The more diligent (and hence more loved :P) readers may remember the entry of the (bg music) confused and courageous heroine from time to time... She exists to take readers to a different...exotic...proud land.....and its prouder inhabitants. Dilwalon ka Dilli. Or so the saying goes.
Situation- your typical party. loud music. louder clothes. tons of bling. In short, very Ka-ching.
Natives- bouncy. inter-dependant. happy? or at least, excited. (your budday meaning my budday too??)
Dolled up in? - well, the males seemed to favour loose denims that seem to be making a vain attempt to reach the waist. almost disappointed, they seem to hang just 5 inches south of desired goal. and the females. well, i havent all day to elaborate.
What happens?- well, like all good stories this will end with a question. *smirks*
so everythings all hunky dory (ish)...people are grinding surreptitiously in dark corners...the fans are squirting water at regular intervals...the music is too loud for conversation (in the next building)... the Dj seems to be high on an obscure drug. Your average tame 20 year olds birthday party.
when suddenly the birthday girl (let her be called basanti) realizes mother and aunt have discovered the two empty vodka bottles. oops. chaos in court. basanti attacks best friend who shrieks at boyfriend who goes and whispers in ear of basantis boyfriend. who looks nonplussed. courageous and confused heroine watches human drama unfold and mentally hunts down appropriate words to describe situation in blog ( she isnt one of your i-will-act-now-types)
What makes ME think, however, is not the explanations that will be offered to steamed parents....but the fact that explanations need to be offered. coming from girls who wear skirts that barely graze skin about 5 inches above the knees ....have been dating since the age of 14... drinking since they were 17... when will 2 vodka bottles stop translating into worried frowns?
No, im not advocating getting sloshed..but if you ARE someone who likes a shot every once in a while..when is it that you'll stop apologizing for it?
The above examples were only given to point out apparent liberation....freedom of a sort...in speech..clothes....'attitude'. Being sober does not translate to conservative but im attacking the principle. Ultimately we end up bowing down to expectations.
Good girls dont drink says society waggling a finger. So either we dont drink. Or we pretend not to. i know this doesnt happen 'only' in India as the title suggests but somehow these double standards are more apparent here. Correct me if im wrong. Id like to be.
ps- if you're hanging around here then you'd better make your presence felt....or its quite ominous, this silence. *unnerved*...has my cover been blown? *shivers*...ohh alright im just adding to the melodrama. Peace. :D
ps2- theatres going much better as a whole. now if only i was able to get into the skin of my own character. *thinks*
4 comments:
you had me in splits with the party scene :D
..and for the question..naa..not really..things are changing..not that i advocate drinking..but yes..parents have started opening up to the idea that girls can drink too..and by drinking i point to all the domains that are supposed to be 'exclusively-for-men'
all the bloody best with theater! :)
I could make things so much more easier and blurt!
Bahahaha.
@ swati
thinks are changing.. i know it'll take time..i just wish girls didnt stamp on the process by cheerfully living up to stereotypes...hear me rant about dumbing-self-down-to-get-boys soon!...can almost feel vent session...:P
@s
blurt. what oh S. OUR escapades? or is it something we ought to do...ought not do. my brain just deserted me. *needs food for tummy* (not thought)
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