Tuesday 23 July 2013

RING THE BELL.

In my last post ,  THE ANONYMOUS WELL- WISHER,

we heard one side of the coin . Here is another side to it. Read.............

                                                


Kalpana : "The maid hasn't come today and I am dead tired. I have a presentation after 3 days".

Rajiv :  "Hmmmm" . His head buried in the lap-top and the cordless phone on his shoulder , trying to call his office colleague.

                            



Kalpana : "Rajiv, please do the dishes. I am tired". 
raising her voice slightly.

Rajiv : "I will do the dishes tomorrow." 
without even looking up.

Kalpana : Now fuming. "Right now, I said. I am waiting for the past 10 minutes, Rajiv".

Rajiv:  "Instead of standing and shouting, you could have done the dishes by now. Don't you see I am busy."

Kalpana : "Even I have preparations to make for my presentation. I have cooked dinner today. You can do the dishes at least". 

                  

The pitch of their voices filtered through the four walls of their match-box size apartment to reach the ears of their neighbours. Their verbal tirade did not subside . They were now standing face-to-face with their tempers bursting at the seams. Rajiv asked Kalpana to move aside as he wanted to charge his cell-phone. She did not and Rajiv tried to push her out of his way. She lost her balance  and fell on the chair. Rajiv tried to help her but she had tears running down  her eyes. Wiping her wet cheeks , she thundered and threatened that she would file a case of physical and mental cruelty and slap an additional charge of dowry harassment.

Rajiv was stunned. He sat down on the sofa with his head buried in his cupped palms.

The bell rang. Neither of them were in a mental state to answer the door. The bell rang again. Rajiv opened the door . It was their  neighbour, Mr. Iyer , who said that he wanted to use their land-line phone to call the police-station. His sleep was disturbed due to the loud voices of the neighbours.
                        
Rajiv and Kalpana looked at each other with shame written on their faces. They decided to solve their problems amicably without disturbing their neighbours. 

Note  :  This post is not intended to be partial or hurt  anybody but bring to the notice that the very laws meant to protect the victims can be misused.This is a fictional story.


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25 comments:

  1. oh yea.. there are all sorts!
    I guess, one needs to keep their tempers in check and come what may not raise their hands against their spouses...

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    1. Raising one's voice and hitting does not solve problems but adds to them.

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  2. That is just so true. I know people who have tried to misuse the law that was meant for their protection. But then, both of them should have come to an amicable solution instead of raising voices and hands at each other.

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    1. Many a times the twosome are weighed down by their problems at work that they end to react on their home territory. The home becomes the battleground for their pent -up feelings.

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  3. That is just so true. I know people who have tried to misuse the law that was meant for their protection. But then, both of them should have come to an amicable solution instead of raising voices and hands at each other.

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    1. The solution is very simple Bhavya but when one loses his/her cool all the understandings go for a toss.

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  4. Nice story. It helped bring up two things. The fact that as neighbours, we must be willing to ring the bell for help, and that as persons involved, we must try to come to an amicable solution.

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    1. You are right Cynthia as we are all part of the society.

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  5. It's always good to calm down first and then come to a mutual solution to a problem. Great post !

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    1. This is the solution to the problem, dianamusings.

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  6. This was nicely written and yes I have seen people who misuse the laws to their own benefit.

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    1. When people misuse the laws for their benefits, it defeats the very purpose of it being framed by the lawgivers.

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  7. The other side of the coin! Nice one!

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    1. Every coin has two coins and one without the other is incomplete.Thanks Me.

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  8. true that! We call men chauvnist at times not realising thtey as human as us!

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    1. Both the genders have their negative side. Thanks Mina Menon

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  9. So very true. We have 2 acquaintances who have misused these laws and because of which the innocent parties are suffering.

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  10. Reminded me of the bell bajao campaign against domestic abuse...But people need to realize, emotional grief is worse..the scars that dont get healed.. What happens to humanity when they feel broken beyond grief.. Kalpana in this story was being pushed to that..Whose fault was it?Both, perhaps..

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    1. Both the parties are at fault. Ek haath se taali bajte nahi hai. and the neighbour intervened at the right time. emotional scars last a life-time. Both the spouses should adopt the policy of mutual' give and take' to keep the compartment of marriage steady.

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  11. Thanks for being the perfect devil's advocate and bringing to us both sides of the coin!

    Richa

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    1. Both sides have to be viewed . Thanks Richa.

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    2. Both sides have to be viewed . Thanks Richa.

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  12. This is so just true... happenings of lot of families... I really liked the way both the stories were used to show this effect of gender biased law :)

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