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Bula Vanakka to me

Its been exactly a year since I blogged properly, I felt lost for a while.. Woke up today with memories in FB showing one of my old post and that motivated me to get back to my space.  where do I start? Guess I can start with what I enjoy the most- writing about my conversations with lil A . Lil A stayed home almost 5 to 6 months in last 1 yr with 4 lockdowns.  Pretty much staying home together for that long made us Tom and Jerry.. Just without violence..and more endless arguments for anything from who gets the snack from pantry or switch off lights at night to everything..  Recently he started saying "Amma, you are so annoying!!" often... and in few minutes he gives a hug or kiss to cool me down.  March'21 I went for a weekend getaway with my GFs to Keyneton, stayed 2 nights and 3 days.. I called G after dropped my friends .. A picked up the phone, and the conversation went like this..  Me: Hi baby!! A  Where are you? When will you be home amma? Me: I...

Broken & messed up Society

 Vismaya ,24 yr old Medical (Ayurveda) student took her life few days back due to abusive relationship/dowry demands etc.,. WE as a society failed to provide a safe space for her to walk out from an abusive relationship. There are so many more Vismaya's out there right this moment, what are we doing about it? We/Society just blame the girl when she breaks a marriage and we make sure she goes down with no support even from her parents, who are afraid of what WE as a society thinks/say. If only she broke out earlier, if only the society supported the decision, if only her parents reacted to the earlier red flags without accepting 'its usual behaviour for grooms side' .. This is not normal, she went through physical abuse and still couldn't get help. This is someone's life, she shouldn't have died, she should've lived another 80yrs..we failed , we live in a messed up society that advices the girl to adjust and sacrifice, advices the girl what she is going throu...