We live in a time obsessed with visibility. The louder you speak, the more you're heard. The more you do, the more you matter. The flamboyant—the trendier, the trendier the smarter, the smarter the celebrated. But is this what really matters?
As I flipped through different shows and movies to watch on Netflix, I settled for an Indian series. The scene opened to an old Calcutta house, with a young lady feeding bananas to a monkey. Dolled up in a cotton saree, and white flowers in her neatly pleated hair. In next, her mother appeared calling her, “Hurry up Lalita! The boy must be here anytime. Get inside and be ready!”.
The story about my childhood....
