"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.".....A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, our perceptions of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty, which only in their most primitive forms are accessible to our minds: it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute true religiosity." Courtesy- Albert Einstein. May I, humbly, be allowed to commit the sacrilege of adding true love to one of the most commented extracts from the revered thinker's "The World as I see it"? It is only because of our faith and belief in the perception of true love and its mysteries that we have managed to put up with the butchered version of the E-LS we all fell in love with, as sadly portrayed by Nakusha's persistence in seeing/sensing Dutta everywhere. I am so tempted to believe that being enlightened helps one achieve anything in life as it equates to being able to seeing through the illusions of knowing what reality, really, consists of. The same realisation seems to have dawned on Dutta who was at last shown to be able to orient himself with both images of Nakusha in his conscious/unconscious state without resentment and a pure longing to be with his wife.
The high walls of the fortress that had encapsulated Dutta Sriram Patil have finally given way and it was almost heart-wrenching to see him trying to find his way in the darkness that has overshadowed his already tumultuous life calling for Nakusha. Aneesa (Nizam 13) has an interesting take on how Dutta's present handicap will enable him to appreciate the principle of trust because of the heightened use of other senses taking over object (sight) perception and hence benefit from the coordinated interplay of visions, audition and touch. We had an animated discussion about this track and she hit the nail on the head when she told me that Dutta must now rely on the trust and dependence on others which will pave the way for improved and balanced human relations with all the people in his entourage. I had to grudgingly concur with her that as much as I hated Seema's nonsensical and gross act of applying Dutta's blood to her maang, I would wish and pray that the Cvs are able to incorporate this element in this whole concept of redemption and forgiveness as highlighted by ZubyDutta. Being dependant for the time being on Seema and others, this track better be used as an appendage to help Dutta get rid of some of the flaws and misconceptions that had warped his personality in a sense, and finally able to forgive Seema and others and thus return to Nakusha as an improved human being, stronger and open to the knowledge and perception about all his relationships, especially the one of husband and wife.
If Cvs are creative and sensitive enough with the subject, we will get to see a loving Dutta, subjugating his whole existence to Nakusha for real and, wholeheartedly as he did during his the SR just before Nakusha's face revelation. I would not want to take bets on him getting his vision back yet after bumping into the "tempo" yesterday and moot that CVs, again, use this opportunity to show a vulnerable Dutta, resolutely, using his ears now to pick on all that is happening around him and develop/sharpen the necessary skills to read, analyze and judge the people around him as well as the conspiracies brewing right under his nose, that he has not been aware of for years. I would like to thank Aneesa for this section of the thread as her vast experience as a psychiatric nurse does enable her to have a clear understanding of the psychological impact of this sad phase in D' life. (We, at least, hope that the CVs will think along these lines rather than waste time on tedious tracks involving too much of Kala and Suds, Chaskar or the lame musicians in Seema's house). The time will soon be ripe for Dutta and Nakusha to, finally, strike in their battle for happiness and serenity at last.
Another interesting aspect from a purely speculative point this week, despite, the drag fest has been the manifold manifestations of Dutta in that little village of Ratnagiri where he kept "appearing" in front of Nakusha, AS and Baaji. Whilst many including myself would have been quick in slamming it down as silly and Cv's attempt to pacify viewers by not obliterating Dutta from the screen completely, I have had the chance to see the potential use of the metaphysical element in further strengthening the mental bond between Dutta/Nakusha, Dutta/AS, Dutta/Baaji, hence laying the foundation for a saner and more conducive environment in Patil Niwas once Dutta goes back to Nakusha. It would have been such a pleasure to see the CVs exploring the facets of mind reality instead of indulging in this unnecessary drag fest full of obscenities and badly-sequenced events over the last two weeks. We, cannot, unfortunately, ever dissociate them from this sad trend. A drag fest showing Dutta and Nakusha even using their preferred flashbacks technique would have been more acceptable to the audience while all the bits are being tied up to put the story back on track. Dutta and Nakusha (albeit shown separately) could be projected as individuals in their own right battling with all elements, physical and psychological, to free themselves from the shackles of all corrosives emotions (their own and those forced upon them by members of Patil Niwas or their immediate surroundings).
I believe that the true value of a human being is determined, primarily, by the measure and the sense in which he/she has attained liberation from the self. Only the individual can think, and thereby create new values for society, nay, even set up new moral standards to which the life of the community conforms. Dutta may have conformed to these values despite his "profession" but none of the members of his family, did really subscribe to the same. All these tribulations that Dutta, Nakusha and even Baaji and other members of the Dutta's family would have gone through (with the exception of the evil Kala and Suds), may eventually make Patil Niwas a happier home. I will take the liberty of quoting Einstein again here: "How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people -- first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy. A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labours of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving...". The CVs may not have conceived it as such but my reading of those manifestations was Nakusha's innocent power over the concept of the mind being Totality which she has always expressed through the total subjugation of her fate to Bappa and Dutta afterwards. These manifestations were a measure of how TaSha are in essence One and everything around them and the depth of their feelings for each other is nothing but a projection of the external world from within their own psyche. This could be the reason we never tire of the harmonious sync in the flashback scenes between Nakusha and Dutta, irrespective of whether they are together or miles apart. And shall I sound caution to the CVs here and make a heartfelt plea that this unique element of magic just does not go down the drain through their constant bloopers. 😡😡😡
We have all fought hard on the forum and other platforms to ensure that LTL remains a fairy tale about the mystery of life, love and hatred in equal measure, truth and beauty, betrayal, compassion and pain, hence, the faith and belief that we have upheld, despite having been treated so shabbily by the Channel or the CVs. We just pray that the story now gets back on track and this was my reverence for a show that I have loved and the characters that I have idolised, especially that of Dutta Shriram Patil.😳
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