1. A marriage was a contract between two individuals. Cities far away from their lives, women resident there, such a city's tycoons, ought to have no say in any marriage. Nor did Antara want to stay married on a weekly or bimonthly basis, up to August or November, her spouse was free to leave her any time he wished.
Except as Anjali used to tell Antara, "Weren't you the one professionally trained to be a journalist?"
2. In her marriage, Antara had always described her spouse as a leech. She started asking him to leave the moment she arrived in New Delhi, it was now 17 years. "If you hate Delhi, hate my parents, hate my college (Brabourne), hate ACJ, hate journalism, hate the institution of marriage, you shouldn't stay here. No one should have to stay with so much hate."
Such a conversation took place more than 100 times a year, do the math, multply it by 17 years, you'd get how frequent the conversation was in Antara's household.
Back then, Antara was employed as a journalist, she had an income, hence the spouse didn't leave. Over the years, Antara got another explanation: with hate built up inside, supposed 'unbearable' living circumstances in Delhi, it was easy for Kolkata Communists to manipulate it into Auschwitz scenarios. British intelligence had quite the challenge on its hands.
3. One didn't have to rush to the United States on student visa or work visa to learn about the US Govt. Either you were married to it all your life, or you weren't.
Antara's wedding day, Asansol, 2006. (She married the car.)
No comments:
Post a Comment