Finally Jashn for Twins…Happy Baby, Crying Baby...Zeenat Attacks Hussein…!!!
Friends,
There is still no development of the story on Ruqaiyya’s front, which makes me wonder how Ruqaiyya can be exposed if she doesn’t do anything wrong..!! Even today, Ruqaiyya was trying hard to be the Good Mother to Hussein on her own, without help from the daima. If she had any intentions to take away Hasan also from Jodha or prove Jodha a bad mother, she is certainly not acting on them right now. May be looking after Hussein alone is proving to be more than a handful to Ruqaiyya and so she is not in the position to think about anything else.
Nothing excitingly new happened in the episode today except the
announcement of a Jashn (read Big Trouble) for the twins. The same stereotype
of “a good mommy, happy baby and a bad mommy, crying baby” was rehashed today
also. Javeda makes a hue and cry after catching Zeenat feeding something to
Hussein.
The episode opens in the DEK where a section of the
riyaya is singing hosannas to Jalal, just as he enters. This is a group of
Hindus come to thank Jalal for abolishing the jaziya and to present him with
gifts for his waaris. Jalal is touched and promises that henceforth, there will
be no discrimination in the Mughal Sultanat on the basis of religion. The
riyaya returns this grand gesture with a grander gesture by declaring that they
will control prices of commodities so that no one has to suffer in the kingdom. Everyone
is suitably happy with this mutual respect and cooperation.
Danger…Jashn Ahead
Later Jalal calls a conference of his close associates from the
harem as well as the court. He reveals that he wants to throw a grand Jashn for
the twins on the day after the next day, i.e., on Dusshera, where he wants to
introduce the waaris to the awaam. Hamida Bano and Ruqaiyya are against taking
the twins into the public, as they are still too small. But Mahesh Das aka
Birbal feels that Jalal should introduce the twins to the awaam and tells
Ruqaiyya that only time will tell if it’s the correct decision or not. Jalal agrees to go
with Birbal’s decision.
Jalal
Learns to Burp the Baby
In a cute scene, Jalal is petulant that Jodha has no time
for him. So he wants to share her responsibilities and spend time with Hasan. Unfortunately,
Hasan has no concern that his father is an emperor and wets his clothes. But
Jalal refuses to give up. He holds on to Hasan and insists on learning to
change the baby. Jodha informs him that she learnt to take care of babies from her
bhabhisa. She also teaches him to burp the baby and make him sleep on his left
side.
This crash course in taking care of a baby is immediately useful
for Jalal, as he shows Ruqaiyya just how well he has learnt the fine art of
being a hands-on father. Note the normalcy in the relationship just a day (?)
after Ruqaiyya publicly insulted him and Jodha and insisted on looking after
Hussein herself with the help of a daima. Ruqaiyya is suitably impressed. But
of course, he cannot tell her that he has learnt it all from Jodha.
More Help to Ruqaiyya
Though Ruqaiyya had announced that she needed no help from anyone
and would manage just fine with a daima, the entire Mughal khandaan seems keen
to help her out with the baby. In another scene, Hussein is bawling his lungs
out and Ruqaiyya is at her wit’s end, not knowing how to make him sleep. Hamida
Bano herself comes to Ruqaiyya’s rescue and puts both Hussein and Ruqaiyya to
sleep. But she is a smart grandmother. Instead of staying put to watch over her
sleeping grandson, she delegates the duty to Zeenat and goes off, presumably to
sleep herself.
Well, good for Hussein that there are so many hands to look after
him when Ruqaiyya is unable to cope, which is quite often. But after what
happened in the DEK yesterday, somehow I can’t understand how everyone is so
normal with Ruqaiyya so soon?
Oh, She Can Manage
On the other hand, Jodha needs no help from any quarter to take
care of her child and keep him happy always. Not that any help is forthcoming
from any one. But this is so UNFAIR..!! Why is more concern shown to Ruqaiyya
than Jodha?
There is just a cursory scene of Salima and Rahim playing with
Hasan.
Zeenat is Caught
The Mirza couple is excited that a jashn will allow them a chance
to harm Hussein. But an impatient Zeenat cannot wait till then and feeds
Hussein a diamond, as soon as she gets a chance. But our dear Javeda sees this
and makes a hue and cry about it. This leads to the precap.
Precap
A distraught Ruqaiyya wonders if Zeenat has fed a diamond to
Hussein, who is apparently not making any sounds now, as per Javeda. Zeenat
denies doing anything. Jalal shouts at her to keep quiet (the famous promo of Khamosh..!!).
If Jalal is already shouting at Zeenat for
doing something to Hussein, then how is she able to harm both the babies as per
the spoiler?
You all are welcome to share your views, and discuss the episode...
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