Basanti

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30th March, 2017


In my new workplace, I was having a random conversation with my fellow employees. Then there entered our pantry staff who generally passes her leisure time watching YouTube videos and goes with the flow of emotions in it. Anything she finds fascinating, she shares with us. This time, she came up with a news where one lady started wearing red soon after the death rituals of her husband. And I suddenly wanted to know what she felt about it. With no unusual expression on her face, she said that she liked what the lady in the news did. She added, "I didn't wear anything red in initially. But it's been two years now. I love red and I love wearing tika and bangles so I no longer stop myself from wearing them. I think everyone should think that way. One shouldn't forbid themselves from wearing something they love. If it's your heart that gives you the permission, why fear other's opinion." 

The red tika, bangles and the red lipstick she wore everyday never made me realize that she had lost her husband a couple of years back.
(Basanti, Ktm)

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