“Mere ghar aayeee ek nanhi pari ….
Chandni ke haseeen rat pe savaaar”
The song resonates in the background. A couple of decades
ago a girl child was born into a conservative Kerala household. Her mom lifted her in her arms and whispered ‘My
daughter will not compromise in her life. She will breathe life into her dreams.
I have always aspired for you my girl. You complete me today. The world will be
tough but I am sure you will turn all your scars into stars’
The girl grew, bold, confident. She was the son to her
parents. Her fathers’ shoulders grew broader not burdened. She was successful.
She was 30. Effeminate yet vociferous. Her parents’ were her world. But…. She was
30 and she chose to remain a spinster. Ostracised, deserted by friends,
orphaned by relatives. Her best friend was a person of her opposite sex
What follows is a brief tete a tete between them.
The girl: How’s
work?
Boy: Well it’s
been good. Lots of work but always good to come back home and get that hot cup
of tea from Mom.
Girl : Yes trust me, that’s true. Coming back to
the warmth of the indefatigable love of parents.
Boy: It must be
tough for you. They are old. A lot of patience required.
Girl: No, did
they show any impatience when I was a toddler so why should I?
Boy: You are a
girl. Do you think your future better half would appreciate you being with them?
Girl: An educated
youth like you should not speak so. You would want your wife to treat your parents’
as her own but you refute reciprocating?
Boy: Isn’t it
always so?
Girl: Yes it is.
It is true that girls’ have walked the path, they have reached the pinnacle. They
are CEO’s, Doctors, and Astronauts but in India they are just a “woman”. A
woman who must leave her parents to accept her in laws. She has to bury all her
emotions to give birth to a new one. She cannot pamper her parents’ but must
give into to all the whims of her in laws
Boy: I don’t want
to listen to …..
Girl: I pray you
are blessed with a girl.
Boy: Bye you are
a female chauvinist
Girl: Sad, bye.
Hope your ………
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