Itchy Head

It's an irony of today's times.  Girls are nurtured, educated, motivated to be career oriented but when it comes to be in marital bliss, they are given hordes of advice, apprehensions and sometimes unwanted support. I do agree that to settle in a new environment of a new home, they need emotional and motivational support but sometimes doting parents forget the line of their care and affection. INITIALLY EVERYTHING IS HUNKY DORY. Change may cause initial inconvenience and could be full of surprises and shocks, but gradually our mind adapts and defends what is unacceptable. There are a number of emotional messages going around the social media and we all forward and feel so good about those 'precious daughters messages'. It's so nice to see people care so much for their daughters and it's for good change in mind set. It's good but the hypocrisy starts when that strong, well educated daughter is married off. One o...

Rahul's body was lying in the middle of the house. All relatives and neighbors had gathered to take his body to the crematorium.  Seema was updating her marital status ' Single' in her facebook account, least bothered about the mourners around. Her four year old Ayan came curiously to know why Papa was sleeping in open and so many people had gathered to take Papa somewhere. Without lifting her eyes off her phone, Seema replied, "Papa would come in a new get-up in a few days, you go and play."   ------------------------ Two days back, Rahul had come in the evening to say goodbye to us. Today he came back as a body. It was preventable, had somebody could understand his heart! When everything seems futile, nobody around bothers and life seems so insignificant in existing circle, that aiming for anything seems like - WHAT FOR? For last couple of months, he was staying in a paid accommodation provided by his employer. A pampered ...

Just yesterday I was reading about the golden jubilee celebrations of a famous couple. It seemed a perfect 'happy ever after' sort of after married life. I call it 'after married life' because we all know how hunky dory and dove eyed life is after marriage. Coincidentally, it's Karva Chauth after a couple of days. The fast to wish a happy married life ever after and beyond seven births. That's great! When we all have so much faith on love and marriage and on our partners, then what the hell breaks loose when a small tiff comes out! Why we forget our dreams of a happily ever after? Because, there is no Ever After. There is only now or never. We believe in instant gratification. It's not LOVE as we all know. It's all LOBH or greediness in our hearts and in our minds. We expect too much in return for what we think we have given. Love never expects but believes in happiness of beloved. But, here we all are. It has become shop keeping. You give me ...