Love, Unrequited [Thread 2 : Pg 140] - Page 11

I am distracted with something right now, so it will be short. The undercurrent of caste is there in the story though not visible in the other intricacies. Being a lower caste and a women is the worst curse. Kirti is justified in thinking, at least I am general. Caste is so deep rooted that reservation only created more chasm between haves and have nots. After so many years of reservation, the general class resentment is understandable, in terms that there are millions of poor general class people who luck out due to reservation. I myself has seen kids of SC judges getting admission in med school on reserved seat.

But then again, if jobs are scanty this divide grows bigger. And we can't deny hundreds of years of opression which is still being continued.

And in present scenario, it will be more apparent in coming days. Not only Muslims, now Sikhs are also on the radar of proving their nationalism. It is only going to percolate down in castes as well. If you are a dalit, you have much much less chances of getting justice. Hathras is not too far from memory.

Originally posted by: p4peppa

I am distracted with something right now, so it will be short. The undercurrent of caste is there in the story though not visible in the other intricacies. Being a lower caste and a women is the worst curse. Kirti is justified in thinking, at least I am general. Caste is so deep rooted that reservation only created more chasm between haves and have nots. After so many years of reservation, the general class resentment is understandable, in terms that there are millions of poor general class people who luck out due to reservation. I myself has seen kids of SC judges getting admission in med school on reserved seat.

But then again, if jobs are scanty this divide grows bigger. And we can't deny hundreds of years of opression which is still being continued.

And in present scenario, it will be more apparent in coming days. Not only Muslims, now Sikhs are also on the radar of proving their nationalism. It is only going to percolate down in castes as well. If you are a dalit, you have much much less chances of getting justice. Hathras is not too far from memory.

Very well said, p4peppa.

Low vacancies, untimely exams and results have always been a problem but now privatization of PSU's will only make the situation grimmer. Lakhs of student hustling to get into a govt job just for the security it is associated with, imagine what must they go through to realize that their govt unit is being privatized. Privatization also translates into low vacancies.The more the youth will struggle to get a job, the more the divide and resentment is going to increase.

As for the SC judge example you quoted, I agree with it. The system is skewed and incompetent and the really deserving ones fail to make use of benefits that government has provided for the upliftment of the marginalized. To quote Justice Iyer, 'a tiny elite gobbling up the benefits and the darker layers sleeping distances away from the special concessions.”

The caste, religion divide is so deep rooted with ministers fanning the fire as according to their agenda, no matter the age or era, this is something that is passed on as legacy. The Whatsapp forwards that I see sometimes make me wonder about so many people actually sitting at their computers creating specific content to systematically ingrain hate, bigotry and conservatism and whitewash vulnerable minds.

Who knew we'd get to see a riot, communal violence at that, in 2020, after 73 years of independence. At that time I was reading Anita Desai's Clear Light Of Day, and it has a partition backdrop and there's a description of communal riot and I was thinking, not much has changed, really.

We aren't going to escape this anytime soon.

Originally posted by: bakwas_serial

I was roped in by @ canapoem to read your story. 😘 I am still reading but wanted to leave a note. It is detailed, humorous and engaging.

I cannot do justice in this short note to all the details in each chapter. Loved the characterization of Kirti. She has her hurt and insecurities but maintains the outward facade of confidence, being a bad ass (her comments to the school gang about her work..made me root for harder) 😍.

The military haircut tall man, Rimjhim Madam and the mystery about the boy who appeared to be laid back, happy in school but did not that great a family life. Everything is not what it seems.😊

Hi,

Welcome to the thread and thank you for giving this a chance. I can't express my excitement every time I see a new reader. You like Kirti? Yayy!!😃

Oh and your user name is so cool! 😆

Originally posted by: Ginnosuke_Nohar

Hi,

Welcome to the thread and thank you for giving this a chance. I can't express my excitement every time I see a new reader. You like Kirti? Yayy!!😃

Oh and your user name is so cool! 😆

I am all caught up 😊 Kirti has unresolved issues with tall man it seems. Unrequited love indeed.

Hello writerji, hope you are doing fine.

Eagerly waiting for the next chapter.

Prasanna seems to have her own ambitions. She is surrounded by people that could make a good story.

Tejas thinks he has ownership on kirti's friendship? Kirti proved him right in a way by answering his call. If she didn't have time for Prasanna, she didn't have time for Tejas either. Why did she run to take his call?

Its not easy for her to tell Prasanna why she can't come. But she might have to do that to avoid hurting her feelings. Right now Prasanna is feeling rejected.

Don't understand about Nishit telling Prasanna to never call Kirti. If he did it to save Kirti the trouble of saying no, he could have tried to have Prasanna understand why Kirti might have trouble coming by. He was nice enough to come by for his sister though.

Originally posted by: canapoem

Hello writerji, hope you are doing fine.

Eagerly waiting for the next chapter.

Hi

I'm good. Thank you for asking. I hope you are well too. 😊

Updated!