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My dear Lavanya,
Thanks for my daily dose of morale booster!
Now as for your two questions, Sandhya has given you excellent answers to both. I would not quite compare Bairam Khan's downfall to Raavana's, for the latter was a giant of a man in most ways, whereas Bairam Khan had a narrow, tunnel vision that could look only at the expansion of the Mughal empire on the basis of fear and force. He never had the vision needed for the consolidation phase, or even the wisdom to understand that unless there was a consolidation phase, one part or the other of the empire he strove to build would be trying to break away in open rebellions that could never be put out completely, which would affect not just the political but also the economic health of the empire.
Bairam Khan started thinking of himself as the all knowing eminence grise, a Grey Eminence like Cardinal Richelieu to the French King Louis XIII. As he tells Salima, his loyalty was not to the Shahenshah but to the Mughal sultanat. He still considered Jalal a wayward young warrior who could win battles but not plan either tactics or strategy without being spoonfed by his Khan Baba. Whence his instructions to Jalal not to move on Amer till he said so (which Jalal circumvented by moving single-handedly on Amer!).
Bairam Khan never thought of Maham Anga as a real rival till the very end, but only as a jumped up, upstart daayimaa. So he was not afraid of her. What infuriated him was that Jalal had countermanded him publicly and, at least in one instance, taken charge of the Takhatmal case himself. His raging to Salima later, about Jalal's ingratitude, shows that.
It is what the Greeks call hubris, overweening pride, that led to his downfall thru this case, and in that way, Raja Takhatmal had his revenge after all!
As for Jodha and Sujamal, I would go with Sandhya's take on it. After the Kali Maa mandir incident, which is what really triggered this Jalal ka sar business, Sujamal was too taken up with his own problems, and Jodha would not have had the heart to burden him with this demand. And a day later he was gone. Whence the sad fate of Suryabhan, who lost his sar to no purpose, poor chap!
Shyamala Aunty
Thanks for my daily dose of morale booster!
Now as for your two questions, Sandhya has given you excellent answers to both. I would not quite compare Bairam Khan's downfall to Raavana's, for the latter was a giant of a man in most ways, whereas Bairam Khan had a narrow, tunnel vision that could look only at the expansion of the Mughal empire on the basis of fear and force. He never had the vision needed for the consolidation phase, or even the wisdom to understand that unless there was a consolidation phase, one part or the other of the empire he strove to build would be trying to break away in open rebellions that could never be put out completely, which would affect not just the political but also the economic health of the empire.
Bairam Khan started thinking of himself as the all knowing eminence grise, a Grey Eminence like Cardinal Richelieu to the French King Louis XIII. As he tells Salima, his loyalty was not to the Shahenshah but to the Mughal sultanat. He still considered Jalal a wayward young warrior who could win battles but not plan either tactics or strategy without being spoonfed by his Khan Baba. Whence his instructions to Jalal not to move on Amer till he said so (which Jalal circumvented by moving single-handedly on Amer!).
Bairam Khan never thought of Maham Anga as a real rival till the very end, but only as a jumped up, upstart daayimaa. So he was not afraid of her. What infuriated him was that Jalal had countermanded him publicly and, at least in one instance, taken charge of the Takhatmal case himself. His raging to Salima later, about Jalal's ingratitude, shows that.
It is what the Greeks call hubris, overweening pride, that led to his downfall thru this case, and in that way, Raja Takhatmal had his revenge after all!
As for Jodha and Sujamal, I would go with Sandhya's take on it. After the Kali Maa mandir incident, which is what really triggered this Jalal ka sar business, Sujamal was too taken up with his own problems, and Jodha would not have had the heart to burden him with this demand. And a day later he was gone. Whence the sad fate of Suryabhan, who lost his sar to no purpose, poor chap!
Shyamala Aunty
Originally posted by: Sabdabhala
THANKS FOR THE PM AUNTYAND YET AGAIN, A BRILLIANT ANALYSISI TOO ENJOYED THE SCENE BETWEEN ABDUL AND JALAL. THEIR BOND IS ONE OF A KIND, WHERE JALAL IS ABLE TO LET DOWN HIS GUARD, ALBEIT A LITTLE BIT, WHILE WITH ABDUL, AND COMES CLOSEST TO BEING THE PERSON THAT HE IS. HOWEVER, AS YOU HAVE SAID IN THE PAST, DUE TO THE FEELINGS OF NEGLECT IN THE PAST, JALAL IS NEVER ABLE TO ACTUALLY BE THAT PERSON IN TOTOABDUL, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAS PRESUMABLY NEVER NURTURED FEELINGS OF NEGLECT, AND SHOWERS HIS AFFECTIONS ON JALAL WITH RECKLESS ABANDON. HIS CHILD LIKE ENTHUSIASM TO SEE JALAL'S WISHES GET FULFILLED IN THE BACKGROUND OF HIS UNWAVERING LOYALTY, IS ALL A PLEASURE TO SEE. HIS CONFIDENCE ON HIS FRIEND, HIS SHAHENSHAH, ACTUALLY BREAKS ALL BARRIERS AND BECOMES OVER CONFIDENCE - A BIT RECKLESS, BUT IT SURE KEEPS US VIEWERS COMPLETELY ENTHRALLEDBOTH OF THEM TOGETHER REALLY MAKE THE SCREEN COME ALIVE. AND SINCE I AM NEW RO TEAE EPISODES, I GET TO SEE A JALAL I HAVE NEVER SEENANYWAYS, AFTER READING TODAY'S ANALYSIS, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO ANSWER AND IT IS ABOUT THE FALL FROM GRACE OF KHAN BABA. I VAGUELY KNOW THAT IT WAS PARTLY COZ OF HIS OWN ACTIONS, PARTLY COZ OF SAAZISH BY MAHAM ANGA AND PARTLY COZ OF JALAL GROWING UP OR GROWING OUT OF HIS SHADOW.BUT KHAN BABA WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN SETTING UP THE EMPIRE AFTER HUMAYUN'S DEATH. HE NEITHER LACKED TE BRAINS NOR THE BRAWN. WHY THEN DID HE ALLOW HIMSELF TO FALL FROM GRACE THUS? HOW DID HE NOT SEE THE LIKES OF MAHAM USURPING HIS POSITION?SECOND ONE IS WHEN THERE IS SUCH A STRONG BOND BETWEEN SUJAMAL AND JODHA, THEN WHY DOES EVER NOT THINK OF HIM AS A SUITABLE CONTENDER TO GET HER THE COVETED JALAL KA SAR? WHY IS SHE LOOKING FOR A SUITOR TO DO THE HONORS? SHE ADORES HIM, AND FEELS HE IS THE CONSUMMATE YODDHA,BUT YET NEVER OCE URGES HIM TO DO TE NEEDFUL. WHY?
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