dreamland

Present Day : She looked around her as women sat in groups working hard on getting the final touches of their entrepreneur journey ready! One of them looked up and spoke,” Ma, Am very confident we will do well. Thank you so much for teaching us, showing the path and helping us.” She smiled looking at the confident women around her, who once were meek and quiet and facing their own sets of challenges at their home. Each woman in this group of 20 were from different background and of different ages from 17 to 55 – newlywed, widow, abandoned wife, happy mother, grandmothers, single women – from all the walks of life but in one small village. The only common thing they had was dreams of doing something of their own! Another woman got up and said, “Yes Ma. Your family is so lucky to have you. Am so happy you came here to our lives. It feels like we are going to fly!” A tear came from eyes as she turned to hide it from them and looked out of the window, remembering her families

The silence was deadening as she slowly opened her eyes. She looked up to see her attacker’s triumph face while the only sound came from the sword which slashed through her stomach . Undeterred she got up raising the nearest blood stained sword shouting – Jai Hind! And the curtain fell with loud applause from the audience!