Episode 2.
The Private Audience Chamber
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
(enters slowly)
Indrajit Singhania
(stands, offering a respectful bow)
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
It pleases me to see you in the court of Amargarh, Prime Minister.
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
It’s been long since a statesman of your stature entered this royal hall.
Indrajit Singhania
(smiling with humility)
Indrajit Singhania
The honor is mine, Maharaj.
Indrajit Singhania
Before the legacy of Amargarh, my position is but a mere shadow.
They both take their seats
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
So tell me....
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
How fares the new age of politics?
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
Has the path of democracy shortened the gap between ruler and ruled, or widened it?
Indrajit Singhania
(laughs lightly)
Indrajit Singhania
Sometimes the distance narrows, sometimes understanding does.
Indrajit Singhania
Nowadays, the people think.
Indrajit Singhania
And the thinkers enter politics.
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
(smiling thinly)
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
And sometimes these thinkers move so far ahead....
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
That even kings can’t keep up with them.
Indrajit Singhania
Maharaj, I haven’t come here to parade electoral wins or titles.
Indrajit Singhania
I’ve come with a proposal… a proposal of peace.
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
(eyes narrowing slightly)
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
A proposal of peace?
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
From you?
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
That’s… unexpected.
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
These days, people show entitlement, not harmony.
Indrajit Singhania
(calm, composed)
Indrajit Singhania
In politics, conflict doesn’t always mean victory.
Indrajit Singhania
Sometimes, compromise is the greatest triumph.
Indrajit Singhania
And I do know how to compromise, Maharaj.
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
And this compromise, only verbal?
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
No signature, seal, or formal treaty?
Indrajit Singhania
That’s precisely what I’ve brought.
Indrajit Singhania
A treaty. A bond. That cannot be broken.
Indrajit Singhania
Not by time, nor power.
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
Then say it plainly, Prime Minister.
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
What exactly is this bond?
Indrajit Singhania
(leans back in his chair)
Indrajit Singhania
My grandson.... Rudraansh Singhania.
Indrajit Singhania
And your granddaughter.... Rajkumari Lavanya Gaekwad.
Indrajit Singhania
A royal lineage and a democratic heir.
Indrajit Singhania
Through marriage, kingdom and country shall become one.
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
(stunned—but not visibly)
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
(slowly standing up)
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
This proposal… seems harmless.
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
But it is no ordinary alliance.
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
It will either shape time, or destroy it.
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
Are you certain of its consequences?
Indrajit Singhania
(smiling calmly, then rising to match him)
Indrajit Singhania
If I weren’t certain, I wouldn’t be here.
Indrajit Singhania
And when power unites through relationships....
Indrajit Singhania
It only builds, not breaks.
Indrajit Singhania
Marriage is not meant to fail.
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
(slowly extends his hand)
Indrajit Singhania
(takes it)
Two titans agreeing on a pact
That will shake the nation
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
💭 Power is not only won through war… but marriage.
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
💭 Another alliance. Another bond.
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
💭 Lavanya is no longer just a king's granddaughter....
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
💭 She becomes the face of a new era.
But their eyes tell a different story
Each man walks in opposite directions
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
💭 The Constitution may have made us ceremonial....
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
💭 But marriage has always restored our power.
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
💭 This union, Lavanya’s marriage, will become the key to Gaekwad’s political resurrection.
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
💭 Indrajit believes this is an equal alliance.
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
💭 But he forgets… that in politics, making bonds is easy.
Chandrapratap Gaekwad
💭 Controlling them… that’s the art of a king.
Indrajit Singhania
💭 A true king is the one whom the people believe in.
Indrajit Singhania
💭 Not the one who merely sits on a throne.
Indrajit Singhania
💭 A bond with the Gaekwads will give the Singhania's a royal aura we’ve never had, even in our dreams.
Indrajit Singhania
💭 Rudraansh and Lavanya’s marriage is not just a union.
Indrajit Singhania
💭 It will create a new lineage.
Indrajit Singhania
💭 One where the Singhania name carries royal blood.
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