CB and Julius Caesar (26th Feb episode)-page 5

Yes I am back with my magnifying glass looking for subtle signs in todays episode.........on the whole the episode was very cute and sweet with loads of RaDev moments that everyone likes....and surpise of surprises did dadima present Radhika a special dress for the night?..............please can it be something that can wipe out this image of Vishaka in red nighty trying to rape Dev in my mind? YUCK!!!!

BUT what I felt was uneasiness throughout the episode..........I cannot really pin point at what but there is something....

The parts that stood up for me were-

1. Dadima tells Dev when he cannot find the tickets "eetna sambhal ke rakha ki dhundna para".....but the camera is focussed on Radhika and she looks down guiltily........hint is to Vishaka.....he is hiding somewhere..........does that mean that due to some reason Radhika has to go in search of her? or does it mean Mrinalinis hunt for the person who was in the store room?

2.Dadima again tells dev when they call from Goa that "meri choti bahu kuch ayesa kaam kar nahi sakti ki jisse leeye main use datoo...........Radhika is in for a major blasting from dadima in future, when the truth comes out.

3. Chacho was in full Shakuni mood.......being very sweet on the front.....I want to take an insulin injection.....chachoo is slowly putting his plans in actions and Dev is now completely blind.......Dev is also on his own journey to learn a harsh lesson regarding chachoo.

4. Radhika saying that she is going to save all these moments as memories..........hints of small separation in the future when Dev will get angry?

On the whole very cute episode with lovely moments between Dadima and Radhika, Radhika-Birju-Dev, Dev-Radhika but at the end what came into my mind was this sentence from Julius Caesar (Act1, Scene III)........"Beware the Ides of March"........The ides of March is the name of March 15 in the Roman Calendar. The Ides of March was a festive day dedicated to the god Mars (God of War, fertility and agriculture). In modern times, the term Ides of March is best known as the date that Julius Caesar was assassinated.

Parallel between CB and Julius Caeser.......sounds outrageous doesn't it? .........but if you all can humour me then here it comes.........

In Julius Caesar, Marcus Brutus is Caesar's close friend and a Roman councilor. Brutus becomes influenced by a fellow senator Cassius. Traditional readings of the play maintain that Cassius and the other conspirators are motivated largely by envy and ambition, whereas Brutus is motivated by the demands of honour. The early scenes of the play mainly deal with Brutus' arguments with Cassius and his struggle with his own conscience (sounds familiar?). The growing tide of public support soon turns Brutus against Caesar (this public support was actually faked; Cassius wrote letters to Brutus in different handwritings over the next month in order to get Brutus to join the conspiracy). A soothsayer warns Caesar to "beware the Ides of March", which he ignores, culminating in his assassination by the conspirators that day.

So for me Brutus is Radhika and Cassius is Vishaka.........now Radhika is struggling with herself or her conscience......but she is still keeping quiet and not telling Dev.......the assassination of Julius Caeser will be destruction of Devs and dadimas confidence in Radhika.........and soon it is going to be March.

Thank you for reading and having the patience to deal with mad Misti.

Wow Misti ... I have to give it to you ... I am amazed at your detailed knowledge of Shakespeare ... 👏 👏 and your ability to link events that on the surface seem unrelated

I did a double take when I saw you compare Rads to Brutus but can see where you are going with this. Just dont like thinking of Rads as Brutus ... but if you look at it as her destroying Dev's confidence, it makes sense. The only thing I would question is whether Dev as usual would consider that Rads always tries to help others and did not mean to harm him. I don't see this truth coming out separating them ... I can see him being mad at her though but dont know if it will be enough to shake his confidence in her

Today, though, I saw the potential for Chachoo to do a lot of harm. He looked surprisingly smug and happy for someone who basically knows that Rads may come back pregnant and provide the PB house with their waaris. Wonder if he will try to do something

Dadi saying that Rads was perfect and could do not wrong was also telling ... it will be interesting to see how she reacts when she finds out. My guess is that she will understand but be miffed

Thank you misti for always giving us great & entertaining posts, after we look at the epi.the first thing that comes to mind is to read ur thoughts on the epi, that's y this forum is the best so many great ppl on this forum. We have lots lots of patience for ur posts.. 😊 😉

MIshti, as usual a wonderful connection with a Shaespearean tragedy. It is considered a tragedy not because JC was killed on the Ides of March but because of the inherently flawed characters of Cassius and Brutus that led to his death. In the same way, Rads an unwitting victim and Vish an habitual manipulator and characterless person will try to bring Dev the Raj Purohit down. Kaanha will be waiting and watching and strike when it is needed.

Originally posted by: rajsri

Wow Misti ... I have to give it to you ... I am amazed at your detailed knowledge of Shakespeare ... 👏 👏 and your ability to link events that on the surface seem unrelated

I did a double take when I saw you compare Rads to Brutus but can see where you are going with this. Just dont like thinking of Rads as Brutus ... but if you look at it as her destroying Dev's confidence, it makes sense. The only thing I would question is whether Dev as usual would consider that Rads always tries to help others and did not mean to harm him. I don't see this truth coming out separating them ... I can see him being mad at her though but dont know if it will be enough to shake his confidence in her

Today, though, I saw the potential for Chachoo to do a lot of harm. He looked surprisingly smug and happy for someone who basically knows that Rads may come back pregnant and provide the PB house with their waaris. Wonder if he will try to do something

Dadi saying that Rads was perfect and could do not wrong was also telling ... it will be interesting to see how she reacts when she finds out. My guess is that she will understand but be miffed

Thanks Rajsri 😉😃

"The only thing I would question is whether Dev as usual would consider that Rads always tries to help others and did not mean to harm him". .......I think Dev will realise that thinking about others is good but one should also use their intelligence while doing it........also he will realise that Radhika does not understand the meaning of boundaries in relationship and he has to show or teach her that.

I think that like Dev, dadi will also realise that Radhika is not perfect........she has her negative points too........I hope thats what the creatives will be showing and not that she is mahaan and someone will come and save her from this mess.

Thanks Mistis for the excellent post.

Misti ... I too hope that at least dev will realize that rads is not perfect and that she has her faults. I agree that he needs to set boundaries for her. The only thing that seems to work with her is when he gets angry at her ... when he tries telling her in a nice way, she finds a rationale around it but hates seeing him angry or sad. I think the next few days will be interesting

Misti, what is your take on Radhika and Dadi's convo? I loved it, that In Goa Radhika has to be Radhika and not the choti bahu.

Originally posted by: sun_singh

Thank you misti for always giving us great & entertaining posts, after we look at the epi.the first thing that comes to mind is to read ur thoughts on the epi, that's y this forum is the best so many great ppl on this forum. We have lots lots of patience for ur posts.. 😊 😉

Thank you Sun.

Originally posted by: gardes

MIshti, as usual a wonderful connection with a Shaespearean trajedy. It is considered a trajedy not because JC was killed on the Ides of March but because of the inherently flawed characters of Cassius and Brutus that led to his death. In the same way, Rads an unwitting victim and Vish an habitual manipulator and characterless person will try to bring Dev the Raj Purohit down. Kaanha will be waiting and watching and strike when it is needed.

Ever since Vish entered PB, the story of the Trojan Horse in Virgil's Aeneid has stayed in my mind. Vish enters PB through the back door in the same manner that the Greeks entered Troy by hiding in the gifted Trojan Horse and waged the war.

Lets see how the war of the Raj Purohits proceeds. You may be right about this coming to a climax around the Ides of March.

Thanks Gardes..........you are right about the tragic characters of Cassius and Brutus.......the important thing about Julius Caser is that none of the characters are black or white.......they are all gray and thatis why people feel sad for Brutus and not anger........they can understand his emotions.........even though he killed his closest friend and someone who trusted him a lot.

Your comparison with Virgil Aeneid is spot on..........Like Greeks Vishaka entered PB using guile and that means Helen of Troy is Dev!!!!! 😉