to bring myself to center. And, yes, I have had that moment where I could feel myself getting back to me.
So I do think changes in Dutta are reasonable. What I do have a problem with is this:
Is he really getting back to HIMSELF (Dutta Patil) or is he becoming Naku the male version?
I am not being facetious with that, really. This is a very tricky question. From what many have said, Naku has helped the old Dutta come back again. That his anger caused this severe change that held him hostage for 10 years. Is that really true? Since when was Dutta ever like Naku? All Bappa, all self-denying, all gentle? From what we saw, he loved his family, he loved Seema, and was in shy in love with her, but he interacted with her too. He worked, he was a happy-go-lucky guy, he had a lot of responsibilities.
You ladies know that intellectually, I have a problem with Dutta's transformation. I contend that he has not transformed to what he was before...even if they try to show that with his clothes. 😆 Naku has had a very positive influence in his life, and it is people like that who can bring good or bad changes about in our lives too. HOWEVER, the way they have shown Dutta changing -- the pace, the quality of the transformation -- makes me feel he is changing, not for himself, but for Naku. And on some level, I have a huge problem with that. Maafi, friends.
What I wanted your thoughts on is, not what we discussed before which is Dutta's change. That would be redundant. But, rather, this whole idea of "is Dutta getting back to who he always was" OR "is he changing to more like Naku"?
Give it some thought--I'd love to read your thoughts on this.
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