HE - Episode 12

Hello Aruna,
have you read the episode? Waiting for your fb.
regards,

 

Dear Jaya,
I was really thinking hard on how to pen the screenplay and dialogues for this episode. I knew it had to be a little sad and I wanted to add something to compensate for the sadness. I did two things. One was Destiny's role in the side of goodness. And the second was the love Madhavan had for Priya even at that stage.

I did not plan the scenes as I usually do. I just went on writing and then only organized the scenes in order.

Nothing gives greater pleasure for the writer than his readers appreciating those lines which he himself loved to write.

Though I have been living with words in one form or other all my life, I still find non-verbal communication to be more powerful than verbal.
I am now in Chennai. Day before yesterday I met my client who is also my friend. After our dinner at Taj we were driving back home. It was a ten minutes drive and we did not speak a word. In that silence I could so strongly feel his "friendliness" that I could almost touch it.

You need not have to worry on that account, Jaya. I don't like outright tragedies myself. But I have to warn you that though good will succeed in the long run, we have to reckon some casualties as well. I dont believe in all-sweet, sugary formula stories which might not have any impact on us at all.

Thanks Jaya for your fb,
regards,
love,

 

Dear Sudha,
Since I had to leave for Chennai by the night train on Friday, I posted the episode in the afternoon itself.
Destiny which always sides the good has now started showing its true colours. The scene in the Doctor's office is very important for the story. I had to pack all the emotions in it.
For Priya, it was the combination of shock, disbelief and guilt. And to cap it all, she could not bear Madhavan's love. That unsettled her mind.
There is a subtle point to be noted here. Religious preachers always warn us that it is impossible to bear God's wrath. I have never accepted that kind of ********. But I have understood this. It is very difficult to bear God's love. When we start feeling God's love, when we begin to realise a billionth part of her selfless love, we are so overwhelmed, that mental balance is at times disturbed.
Madhavan's love was a trace of Her love and that was the reason Priya lost her mind.

My anxiety is no less, Sudha.

thanks
regards,

 

Hi Chocolate,
Madhavan is brave, no doubt. But any reasonable human being trapped in a situation like that will definitely become brave. You can call that as a basic human quality. Or Destiny's tendency to help people in distress.
The story is now heading towards a complex finale. I am trying to organise my thoughts. Of course I had prepared a basic storyline. But I have made so many changes in it.
As of now, I am not sure whether I would be carrying the story for another 6 episodes or finish it in the next, two or three.
Next week end (as of today, this weekend) we are to see some significant developments in Time-line B.
Thanks, Chocolate for the nice fb.
regards,

 

Dear Kamla,
Thanks for the nicest compliment, you have ever paid me in this serial. I am referring to these lines

Believe me, Kamla, I am not being sarcastic. You know my average episode-length is about 2000-2500 words. This episode and the previous one were especially long - some 3300 words. More than a third longer than the usual length. And you said with your unique gracefulness, that "you are becoming increasingly miserly". Which only means my XXXL size episode appears short to you. Which means you found it really racy. Thanks a ton for the kind compliment.

The answers will emerge soon. You need to do only two things. One is to just wait for the Saturdays. And second is to pray to God that varalotti be blessed with the strength to deliver the future episodes to your satisfaction and to that of all the ILites.

You don't sound harsh at all, Kamla. I know you are incapable of that. Just retain those good vibes. You may need them when you read about the developments in Time-line B.

love,

 

Dear Chithra,

Thanks.

Unlike the other Doctors psychiatrists are not that well known and popular. My friend Dr.CRS in Madurai is a famous psychiatrist. We were in a big corporate dinner a few years ago. He told me that there were a dozen of his former patients in the dinner. He did not point out. And he told me that they also would not recognize him wantonly. Second, the Vulture had set up an actual Doctor's clinic. So there was nothing to raise Madhavan's suspicion. Third, it was Priya who had fixed up the appointment, as she told Madhavan earlier. Madhavan was just asked to come along. So he might have thought that his wife should have fixed up the right person and would have not bothered to check the credentials. And nobody would like to ask references about a psychiatrist, unless it is absolutely necessary to do so.

I am not that big a man to grant permission to Destiny. I am just letting it play its part, the part ordained for it by Almighty God. But Destiny being Destiny, I cannot give any guarantee as to its doing good to Priya and Madhavan. When they take the first step it will lend a helping hand.

thanks, Chithra

love

 

Dear Varloo,
Thanks, Varloo for the nice words. It's not only couples, but friends, partners, colleagues etc. do not talk things within themselves. The main block is ego. And because even a loving person has a big ego, they let some third persons come in between and spoil the love. Another reason is fear. Which was what Priya had. The Vultur is a Master in judging human emotions. He found out that only two factors - greed and fear - can move people to do things the way he wanted. When he advised on take-overs he used greed. And later to make Priya suspect about Madhavan he used fear.
I was just wondering why a divine person, a God like Rama should allow a dhobi's remarks to come between him and his wife?

I used Gandhinagar III Main Road because it is a very calm area. I did not know that an ILites meeting happened there. If I had, I would not have used it. As it is the place of a fake psychiatrist's hospital. ha ha ha.

It could be a) A or b) B ha ha ha

regards,

 

Dear Sujatha,
Happy to know that you found the episode interesting.

Well, I cant give any commitment on that, though I will be working hard to minimise the final damage.

Now in addition to the inherent suspense in the story, there will be an added thrill. Will it be A or B? Well, as of now, I don't know.

Thanks for the nice fb, Sujatha.

regards,