Ramanujan may talk about the "debt and daughters". But has anybody thought about the daughters who are left with a pile of papers which has debts only and a big family to support?
Reading the poem "Obituary" one would certainly feel sympathetic toward the son who has nothing left by the father other than burdens. But there is one part of the life, where those daughters who are considered nothing but the burden of the "son" actually play the role of the SON.
A long row of uncles who would find only faults in her, a mother who may love her , but would never be happy with her conduct, a brother who will love her for the pocket money that she gives, a granny who would call her a spoiled brat; nothing other than this which probably she could ever imagine of.
There could be a happy childhood that she lost, an adolescence,which probably she never remember at all, a romantic youth when she dint have the time to love the one she liked. an adulthood, when she is busy meeting the two ends and finally a middle age, when she remains a spinster who becomes the burden of the new generation.
Has anyone cared to think about her suggestions before bursting at her courage to speak to the elders? Has anyone gave a soothing smile when she goes mad about the budget of the family? Has anyone thought of the range of questions she has to go through before she actually opens her mouth? Is there anything called happiness that she ever experiences?
I wonder, does she actually exists?
maybe the world is waiting for people like u and me to hink and write about such a scenario...but then that is what is expected of a girl...nobody sees nothin new abt girls who sacrifice for their families...
ReplyDeletegood post devu...what you wrote about is an all too familiar thing,but one which is ignored all the same...people do need a little nudging now and then to remind them that 'familiar' doesn't always mean 'fair'...this time,thanks to you,you did that great service
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