Friday, June 13, 2008

Et tu Brutus?


For a married woman, the husband is the first and also the last resort. He is the one, with whom she wants to share all her joy and sorrows. She trusts him to protect her from the hostile forces. While taking the seven pheras around the holy fire, he promises her this. But afterwards if he evades this responsibility, deserts her not just physically but even mentally. Parents and friends can listen and sympathise. But within the house the woman needs her partner's support.A woman will tolerate bad behaviour or ill- treatment from others, hoping that at least her man would understand the situation, would help her. But when even this last hope crumbles, she is just left with empty words like, my husband is very good but...

Et tu Brutus?
The great Roman emperor Julius Caesar had innumerable enemies, but when the time came to die, the biggest surprise or hurt was that the one of the hands wielding the knife to kill Caesar was his most trusted follower and friend, Brutus.

Et tu Brutus? Julius Caesar uttered his last words in shocked disbelief. For him perhaps the betrayal of his loved one was more painful than the physical wound. Brutus you too?

A woman dies a thousand deaths during her lifetime. Not physical but mental. And so many times, her greatest hurt is that one of her killers is her own life partner. He, who before God and humans, promised to protect her, but later became a direct or indirect party in inflicting pain on her. When that happens, wouldn't the woman, who keeps on saying aloud that my husband is very nice, actually feel like screaming, you too, my husband?

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