Originally posted by: nandinidavid96
That's my biggest problem...Jalal was ready to leave his throne abandoning his subjects for his vachan to jodha BUT didn't he took marital vows with Ruqayya ?? She don't deserve that public humiliation. Is he don't value his marriage to Ruqayya?? Anyways, he wont divorce her but still he is coming across as biased. Marriage is an ascribed status BUT friendship is not an ascribed status it is achieved status. We can fall in love for no reasons but friendship is not about falling, in won't happen in a moment; it takes time to make friends. we cling to the person who we have known, identified and shared some common ground. Given this he understands Jodha's plight (sailing in the same boat blah blah) but cant he understand Ruqayya's love or he don't want to acknowledge??
May be he takes Ruqayya for granted...half of her arrogance is due to Jalal, he allowed her to run harem with her own set of rules, he intrigued with her against Jodha...except about MA, Ruqayya did shared everything with Jalal over and time again and he always patted her.
the only way I can feebly justify that is that he has grown as an emperor since then. He now wants justice for all his people and he wants their loyalty. So ruks ban gayi bakri.
I can accept what he is doing as a king, but he definitely let down ruks on the personal front. He needs a letter to remind him of what his father did, of what he means to ruqaiya? He couldnt comfort her before that.? How about going to her right after the announcement?
To me it seems like he is sacrificing her with no explanations. She will do it willingly if he tells her to do it.
But this is all just to make Jo the typical mahaan heroine and Ruks the trump card that can be used either way.
On the other hand, Like you said, friendship doesnt grow overnight. He does take Ruks for granted, because she has been there always, he expects her to make sacrifices that he will not expect from any of his other begums. Its like he owns her loyalty. Enough to use it for his means. Thats how deep that bond goes. that he will make demands of it without another thought. He has expectations from her that he doesnt ask from any other wife. She has to understand, thats his demand. No questions asked. Thats why their bond borders on the grey side.
But he needs to comfort her. He has to know that her life revolves around him without her expressing it in a letter. Common Jalal.
Edited by Ariel - 10 years ago
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