SPM ~My Musings ~16.10.19~ It’s just a friendly game..
The cricket friendly one off match, may seem just a harmless game however must say it has some undertones. Love might be in the air for some. But overall the match is set up also to test and improve group dynamics amongst the two families, hosts and guests alike. Like in all team sports, this game being held at the Shah courtyard also requires team spirit and above all courtesy amongst players! as cricket is known as the gentleman’s sport!! Not forgetting both teams dress in their specific colour sports kit. The Sharma’s funnily enough are red as in danger! and the Shahs are clad in yellow, symbolic of bright vivacity. Have to add, the exclusive nature of this match is that families play against each other, and as such both teams are based on mixed gender!
As my friend Irshita , pointed out in her Tuesday comment.. the Shah ladies bar Dadi deviate from their usual conservative dress sense ! they give viewers and both teams, the novel chance of seeing them dressed incricket kits ! All in keeping with the spirit of the game. Seeing their exuberance ! I do wonder what the cv’s want us to believe, that the women of Shah Manzil are moving along with times?.. fine, except that it’s sudden, hence the shock! would their ancestors warm to the idea? or turn in their graves ?? at least the old biddy, Dadi is dressed conventionally and flies the flag for Shah traditionalism .
It’s just a harmless game.. yes this sport too has a warm up session! As for the warm up,in cricket. It’s traditional before the actual game. Match players might amuse the crowds by drawing attention to themselves, by performing pre game exercises! Well!, Madhav flexing his shoulders and biceps most certainly amuses Neelam’s coy lusty gazes! and heaven! help her as she is the game manageress! Savouring Madhav,her eye candy! Mind you there are other warm furtive stolen glances underway too, between Madhav ,Saltanat and Zaroon.. watching, smiling and just loving just a harmless game..
Its just a harmless game! However,Madhav and Zaroon end up being captains of their teams! Giving each other some looks! To warm our curiosity, will this captaincy ,warm up the competition between them? about an unspoken wager? although the known one revolves around the Sharma’s leaving or staying? The toss decides Madhav wins with heads! And Zaroon ends up with tail!
Its just a harmless game.. does Krish do what a silent Madhav wants? Krish wants Saltanat in his team! on the basis of her pinky promise to fight for him in a conflict situation. It does turni nto a difficult scenario, as Zaroon, reminds Krish since she is his wife, Saltanat will play in his team! Zaroon in fact gives her the eye! to stay in his team! Only Krish pulls a sore face ! and wants his daddy to put pressure. Madhav acts wisely and basically leaves it totally up too Saltanat to chose who she wants, to be with ,Krish or her husband Zaroon? does Madhav know that she will chose Krish? its one of those moments in a game where a critical decision rests in the hands of the players.The referee Dadi does not intervene, although she knows full well that knowing Saltanat, she will opt for Krish as opposed to Zaroon! still this is only a fun game, and not some kind of test of Saltanat’s love for Krish..
Saltanat after some thought, does chose to be in Krish’s team.. i.e Madhav’steam, playing against her husband! After all the lesson she gives Krish is that Saltanat never breaks her promise. Zaroon in true sports man spirit has no choice, but watch his wife saunters over to the opposing teams side!
It may be just a harmless game. That Saltanat has no idea about batting! gives Zaroon the wildest reason to warm up Saltanat’s whole being , by giving her a loving tutorial ! by being up close and personal he coaches his wife how to hold the bat properly before a masterstroke. Both Zaroon and Saltanat savour their warm up session.. Zaroon certainly shows he has right over his wife! doesn’t give a toss! if who so ever watches! Madhav watches them cosily slip away.. and simply looks the other way, as Dadi watches his sided glances.. whistle blows, teams face each other, shake hands. Mind you the heads of both teams Indu and Rubina both as bad as each other, start their usual bikerings! Saltanat intercepts and forces both to work as a pair! In preparing refreshments! for the teams! will this pair be able to work in partnership?
Its just a harmless game.. where players will require energy in half time! but Rubina and Indu act like two rotten eggs in the kitchen! act territorial! Turn the kitchen into a battle field fighting each other with weapons of bias and classism! Really they both need to fry an egg!!
It’s just a harmless game, but certainly the opportune moment for the black sari clad woman to leave Sharma house and make her entry into Shah Manzil. She gambols in, unnoticed as a cricket match was on in full swing! She crushes a deep red rose mercilessly in her palm.. and furtively enters the hall way of Shah Manzil! The mysterious woman clearly has a purpose, when she tips over the antique grandfather clock that falls flat onthe floor and the dial crashes on the floor!
This is not a harmless game. What does she mean by picking on the clock? Is it related to stopping time.. freezing the moment, announcing an hour of ill omen for both the Shah’s and the Sharma’s?
While the game continues.. and Madhav takes charge of batting.. the mysterious woman eyes her target.. Krish! Ball goes beyond the boundary line and Krish ! as the fielder goes for it.. he spots the woman…but after Krish comes Saltanat! as his protective shield. It’s what he says to Saltanat.. yes he saw the woman and she was not unknown to him.. so does that suggest that this mysterious woman in black just could be Krish’s mother?
Overall what was the episode about? that during one harmless game Saltanat is yet again seen to give preference to a child over her husband. So far Zaroon appears congenial to Saltanat Krish bonding, but how long before his ears are bent by Humza and Dadi? and who knows Nadeem and Rubina too might join the bandwagon against Saltanat. Another thing it all depends on who wins the match?Madhav’s house is still untreated, as the woman in black scared the pest controller away! so will the Sharma’s leave Shah Manzil or stay?? So seems one more day of cricket! What do cvs have in mind? is beyond me and this nonsense with Madhav eyeing Saltanat and Zaroon? hope cv’s are not planning to taint his persona???…16.10.19 hamlet53
Thanks Irshita and Esha for standing by me..love hammie
for he understands only the friendship part and not the husband / wife details. Or did Zaroon deliberately threw it out for Madhav ??? But then again he doesn't know tht Madhav likes Sultanat or does he have doubts ????
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