Originally posted by: sashashyam
Yes, of course, Ela, and I myself have noted that what he did during the dature ka ark affair was far worse. But if she is going to behave as badly as he did, there is no difference between them.
I also wrote very clearly that it was not about her being nasty to Jalal - It is about her demeaning herself. I set great store by grace in public, and the Rajput queens were celebrated for being like that; Just watch Maharani Jaiwantibai of Mewar in Maharana Pratap' she was the same from the time she got married as a teenager. Jodha has always been like a loose cannon, with no sense, and no sense of responsibility either,as when she burnt the wedding dress.
I did not at all like the way Jodha behaved yesterday, trying to talk down to him and humiliate him, and I did not at all like the way she behaved today, like a bheegi billi, apologising to all and sundry and scared stiff. I expected her to be calm and state her position that it was just an accident, but even before anyone says anything to her, she looks terrified.
Any husband with absolute power, Ela, cannot, by definition, be jailed, for there would be no power above him to do that. I used that term very deliberately. There are very few such left, except perhaps the Saudi princes or Latin American dictators, and I cannot imagine one such apologising to his wife, no matter what he had done to her.
The interesting and relevant point is that her brothers really feel no rancour towards Jalal. She does, and so she should just go home to Amer and be done with this life in Agra. She cannot expect anything more from Jalal, he is not going to parade in sackcloth and ashes to please her. That is the way it is, and she has to work within that framework.
Today, he made it clear that, in line with what I have written here and contrary to interpretations elsewhere, he had no intention of trying to retain her in Agra. When he said aakhri kwahish,it meant just that. She does touch him somewhere, but he is not a lovelorn Majnu to sigh after her; he is an emperor.
Freedom to practice her religion did not mean celebrating all her festivals in public in the Agra palace. It meant doing puja in the privacy of her rooms.. You have to remember that this was a major concession by the emperor, and the mullahs must have criticised it vocally.So yes, she needed his permission for that, and Hamida Banu too does not say, contrary to what she said about Jodha's temple visits, that his permission is not required.
Once Jodha brought her celebrations out into the open, clashes and complaints were bound to surface, and of course it all blew up with her colliding with Mahaam Anga. I was surprised to see Jodha immediately fold up like a pack of cards. I would have expected her to stand up for herself somewhat more.
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