dreamland

Queen - Every girl is bought up as a princess/queen(hamari rajkumari/rani) in her parent's house, only to be given to some guy/family in the name of marriage - that's the only worthwhile work in her life!! As I was watching the movie Queen yesterday, somewhere I could relate to the 2 other movies - English Vinglish and The Lunchbox. These 3 movies show the reality of what women are face in this Society from all the facets of life. A Girl is taught not just how to eat, tidy up and then cooking, but also on how to behave(Wear Dupatta always, never shout at others, never tell lies etc) And ofcourse she has to take permission for anything and everything she wants to do(from wither parents, siblings,relatives or future-in-laws). She is taught that she has to be dependent on someone always in her life and not voice out her own opinions/likings unless asked to! She is made to feel guilty if she does anything that pleases her. Even if she can be a bit independent in her own house, wh...

She looked at herself in the mirror after struggling to put on the wedding dress. Her eyes were moist. The door opened. He looked smiling at her with the same love he had when he had proposed to her. He carried her walking to the mandap. The accident had crippled her just before the wedding. P.S - another attempt at  55F :)

He was busy coding. One more hour of work and he would call it a day, actually night! He glanced at the clock - 7pm. Almost everyone had left for the day in his bay. As he was looking forward to the solitude hour, his intercom rang. He picked it up and even before he could say hello, a girl's voice - " Connect to the International bridge ". All he could this was - What a voice! Even before he could say anything, the girl again said(shouted) - "International Bridge, can you connect fast. Am late for the call". Without thinking, he routed her  number to the Operator and kept down the phone. He glanced at the computer screen but only the voice kept ringing in his mind! Finally her call got over. She had got late in her 1st call itself. Damn the Operator for taking so much time to dial the number. Already it was tough to handle the project work and finally she had got a chance to talk to Clients, that too on the day she reached home earlier(7pm). It was almost 2 we...

He stared at the stars up in the sky very confused. This was not supposed to be like that! Was it? Lying in the mattress in the terrace of his friend's house, he could not understand why he was here instead of going down and talking to others. He turned and looked at his phone. The battery had to die now only! He closed his eyes and slowly started thinking. She was his friend, that's it. But then why did he miss her so much. It was just a weekend. Monday he would be back and they would meet as was their routine. Her smiling face kept popping in his head. They had met almost 2 years back through a common friend. Being in same company and location, gave them enough opportunities to meet and slowly they became close of friends. They had soon formed a close gang of friends, who regularly met which was sometimes daily if all were in same work place! The daily talks had continued with chats almost whole time and most weekends meetup with the gang. But then she was also a...

He kept looking at the door wondering when she will be coming? He glanced at the watch and then at the door. It was already 3pm. She is normally in by this time. He had already bought his weekly groceries. The only thing he needed now was time before she came.  Just as he was losing his patience, she walked in to the store. His heart skipped a beat looking at her ever smiling face. She looked around and took the basket to do her shopping.  She was wearing pink top and jeans, his favorite! He tried to act as if he was shopping and went behind her. He knew her routine well by now. The order in which she picks up her groceries and then admires those chocolates and flowers in the entrance while the billing is being done. He never had the courage to talk to her. Many times she would have passed him. Each time he would freeze as if some one shot him! It was already 4 months since he saw her first, during one of the friend's party. The moment she had walked into ...

She woke up hearing her daughter crying. Radha, her 5 year old daughter, had another nightmare! She held her daughter closely wondering when will this even end. When her daughter stopped crying, she put her down and looked at the innocent face sadly, knowing things will never be fine for them! She got up to get ready to go work. One glance at kitchen and she realized that the stock will get over in few days. How will they survive after that? No one will let them buy anything even if she is ready to pay. Soon time was up to go to work.  Work - Cleaning the old lady's house in the other corner of the village who felt pity on her and still employed her. But she knew that the old lady was counting her days and the day she dies,  her own world will stop! As she and her daughter were walking through the narrow path, people looked up and stared at them. She felt their gazes piercing through them as if she was being stabbed. Men looked down as if she deserved to be ogled at. Women lo...

The Lunchbox Am not going to write review of the movie where most of it would be what the movie is all about! For that you can read this link or all those reviews thats making rounds! These are my thoughts/reflections after watching this movie. After English Vinglish, This is one such movie which brings into light how a woman gets entrapped in married life and loses her individuality and is taken for granted! Be it Ila or her mother or Mrs.Deshpande(the neighbor); each woman portrays life of so many women in our society , where their life after wedding revolves completely around their husband. Each stage of how, they as person have got so lost that even though they are lonely still they can't imagine a life alone! The difference from English Vinglish is that this movie has another angle, that of Men - of an Old man who is facing a life of retirement and a young man whose life is just starting!  The loneliness and  longingness of having someone around, of the small plea...