Raqsam (Aymal Raza)- Novel Analysis by Shoby

Raqsam (Aymal Raza)- Novel Analysis by Shahbaz Ali Naqvi (Shoby)

Shuru shuru mein jab khawab toot'tey hain to bohat bechaini hoti hai... Phir adat ho jati hai... Tootney or bechain rehney ki...

Her mother became habitual of absorbing pain and it was looking like if the same was destined for her too but at the end of the day, sun was all set to shower her shines on her. It is curtains on Aymal Raza's Raqsam and Manaal binte Surayya stands out victorious.

This three episodic novel is once again an excellent tragedy written by Aymal and I must say, Aymal knows the recipe of writing a perfect tragedy. Although she introduced many characters in the novel but to me, Raqsam was all about these powerful characters, Manaal, Sikander, Doris and Ajram, having Manaal stealing the limelight. Let us explore these characters first.

Raqsam's plot revolves around Manaal and this character has every trait of Taveez e Hub's Bianca. You will feel the same rage, anger, a wish to take revenge and a heart that lasts for love but the game time plays with both of them is almost the same. Ignoring the phenomenon they both went rhough, one can easily replace these two characters and the reaction would be surprisingly same. 

Manaal was deprived of love and she was all revenge on account of this. But when she realised that in the course of having a revenge based saga, she is going nowhere, she just left everything, even herself. Gerard Way said, “Sometimes you have to kind of die inside in order to rise from your own ashes and believe in yourself and love yourself to become a new person.” She almost did the same.

They say, we the humans are not wrong all the time, rather time makes us do silly wrong things. Sikander is a perfect example of this. He was never meant to make Suraya's life hell but this happens when someone craves for love which is not meant for him/ her. Suraya's wish ruined her. Not only her but her children too along with many others in long lasting canvas.

When I was studying character of Doris, I was constantly thinking that even if I don't take it as a standalone character specifically designed for this novel, this is a pure reflection of what we human beings are in reality. The pseudo-gods, as we perceive ourselves. We all, in one way or another feel ourselves as highest & best of all others. We don't allow anyone to fee free in our presence and we never give space to anyone.. We wish to obtain each & everything and we don't bother if something gets hurt or destroyed in the course of this. We just have to feed our own selves. I liked the much needed transition of this character in the end though.

Coming towards Ajram's character, it was complex. At one hand, he is that one happy-go-lucky chap, a blue eyed who can steal the heart of anyone and on anther hand, he was all set to deceit someone without having a second thought. May be this is also another grey aspect of human psyche. A bit disappointment was the treatment with this characters in the end. I feel, this one character could have been handled much better in the final half, considering how it was introduced with a bang in the second half.

Aymal has written a smooth plot this time with a much expected finale but the actual juice of the story lies in the heart of the script. Its all about karma and she has shown the very real of it in these sequences. Whatever has happened to each of these characters was a part of karma but we should not leave it to karma only. Wayne Dyer said, "How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours." Food for thought!

Fortune makes us check diverse taste of life. There are moments when we laugh out loud and moments when we cry our hearts full. One should not only focus on the negative vibes that encircles him, instead he should keep on looking for those beautiful tiny moments that can have a miraculous effect on the life. Try to find life in moments but don't allow any moment to overshadow the whole life.

Dialogues of Raqsam were more than good, with finale part having the most of it. Aymal is a powerful writer when it comes to pen some high volume drama and this time was no difference. Right from the beginning till the very last, Aymal has put up a tremendous show in this regard. Much appreciation for this.

Just like my previous review (of episode 2) I would once again like to mention the most beautiful aspect of this novel. To me, these three parts were handled by Aymal with utmost authority, considering the way how she totally changed the mode from tragedy to romance and from melodrama to tragedy again. 10 on 10 for Aymal on this.

Overall, Raqsam is a good read with some very powerful dialogues penned by the author.