I have a friend. We have been buddies from childhood. I know her husband too. A wonderful chap who is always willing to help. One day, my friend and I were having a chat. The conversation veered towards husbands. I told her that she was extermely lucky to have such a wonderful man for a husband.
"What wonderful? The man is so busy doing the world and his wife favours. He has forgotten he has a wife and two kids at home. All the time he is running around getting the neighbour her groceries, taking the old man in the apartment to the doctor, queuing up in front of the colleges for his friend's daughter's admission and fighting with the municiplaity for garbage cleaning in the area. Ask him which class his son is in. I wonder if he even remembers!"
I knew it was a plaintive wife speaking and there was a lot of truth and some bit of exxageration in what she said. I thought there was even secret pride in the way she spoke of him. They have of course been happily married for the last two decades btw...
Hope this answers your question somewhat...
Mallika may have sinned in the past...but all Ashutosh can see now is a woman, who was once his friend, who needs support...he cannot and will not turn his back on her...whatever be the label the world may stick on his back!
Like I said, we can admire him but maybe not aspire for a partner like that...!
Edited by Sujatha.rao - 13 years ago