Jodha Akbar 87: The Gordian Knot - Page 8

Originally posted by: sashashyam

Yayyy...I read it all Aunty...thank you for that insightful and artistic comparison between the Gordian Knot and Jalal's untying of the knot..In fact, the whole post was so beautiful, I didn't think I'd be able to point any one sentence to highlight as it'd be grave injustice to the rest of it...however, that was till I came across this para below...I had goosebumps when I read it...

Jalal already has the breadth of spiritual vision, the inner clarity, that lets him see his Allah in the Devi. Not many even today, anywhere in the world, are able to do that, for all the current politically correct patter about accepting all religions. And in the 16^th century, when Protestants and Catholics were massacring each other and burning each other at the stake all over Europe and in England, for the Emperor Jalaluddin Mohammed to demonstrate such purity of thought, such innate humanisn, was nothing short of a miracle.

And this is not just because of Jodha, for even if she might have been the catalyst for this specific act of his, she is not the sole motivation for it. It is about something infinitely bigger and grander, Jalal's vision for this vast land that he hopes to rule one day in peace and prosperity.

👏👏👏 Spectacular!

Jalal & Jodha: veiled bitterness: But I could not understand the need to take off his tunic for applying lep to the back of his neck), the head massage - was all more or less predictable and pleasant, without setting whatever river flows thru Amer on fire.

I said the same thing in another post...almost like he just had to hear her say the word 'strip' and there he was disrobing himself steadily😆

She listens to all of this half resentfully, half in resignation, but she is deaf to the undercurrent beneath his jibes. Deaf to his unspoken need for her, not to love him, but to care for him, for what happens to him. If not as much as she cares for her family, at least some fraction thereof . The day she begins to hear that unspoken plea, that will be the day their relationship will leave behind all this juvenile bickering, and will, finally, grow up . Jalal has already come far more than halfway to meet her. Now it is up to her. Maybe the next attack planned by Adham will, before it fails, push her to cross her personal Rubicon, and to walk the last stretch to meet him.

I don't know why she's stubbornly standing on the other side of the bank...refusing to take the oar, refusing to get into the boat and yet constantly complaining that there seems to be no way for her to cross the river...Only if she bends down and ACCEPTS the boatman's oar can she do it, only if she she STEPS FORTH and GETS INTO the boat can the journey start...

I don't mind her taking her time to start making a place for Jalal in her heart-after all, its the heart and it follows its own..however, at least in the meanwhile she needn't carry on hating him while doing so!

Lovely lovely post aunty - you should be proud of it as you rightfully are 🤗Thanks for the reply pm...

My dear Sonia,

I am very happy to hear this from you. Thank you.

I am not given to thinking highly of my own posts, but this one was special, because it covered a very important step in the Jalal to Akbar passage, and it was not only because of Jodha. I wanted to bring out that auto-catalysed epiphany of Jalal's, its tremendous significance. as also the very real risks he ran in making that gesture. No one else seemed to have touched on that point, till Mahaam brought it up, and rightly so, the next day.

It did flow well and I was satisfied with the end product, because I wrote it from the heart. It was such an incredibly beautiful scene, and that boy brought it alive with the magic of his eyes and his face. He has presence in abundance, and unbelievable micro-control his facial muscles, so that any expression is not static, but is a succession of very slight variations of emotion, like an elegant ivory fan being spread out. And he is only 22.

I am delighted that I was able to convey all that to you, and that your reaction to the whole was the same as mine.

Shyamala

Originally posted by: sonia_1

What a fabulous post Shyamala 👏👏

Such a fantastic description of what Jalal did in the temple...His Gordian Knot solution ⭐️ One had the inkling of the importance of his bowing down to MaaKaali and kissing the ground but to pen it down needs an art, which you did so aptly. 👍🏼

I could just go on reading this one...😊

Thank you for this awesome post, which shall remain my most favorite of your work.🤗

Thank you, my dearest Alakh. I loved it myself, something I very rarely do, for it wrote itself and it flowed so smoothly.

However, as I wrote to Sonia above (do see that post) , the real magician there was Rajat as Jalal. He is such a consistent pleasure to watch. Soon, he will be claimed by films and then one would not be able to see him daily as we do now. So we should enjoy this while we can!

Shyamala Aunty

Originally posted by: Autumn_Rose

such a beautiful post Aunty.. reading it again and again..

Thank you. my dear Abhi. I absolutely loved that temple scene, and I tried to put across why it was so tremendously significant. I am glad that I was able to do that.

Yes, Jalal had that superb line, but the real magic was in his eyes and face, all thru the matha tekhna, where he spoke not a word. He is a phenomenon, the boy.

Shyamala

Originally posted by: abhi786

Wonderful post Shyamala 👏 .. The temple scenes of Adkhaa was one the best scenes in yesterday episode...

Superb dialague - " Kisike kadmon par sar rakhne ke liye, sar katane ki zaroorat nahin hoti, Jodha Begum. Sar jhukana hi kaafi hota hai.

Thank you so much, Nandini. It was an incredibly moving scene, and the boy was phenomenal in the way he made it come alive, without words, as he did the matha tekhna.

I wanted to bring out the real significance of what he did and why he did it, and not treat is as a gesture made only for Jodha, which it was not. So I just wrote it from the heart, and that always works!

Shyamala B.Cowsik

Originally posted by: nandinidavid96

Absolutely brilliant post as always...I am at loss of words. The lines in BOLD are simply awesome

He sees the whole of the Hindustan that he wishes to unite under his rule, not by brute force,but thru willing acceptance. Na ki shamsheer ki dhar se, par rishton ke reshmi dhagon me piroke.To win the heart of this Hindustan, he knows now what he has to do. For them to accept him, he has first to accept them.

Jalal already has the breadth of spiritual vision, the inner clarity, that lets him see his Allah in the Devi. Not many even today, anywhere in the world, are able to do that, for all the current politically correct patter about accepting all religions. And in the 16^thcentury, when Protestants and Catholics were massacring each other and burning each other at the stake all over Europe and in England, for the Emperor Jalaluddin Mohammed to demonstrate such purity of thought, such innate humanisn, was nothing short of a miracle.

And this is not just because of Jodha, for even if she might have been the catalyst for this specific act of his, she is not the sole motivation for it. It is about something infinitely bigger and grander, Jalal's vision for this vast land that he hopes to rule one day in peace and prosperity.

Thank you, my darling girl. You made my day!

Shyamala Aunty

Originally posted by: lashy

Every time you praise Rajat, I nod my head VIGOROUSLY! He is a marvel, a delight & all of that aunty!!


I can't wait to watch him in films!! 😳

Neither, Tripti, can I!

Shyamala Aunty

Originally posted by: Mallika-E-Bhais

Every time you praise Rajat, I nod my head VIGOROUSLY! He is a marvel, a delight & all of that aunty!!
I can't wait to watch him in films!! 😳

Thank you, Leelaa. For me, this is perhaps the most significant post I have done here so far, in terms of trying to put across the stupendous significance of what Jalal did in the Kali Mandir. I do not know how far I succeeded, but I did my best.

Shyamala B.Cowsik

Originally posted by: leelaa9

Beautiful analysis.👏