Love, Unrequited [Thread 2 : Pg 140] - Page 28

Originally posted by: Ssanjinika

Kirti and Bilap have a wonderful relationship. I love their interactions.

The Manoj Bhaiyaa/uncle story was funny and just a tad sad. How easily we put people into a box? In our society especially. Arey, shaadi ho gayi or ek bacha ho gaya then it's aunty/uncle. Silver hair, then it's dada/dadi.

I recently watched an old Korean movie where an eighteen-year-old gets married and immediately all the kids in her neighborhood start calling her 'ajjuma' which is like aunty rather than the 'unnie' or didi she was till the day before. It was portrayed to bring out the humor but it so resonated with me just as this chapter did.

Lily/Lalan is an interesting character. I loved how you portrayed Bilap as the conservative guy with preconceived and somewhat rigid notions about 'God' given things and Kirti as the girl who was more open.

I think I have watched this one. It was Little Bride or something.

Originally posted by: Arshi67

Paraphrasing Faiz, "Aur bhi raunaqein hai zamane mein mohabbat ke siva, Raahatein aur bhi hain vasl ki raahat ke siva"

This reminds me of another phase of my childhood. My sister was very good in writing poetry ( kavitayein) . I had/ have zilch interest in anything related to poetry. But I was a pucca copycat. So I started reading Ghalib and Faiz ( rajkamal prakashan). Wiould copy good urdu words and then make shayree out of rhyming them 😀.

Coincidently, during Farmers' protest, I was reminded of Faiz sahab's ' darbare watan mai jab ik din'.

'Men, they think they own us or something'. But that is true. Right to own your body : choose a piercing, cut your hair short, go bald. Can we do that? If women start owning their body and their self, not only India, patriarchy anywhere won't have a space to hide. But let's get back to reality...... If husband/ partner does the dishes or takes care of kids.... We should be thankful to them for sharing our work. And if they allow us to cut our hair, that means they are quite modern.

Originally posted by: p4peppa

This reminds me of another phase of my childhood. My sister was very good in writing poetry ( kavitayein) . I had/ have zilch interest in anything related to poetry. But I was a pucca copycat. So I started reading Ghalib and Faiz ( rajkamal prakashan). Will copy good urdu words and then make shayree out of rhyming them 😀.

Coincidently, during Farmers' protest, I was reminded of Faiz' sahab's ' darbare watan mai jab ik din'.

You were so cute! I had a phase of writing kavitayein too. But, it was all very silly, made to rhyme forcefully. I thought I was bad but then I read my sibling's O thou wind, thou give us electricity, O thou water, thou give us hydroelectricity... I sighed in relief. The worst poetry should go to him surely. 😆

So the banks were on a strike for teh last four days protesting privatization. Obviously not covered by the mainstream godi media.

The same people out on streets who in the safety of their walls must have doubted the nationality of those who were/are out on streets before them.

Someone aptly quoted Rahat Indori ji , 'Lagegi aag toh aayenge ghar kayi zad mein, yahan pe sirf hamara makan thodi hai...'

Originally posted by: p4peppa

'Men, they think they own us or something'. But that is true. Right to own your body : choose a piercing, cut your hair short, go bald. Can we do that? If women start owning their body and their self, not only India, patriarchy anywhere won't have a space to hide. But let's get back to reality...... If husband/ partner does the dishes or takes care of kids.... We should be thankful to them for sharing our work. And if they allow us to cut our hair, that means they are quite modern.

What a coincidence! Was reading something along these lines. Men need to be dictated/ reminded like child their responsibilities. Do the dishes, your turn. You did the dishes, oh thank you so much. You're such a darling!

Originally posted by: p4peppa

'Men, they think they own us or something'. But that is true. Right to own your body : choose a piercing, cut your hair short, go bald. Can we do that? If women start owning their body and their self, not only India, patriarchy anywhere won't have a space to hide. But let's get back to reality...... If husband/ partner does the dishes or takes care of kids.... We should be thankful to them for sharing our work. And if they allow us to cut our hair, that means they are quite modern.

You forgot ripped jeans😆 we were after all ruled by the Amreekans for 200 years

One doesn’t know whether to laugh or bang your head on the nearest wall

Originally posted by: Ginnosuke_Nohar

So the banks were on a strike for teh last four days protesting privatization. Obviously not covered by the mainstream godi media.

The same people out on streets who in the safety of their walls must have doubted the nationality of those who were/are out on streets before them.

We are living in very very scary times. Regimes before this were also cruel and tyrannical, but the support of blindfold public for this govt. is what scares me. Hitler came to power by playing the economic superiority of jews in depression era. We all know what feeds present govt.. This isn't even about muslims anymore. Punjabis became khalistanis, In Haryana it was jaats vs 35 biradri in 2015... Disha Ravi..... Being called out Christian, as if being a protesting Christian makes you automatically anti national. Students became tukde tukde gang...

And this tactics is an electoral winner.

Originally posted by: kizh72

You forgot ripped jeans😆 we were after all ruled by the Amreekans for 200 years

One doesn’t know whether to laugh or bang your head on the nearest wall

Such pearls and gems are strewn throughout our sanskaari politicial spectrum. All the sanskaars are for women only, men have a duty to leer, molest and debase women's dignity.....

Originally posted by: p4peppa

We are living in very very scary times. Regimes before this were also cruel and tyrannical, but the support of blindfold public for this govt. is what scares me. Hitler came to power by playing the economic superiority of jews in depression era. We all know what feeds present govt.. This isn't even about muslims anymore. Punjabis became khalistanis, In Haryana it was jaats vs 35 biradri in 2015... Students became tukde tukde gang... And this tactics is an electoral winner.

The other day I was thinking about Amir khan ( context : copy pasting started by Akshay Kumar on twitter). South Indian actor Siddharth is the only one from the super patriotic Rang de basanti team, who is doing the super heroic / patriotic job of speaking up against the govt. that too on twitter.

So my respect for South Indian heros has gone a notch higher in recent days 😀.

BTW, I am a fan of Mahesh babu also. My daughter likes Prabhas though. She has made all Aunties (hers) watch Sahoo whenever they visited us prior corona.

Originally posted by: p4peppa

We are living in very very scary times. Regimes before this were also cruel and tyrannical, but the support of blindfold public for this govt. is what scares me. Hitler came to power by playing the economic superiority of jews in depression era. We all know what feeds present govt.. This isn't even about muslims anymore. Punjabis became khalistanis, In Haryana it was jaats vs 35 biradri in 2015... Disha Ravi..... Being called out Christian, as if being a protesting Christian makes you automatically anti national. Students became tukde tukde gang...

And this tactics is an electoral winner.

“The rise and fall of the third reich”; the first part if one reads and thinks about what is happening now, it is eerie. You add the power of social media and technology to that.

Saddest and scariest part is that people who we think would know better, suspend their thinking and buy into whatever is fed