Yesterday in my Post "Krishna! behuda zara chup nahi rahe sakta?" I made a mild rebuke half in jest, that Krishna Singh ought to tamp down on his insecurity-driven aggression, because it presents him in a poor light! I think half the forum hates my guts by now and is secretly baying for my blood. 😉😆😆 This tickles my interest because I know that this reaction has nothing to do with Dyehard or what was said, but with the extraordinary love that Krishna Thakur has garnered for himself! It is so cool that a fictional character can find such real support and unconditional affection. Makes me wonder what is it about the man/character that moves us (me included!) like that?
Why do we love Krishna Thakur?
This is a million-headed answer! Where shall I start? I could talk of his wit or his looks or his love or his strength, his sex-appeal or his innocence. Or I could say that every single dimension of Krishna Thakur, all those little contradictions and paradoxes, those little quirks of his, his ticks, his personality and his deep internal conflicts ' each one of these add to the 'reality' of Krishna Thakur in our heads. He is no great powerful orator who always knows the right thing to say, he is no clear-headed righteous hero of countless romances who is always sure of his path and mission. He is no great scholar or geek of powerful intellect.
But I defy anybody to find me a match for his love and his courage. Krishna's Love has been talked about extensively here, so let me say a couple of things about Krishna's courage. I am not talking of the courage to stand up physically in a fight or even the kind of courage Pratigya has, ie to stand up in a moral fight. I am talking of the most rare and difficult courage of all! To stand up TO YOURSELF! Krishna has that extremely rare courage where a human being can really look at himself in a mirror, see the error of his ways/beliefs and can find the resources and strength to CHANGE. The courage to change is a singularly attractive trait. And it is for this that we love Krishna the most!
Why are we so protective about him?
Instinctively, we all sense that at its core this is a story of change and redemption. We all know that we are going to see a lot of changes in Krishna Thakur's life. (the CVs have admitted so much in black and white, right at the beginning) But we also know that change is not easy. People have to pay through their pride, heart-break and a temporary loss of self-esteem in order to make a qauntum leap to their next stages of potential. A highly sensitive and deeply loving person like Krishna is all the more vulnerable to the effects of this process of change. But these effects are necessary but unavoidable.
But what happens to us as his ever-loving viewers is that at each stage when we sense a period of distress in Krishna's life, we instinctively start feeling protective of him. We try to become his ego for him, try to safe- guard his pride for him and we attack those people who may cause him a loss of self-esteem.
Some months back, Pratigya was that person. She was the one who made him most vulnerable. A wife, more educated, more morally up-right and a wife who questioned the depth of his love and integrity was a huge challenge for Krishna. We were afraid that it would be too much for him, that the blow to his ego would kill his pride, that the loss of self-esteem in feeling not-her-equal would break him. But WE HAD UNDERESTIMATED HIM!! Krishna proved his moral resilience; he dug deeper and deeper within himself and showed the kind of moral-strength that made Pratigya his lover and slave in every way. By not allowing petty pride or a baser ego to get the better of him, Krishna rose in stature as a human-being. None of his charm or personality has been lost in the process, mind you! Baba is still Baba!!
What do the CVs have in mind for him?
So Baba grew as a man in love. What next? More challenges obviously, more growth, a more fabulous Baba! Already Baba has been receiving fresh blows to his ego. His own parents have started to tell him that without the "Chatra-Chaya" of SS he is nothing. He has on the other hand started to question the values in his up-bringing. He has started to acknowledge that there is a vast difference between being straight-forward and gutsy and being brutal. He has started to question the hollow false pride and prestige that demands a sacrifice of human life and human dignity to maintain it.
On the other hand is the growing influence of the Saxenas. Their goodness, respectability, their idealism and rightness have all started having an impact on him. He has started to value refinement and education. He has stopped believing that education is the crutch of the meek and spineless. To further drive this point home has been introduced the character of Aman Mathur!
Aman Mathur ' (OK OK! Many hate him now, but I'll ask you again in four months time! Just like all those Prats haters of yore!)
He is a man who has guts and power like Krishna, but also education and refinement. He has power but does not try to misuse it. Basically he is the kind of classy guy Pratigya would/should have married. This is definitely going to affect Krishna. It is definitely going to make him insecure. And question himself.
So in short, the CVs have a lot of trauma, tension, self-doubt and unstable times lined up for Krishna Thakur. But luckily he has a massive sweetner in the form of a besotted wife to keep him firmly from losing balance. Even otherwise, Krishna is not the kind of guy who will lose his balance, because his resilience and his ability to bounce back stronger is his most awe-inspiring trait!
My take on the future of Krishna Thakur-
- Like I said, a lot of heart-break, insecurity and questions about self-worth and abilities as a provider
- Taking moral stances, leaving THakur Niwas, Job, education, proving his worth to a lot of people Thakurs, Saxenas and the Mathurs (they are going to think he is just another Tahkur!)
- Through every up and every down a fabulous relationship with his lover/wife/partner!
- A lot of hardship and issues will be tackled together
- Krishna growing into his full potential and also knowing how his wife loves him not for what he can give her but for what he is!
- Learning that power, knowledge, education, prestige, money, respectability, refinement, good-manners, ' roub' or 'TaaT' are all just tools for life and personality. But a human being's true worth is not defined by these. A person's worth is measured in his ability to love, his integrity and his courage
Krishna Thakur -the Hanuman bhakt- is going to have life-lessons to understand his own true self, his own immense potential, exactly like his guru discovered his boundless strength!
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