Vajra - Chapter 19A
The Crack in his Armour - I
Shobha does know more than she lets on, she suspects Annapurna's hand behind Sanskaar's disappearance, not the cause but rather the reason. And I loved what she wrote in her book (though the credit should go to you)., it is so profound, most of us are convinced that our journeys are unique, our battles are different and our scars are sacred and that we will be immortal when compared to others, not knowing or rather not caring about the others we meet in our journey called life. Maybe we only we had a little wonder, a little curiosity and a little less self absorption, the world would be a different place.
Suvanna, is not as immune to emotions as she would like to be, it did hurt that Laksh was able to see her beyond Ragini's face. And as she says, circumstances change, people change and when they do their choices change, which is why we would soon see brother against brother, power against ambition and choice against chance.
The glimpse of the past -was a sighting of what we want and what we end up with - Ram and Aruna, neither wanted the throne nor the kingdom, but ended up with both a throne and a kingdom and losing each other. And Annapurna,who I remember dreamt of being the queen ends up being the wife in waiting. Guess that is when she starts the plan - she would be what she was intended to be or rather, her son would be.
And Agni rightly guessed the intent of the Queen Reagent, did he not?
And the transformation of Sujata to Kalindi (I just love this name, it evokes a very mystic and a shivery feeling, a nice one though) and quite prophetic. Twice, Aruna saves Sujata and in turn, it would end up saving Sanskaar and in a way, even Laksh, which is quite ironic for Sujata has been accused of the crime of attempting to kill him.
One more thing - Ram promises that he would be Aruna's only and she is adamant that she would never be queen, yet, in the end both of them seemed to have stepped down from their stance, guess we have to wait for a few more chapters for this clarity.
In the beginning, I felt the crack was a reference to Sanskaar, but now I think it alludes to Laksh or maybe Ram...