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Hello again. :)
I was waiting for the dream/flashback to play out before posting any comments, so I think it's time now. Okay, so the Devaki-gandharva and Arnav-Kashi stories are parallels in different points of time, but I really found the differences between them more interesting than the similarities, somehow. I don't know whether you are going to add more to the Devaki story, but from what you have told us, it's obvious that Arnav-Kashi are some sort of antidote to the curse she had sent upon the house; we already had got a hint of that in Kashi's mother's words.
What is interesting is Devaki and her lover obviously belong to some kind of unexplainable magical realm-- she can move things while he can feel others' emotions; whereas I am not so sure about Arnav and Kashi. There is, of course, a good deal magical in their relationship too, but I have always attributed it to the atmosphere of the illam itself, rather than to the characters themselves. I don't know whether I am making any sense here at all, but I think it would be mighty unfair (and simplistic, completely against the spirit of this story) to equate Kashi with Devaki based on a few superficial qualities. This is, after all, a different time and place, and somehow I can't seem to be able to forget the fact that Kashi does have means to be truly independent, if she so wants. Arnav, I agree, is somewhat similar to the mysterious gandharva character who sort of awakens his woman , but again, while A has gigantic demons of his own, I am not so sure about the other one. Being able to feel what others are feeling can be both powerful and debilitating, and there was just too little information about him for me to understand his state of mind properly. Which is why I prefer to think this is Kashi's dream, because the other scenario is just too mysterious for me to handle right now. This story switches gears so rapidly that I suppose it is healthy to be confused. :D
On another note, I loved your writing style in the dream chapters. It is extremely difficult to get that perfect dream-like quality through words, and you pulled it off perfectly. They were descriptive, informative, and yet retained that unreal mood. You already know I am a fan of your writing Devi, but I think these last few chapters deserve special applause just for their technical brilliance.👏
I was waiting for the dream/flashback to play out before posting any comments, so I think it's time now. Okay, so the Devaki-gandharva and Arnav-Kashi stories are parallels in different points of time, but I really found the differences between them more interesting than the similarities, somehow. I don't know whether you are going to add more to the Devaki story, but from what you have told us, it's obvious that Arnav-Kashi are some sort of antidote to the curse she had sent upon the house; we already had got a hint of that in Kashi's mother's words.
What is interesting is Devaki and her lover obviously belong to some kind of unexplainable magical realm-- she can move things while he can feel others' emotions; whereas I am not so sure about Arnav and Kashi. There is, of course, a good deal magical in their relationship too, but I have always attributed it to the atmosphere of the illam itself, rather than to the characters themselves. I don't know whether I am making any sense here at all, but I think it would be mighty unfair (and simplistic, completely against the spirit of this story) to equate Kashi with Devaki based on a few superficial qualities. This is, after all, a different time and place, and somehow I can't seem to be able to forget the fact that Kashi does have means to be truly independent, if she so wants. Arnav, I agree, is somewhat similar to the mysterious gandharva character who sort of awakens his woman , but again, while A has gigantic demons of his own, I am not so sure about the other one. Being able to feel what others are feeling can be both powerful and debilitating, and there was just too little information about him for me to understand his state of mind properly. Which is why I prefer to think this is Kashi's dream, because the other scenario is just too mysterious for me to handle right now. This story switches gears so rapidly that I suppose it is healthy to be confused. :D
On another note, I loved your writing style in the dream chapters. It is extremely difficult to get that perfect dream-like quality through words, and you pulled it off perfectly. They were descriptive, informative, and yet retained that unreal mood. You already know I am a fan of your writing Devi, but I think these last few chapters deserve special applause just for their technical brilliance.👏
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