This is About Sara
This is About Sara
Who is Sara?
Sara is the protagonist in my story--Under the Bakula Tree. I should have published
This post is about Sara--my protagonist. She is the face of a typical young woman in Kerala--under the veneer of a modern, liberal state in India reluctant to forsake its gendered, traditional, patriarchal, casteist identities. You are affluent, educated, got a ton of dowry, matters nothing in your journey into the most crucial stage of your life--your marriage.
If you find a person in genuine love, you transgress the boundary. A perimeter line always lives around a woman, drawn by men, which is the norm there. Sara broke that line--that alone is counted against her.
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Wedding and marriage are entirely different - agreed. Wedding is for society while marriage is personal. I like how you laid out the details of each. Things may have changed but not so much...we are still a backward society and it will take continuous education and awareness to bring about true change.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the detailed read of the post. I don't see us as a backward but a resilent people. We have to bring to the forefront the hideous nature for attention and resolve. And we need a united voice that is lacking.
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