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Originally posted by: arshicritic
My point exactly, a strong Kusum would be a lot more meaningful as Mrs Saras, if reqd, than this pale character!It would be disappointing to see this Kusum replace Kumud in Saras's life!
Vaishali and arshicritic,
Please don't mind me pointing this out; it doesn't get justified in any scenario. No matter how much twists, turns or new manoeuvres are stretched into adaption. Even less in the original story line, which in itself ( the reason given there) is so regressive, it makes the probable epic collapse in the end. Even though i have not read it second time yet, early teen's first reading made me recoil enough on this novel not to place it in my favourite list. And even if I were to go over it again, with greater maturity perhaps, I am at loss to understand ( a query I had been repeatedly asking to insightful readers here though been overlooked/ avoided so far) how it ever justifies so many characters? For in reclusive Kumud consigned to oblivion, they all are failing; SC, Kusum, VC, Guniyal...all.
