Vacuum after completing a heart-warming series

This was a poster created after I completed Homeland, a series on Disney plus Hotstar. It was a part of my day for about 3 and a half months . The last episode was overwhelming . It left me sense of contentment too, not asking for more.

Over the last two years, I used to see the poster of Homeland come up as an option on the screen of Hotstar, but chose to move on to something else, damn, these people running our devices do know us better than us.

Homeland is an American espionage thriller television series developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa based on the Israeli series Prisoners of War. The series stars Claire Danes as Cathie Mathison, a CIA officer with bipolar disorder and Damian Lewis as Nicolas Brody, a Marine Corps Scout Sniper.   Brody was held captive as a prisoner of war, and Mathison becomes convinced that he was “turned” by the enemy and poses a threat to the United States. The series storyline grows from this premise, together with Mathison’s ongoing covert work. The series also stars Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson and Rupert Friend as Peter Quinn.

When the series comes to an end, I usually look up the characters on Social Media, I began this after Modern Family. Somehow I do that only after the series ended, except for Prison Break where I looked up Wentworth Miller who plays Michael Scofield, after his apparent passing away in the series. I realised this was a vacuum I was trying to fill in, as I was so used to these characters being a part of my life, apart from my family, work, near and dear.

I used to watch the making, the interviews of the characters, read short articles or posts about them. It was like I was saying Bye in a slow manner.

It is difficult to let go some people or things who have been a part of your life, so I believe we need to give it the time it takes, recall memories, like I did in the form of watching the making of the series, give it the love we have, cherish the memories, get to know them a little more and then say the final goodbye, only to re-start the journey again with a new set of characters waiting to find place in our hearts.

Which was the series that left you with a vacuum?

This is written for https://www.theblogchatter.com/daily-writing-prompts-for-write-a-page-a-day WAPAD Blogchatter. This is so cool that today’s prompt and my write-up have a close connection. My posts are based on posters created towards Jan end, I wasn’t even sure of using them for WAPAD But here I am!

Questy Musings is a musing with a question. I have certain questions that keep me busy. Sharing my thoughts aloud, I wonder if this post touched you and made you reflect upon certain aspects of your life, my blog, my write-up here has achieved its mission. See you around soon.

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E-Book Talk: The story of a Story

Name of the E-book: The story of a Story

Author: Ravish Mani

E-Book Released on: 21 May 2021

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Number of pages: 47

Genre: Writing

Book Blurb: The book, The Story of STORY, talks about important aspects of storytelling through the story of STORY itself from evolutionary perspective. It mainly deals with why people read stories and how to leverage it to write impactful stories for providing powerful aesthetic experience to the readers.

About the book: The Story of a story by Ravish Mani is an absolutely inspiring book for authors or aspiring authors. It covers different aspects, layered beautifully talking about the protagonist, arousal of emotions in readers, belief formation, etc. The book systematically breaks down the story of a story with excellent examples to help the reader understand very well.

The examples deserve an extra mention, they communicate the message diligently, and I personally need to re-read the book a couple of times more to understand the depth it wants an author to reach.

There is a spiritual touch to the book where the author talks of desire, karma, pain and pleasure. It is truly to be read to experience this aspect.

The author’s laptop had crashed two days prior to the submission, but the effort of launching the E-book typed on a phone is commendable. The cover page could get more creative as it is the first impression of he book.

The author has given brief information, strong words and even stronger titles that are on point. The not so long book can be read soon, but an aspiring author must make notes while reading. The miscellaneous topics are a bonus to the readers. The author’s earnest desire to share information is mentioned in his own words “It invoked a desire in me to provide useful information to aspiring authors by sharing my expertise in the field of storytelling by launching a book through this Carnival.”

This book can be downloaded from the Blogchatter website. It is a must read and will keep you engrossed with the story of a Story. It has something very transparent and raw which must be experienced.

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Ravish Mani is a life adviser and story consultant. He’s known in the blogosphere for his spiritual approach, analytical abilities, multidimensional perspectives, and helping nature.
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Cause A Chatter – Criminal Justice behind closed doors

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Blogchatter has a themed campaign  for ‘Cause A Chatter Blogging With A Purpose’ by adding three categories of causes Mental Health Talks, Gender Talks, and Environmental Talks. My choice is Gender Talks.

I recently watched the Criminal Justice Behind Closed Doors. It is a Hotstar special.

The story revolves around why did a wife kill her husband? She was the murderer for sure, BUT WHY? The victim, a celebrity Lawyer, loving father, great husband (portrayed) looks too tidy to be the perfect husband. The couple have a young daughter who plays a good role in the series. The mother of the victim essayed by Deepti Naval.

Right from the trailer I knew I would like it, it went beyond my expectations. Cinematically, theme wise, there was a comparison with the previous Criminal Justice, which was popular enough to garner views for the next season. I am usually more concerned with the story, and watching it was pretty painful (strong word) but yes, let me tell you why. A keen observer, I guessed she was in an abusive relation but in the court, this had to be proved with evidence. The wife was clearly silent but calm with respect to the murder, the only time she shakes up is when her daughter is at stake. This shows that she is at peace with the situation she is in but is immensly worried for her daughter.

SPOILER ALERT!

The wife Anuradha, played by Kirti Kulkarni, wife of Bikram Chandra, played by  Jisshu Sengupta, is dazed most of the time, thinking but unable to say a thing. Bikram has scripted a story to the world, their daughter and Anuradha’s father about her illness. An imaginary illness. He tells the daughter that they are a team trying hard to save Mom from the illness. Manipulation by a lawyer keeping all the pieces intact. With this I could draw a conclusion, in today’s world, the more educated, the more intense the crime. He makes her believe that she forgets things by tiny incidents. As the story progressed, I felt more bad for the society we live in. The daughter is completely against the mother, it cuts out a sorry figure for all the mothers out there. But there is justice and it is through the daughter.

The police officer Gauri played by Kalyanee Mulay, deserves a special mention for the role essayed and and the character she plays. She is also in a subtle abusive relationship that gets visible towards the end, discovers it through the case and takes a final call to part ways.

There is Pankaj Triparti who is Madhav, the lawyer who takes up the case for Anuradha, who leaves his wife, just after getting married. This too is not clearly right in my opinion, but the wife, a strong Ratna played by Khushboo Atre shows him the pathway of marriage. How are women so taken for granted?

Another part played by Anupama Menon’s mother who is dealing with her husband’s second marriage throws light upon another problem women face, but must stay on putting up a brave face. Anupama is, Nikhat the lawyer assisting Madhav with the case.

I believe that if a story like this is made, it surely has been lurking around the corner. These four stories, all dealing with not very healthy relationships must be understood by the audience and seen as a perspective of saving such a relationship

Abuse at home, giving a cold glance, commenting on the suggestions offered, disregarding one’s opinion and laughing it off, trying to act indifferent with in-laws are all subtle forms of abuse. Many undergo these harsh yet subtle forms of abuse but very few actually speak up, some don’t even understand that they are being abused and are made to feel guilty for every tiny little act as simple as forgetting to buy ice-cream.

Criminal Justice behind Closed doors has the apt sub-title behind closed doors for this sort of abuse.