Today one unsettling thought crossed my mind and I feel like sharing it with you guys. So the thing is yesterday I came across my bhabhi (my cousin’s wife) who is a widow as my Bhaiya passed away a few years ago, in a family function after a long time. I was dismayed seeing, how much she has transformed from an upbeat and happy person to a dejectedly silent person, wearing no makeup, accessories, bindi nothing but a simple plain saree. It caught my attention when my sisters were discussing that “ vo kitni change ho gyi hai, shant aur kam bolna” then my sister called her and asked ‘ how are you’ and she replied ‘ I am okay’ and then my sister said ‘ it’s okay to put bindi and light accessories, if you like’ and her reply is still clinging to my mind when she said that what if people misjudge her saying that her husband is dead and she is expressing no pain, being brazen as she is embellished with jewelleries, bindi and make up. After that I felt, I m also a girl and I love b...
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