Miss or Mrs..

The weekend was good. I managed to have a good rest and at the same time, have some fun.

I went to watch this play by Pushpa Arumugam who is the drama teacher at Minah’s school. Titled ‘Miss?ed’, it touched on a very prominent yet easily ignorable topic in our Indian society….

Indian women and marriage….

What’s with Indian women and marriage? What’s so problematic about it-you may ask. Actually, this issue is far bigger than you think it is and this play hit the nail on the spot.

In the Indian society, an Indian women has to get married by a certain age, otherwise she is seen as being unwanted by the marriage market. She might lose her ‘value’, some say. In certain families, daughters get married just to make their parents happy and end up spending the rest of their lives in misery thanks to a wrong decision made, just to stop the wagging tongues. This is a mistake soooo many Indian ladies make. They succumb to the emotional stress they get from their family in order to save the face of their parents who are often questioned by so called 'concerned' relatives, on why their daughter is not married yet.

Many parents also get affected by the words of their relatives and try to force their daughters into getting married just so ask to stop people from talking, without thinking about what their daughters want or feel or whether their daughters are ready for commitment.

This drama was really down to earth with so many real-life scenarios and characters.
It’s a pity that only a few managed to see it. Only those who were interested in seeing it or were there to support the production cast.

It would be very good if Pushpa would be able to get it telecasted on TV. It would be able to reach out to more people and create more awareness.

I can say that its very rare that the Indian society is actually able to understand and really feel the views of Indian ladies….Sigh…..

And as always we were had a ball of a time together. When we ladies get together we always have fun. We is Me, Minah and Mariam, her new colleague.We were the ones laughing out loud most of the time. Sorry Kanzy for being sooo loud and disturbing the peace! Hehehe!!

We pigged out at Kenny Rogers, had Haagen Dazz ice-cream at Clarke Quay. Oh boy, my tummy was practically protruding out of my dress!! Took snaps here and there! I'm still waiting for Minah to send the pics that we took. Hopefully she sends them quick. She is always taking forever to send the pics!