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Princess Diana. She passed away in 1997, 20 years ago today, in a terrible car accident that has spawned hundreds of conspiracy theories.
Lady Diana. She passed away in 1997, 20 years ago today, in a terrible car accident that has spawned hundreds of conspiracy theories.
She was beautiful, charming, gorgeous, elegant and THE style icon for the world, the most photographed woman, with a contagious smile. Princess Diana was praised and celebrated by the masses for her charity work, beside being a member of a royal family.
Born in the British Nobility with Royal ancestry, she became known as Lady Diana Spencer. She married the most prominent and most desired bachelor from the Royal family of England, Prince of Wales, Prince Charles. And that brought her into the limelight, becoming the hirer of legacies of the highest British nobility. She bore the titles, Princess of Wales, Dutchess of Cornwall, Dutchess of Rothesay and Countess of Chester. She was mother to two boys, Prince William and Prince Harry.
It was said about her that despite being from the British nobility, she was not really accepted in the family as a daughter in law. She was deferred by the family because of her single-mindedness on her ideas of propriety, which she showed from the day of her marriage. On her D-Day, she did not say that she would ‘obey’ her husband; that traditional vow was left out at the couple’s request.
Lady Diana gave her sons wider experiences than was usual for royal families. She often insisted on her own ways of parenting, which was a departure from tradition for the royal family. Their first names were chosen by her. She went ahead and dismissed a royal family nanny when she did not agree with her, and hired one of her own choosing. Like any other mother, she decided what her sons wore, she decided upon their outings, and also took them to school personally whenever possible. She refused to become a decorative person as was expected of her.
After her failed marriage and divorce, she gave up the title of Her Royal Highness in 1996. She chose to live by herself instead of as rolyalty. Although in 1993 she announced that she would withdraw from public life, she continued to do her work with charity and patronage. She worked with several organisations for humanitarian causes.
She always chose to live her life on her own terms. She did the things differently. She lead her life from the heart, not the head, showed love and regard towards people. She once said that every strong woman who chooses her own path is the embodiment of strength, and that causes confusion and fear amng those who prefer to be traditional.
Lady Diana wanted to be the Queen, Queen of People’s Heart. Even her death gave the clear cue that she was really a strong woman and a threat to some.
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Neena was the sole caregiver of Amma and though one would think that Amma was dependent on her, Neena felt otherwise.
Neena inhaled the aroma that emanated from the pan and took a deep breath. The aroma of cumin interspersed with butter transported her back to the modest kitchen in her native village. She could picture her father standing in the kitchen wearing his white crisp kurta as he made delectable concoctions for his only daughter.
Neena grew up in a home where both her parents worked together in tandem to keep the house up and running. She had a blissful childhood in her modest two-room house. The house was small but every nook and cranny gave her memories of a lifetime. Neena’s young heart imagined that her life would follow the same cheerful course. But how wrong she was!
When she was sixteen, the catastrophic clutches of destiny snatched away her parents. They passed away in a road accident and Neena was devastated. Relatives thronged her now gloomy house and soon it was decided that she should be married off.
Women today don’t want to be in a partnership that complicates their lives further. They need an equal partner with whom they can figure out life as a team, playing by each other’s strengths.
We all are familiar with that one annoying aunty who is more interested in our marital status than in the dessert counter at a wedding. But these aunties have somehow become obsolete now. Now they are replaced by men we have in our lives. Friends, family, and even work colleagues. It’s the men who are worried about why we are not saying yes to one among their clans. What is wrong with us? Aren’t we scared of dying alone? Like them?
A recent interaction with a guy friend of mine turned sour when he lectured me about how I would regret not getting married at the right time. He lectured that every event in our lives needs to be completed within a certain timeframe set by society else we are doomed. I wasn’t angry. I was just disappointed to realize that annoying aunties are rapidly doubling in our society. And they don’t just appear at weddings or family functions anymore. They are everywhere. They are the real pandemic.
Let’s examine this a little closer.
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