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...kya kya na bana, dilbar...
I've just been thinking that loving Gulaal - three men have done that on htis show - seems to have a curiously noble effect on the men who love her.
Vasant was great all through. I've said before what a fondness I have for him... people normally think straight is boring but Vasant was ramrod straight and so much fun. Maryada purushottam Ram - a good son, a good brother, a fun lover, a caring husband, a committed citizen - he counted the cost of nothing if he was doing the giving. Gulaal enhanced his life but I cannot give her CREDIT for the way Vasant was. That was just him.
It's a different case with Dushyant. BADASS. A taker. Selfish, powerful, devious, obsessive. He couldn't get over the fact that he couldn't get Gulaal, and tried to wrest her from fate. Today he lives out his repentence of that act, of the murder of his brother. He has atoned and atoned - given to the village, given to the family, given to Gulaal, to everyone around him without considering himself. Someone on this forum called him a Karmayogi. They were right. Dushyant does his actions without a single selfish motive today - if it is needed, he is there to do it. He does it with such a lovely attitude - not morose, not angst ridden, not grim - he's steadfast and pure.
Kesar? He wanted Gulaal too. He sulked, threw tantrums, raised hell. But he had a change of heart and turned his love around from being something he wanted to something he wanted to give. Yesterday proved the pureness of his motives too - he is pleasing Gulaal because it gives him pleasure, not because he will get something from it. Kesar has learnt to love - the right way. To stretch the analogy slightly he is something of a Bhakti yogi, interesting in loving, not receiving.
What is it about Gulaal that draws out the higher selves in these men? She has been unlikeable (to me) these past few weeks but looking her the entire story, the truth is that Gulaal is an upstanding woman. She is strong, she is good, she is kind, she puts other people at the top of her lists. She is able to love with rare passion, fight for that love, she is able to forgive the man who did her grievous wrong, she is able to go after goals in an unshakeable determination, she is capable of immense devotion. She is articulate, she is full of vitality. She is a leader, a fighter, an opinion maker.
She has made a few mistakes but it doesn't take away from the immense character she is. I suppose the men who love her appreciate that. She inspires them to be better. So much that they love her ideals even more than they love her. That is no small achievement.
For the Gul Kes love story to work, she needs to drop a few of her prejudices, her ego, her habits, her old ideas. But Gulaal has that strength. Only, she should learn the art of changing direction from the men in her life. They have shown her how. She needs to learn it.
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I've just been thinking that loving Gulaal - three men have done that on htis show - seems to have a curiously noble effect on the men who love her.
Vasant was great all through. I've said before what a fondness I have for him... people normally think straight is boring but Vasant was ramrod straight and so much fun. Maryada purushottam Ram - a good son, a good brother, a fun lover, a caring husband, a committed citizen - he counted the cost of nothing if he was doing the giving. Gulaal enhanced his life but I cannot give her CREDIT for the way Vasant was. That was just him.
It's a different case with Dushyant. BADASS. A taker. Selfish, powerful, devious, obsessive. He couldn't get over the fact that he couldn't get Gulaal, and tried to wrest her from fate. Today he lives out his repentence of that act, of the murder of his brother. He has atoned and atoned - given to the village, given to the family, given to Gulaal, to everyone around him without considering himself. Someone on this forum called him a Karmayogi. They were right. Dushyant does his actions without a single selfish motive today - if it is needed, he is there to do it. He does it with such a lovely attitude - not morose, not angst ridden, not grim - he's steadfast and pure.
Kesar? He wanted Gulaal too. He sulked, threw tantrums, raised hell. But he had a change of heart and turned his love around from being something he wanted to something he wanted to give. Yesterday proved the pureness of his motives too - he is pleasing Gulaal because it gives him pleasure, not because he will get something from it. Kesar has learnt to love - the right way. To stretch the analogy slightly he is something of a Bhakti yogi, interesting in loving, not receiving.
What is it about Gulaal that draws out the higher selves in these men? She has been unlikeable (to me) these past few weeks but looking her the entire story, the truth is that Gulaal is an upstanding woman. She is strong, she is good, she is kind, she puts other people at the top of her lists. She is able to love with rare passion, fight for that love, she is able to forgive the man who did her grievous wrong, she is able to go after goals in an unshakeable determination, she is capable of immense devotion. She is articulate, she is full of vitality. She is a leader, a fighter, an opinion maker.
She has made a few mistakes but it doesn't take away from the immense character she is. I suppose the men who love her appreciate that. She inspires them to be better. So much that they love her ideals even more than they love her. That is no small achievement.
For the Gul Kes love story to work, she needs to drop a few of her prejudices, her ego, her habits, her old ideas. But Gulaal has that strength. Only, she should learn the art of changing direction from the men in her life. They have shown her how. She needs to learn it.
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