Home / News / India News / Article /
Mother of all stories
Updated On: 17 May, 2009 09:50 AM IST | | Nandana Sen
'She'd be awake long after we'd fall asleep correcting tutorials, completing conference papers, finishing a painting, writing a poem'... Nandana Sen writes on how her mother made life more beautiful
Listen to this article :
'She'd be awake long after we'd fall asleep correcting tutorials, completing conference papers, finishing a painting, writing a poem'... Nandana Sen writes on how her mother made life more beautiful
It's no secret that most of the 'special days' we celebrate have either been invented or glorified for business. But for those of us who grew up during the reign of Hallmark, isn't that integral to the world as we know it?
There's comfort in the familiar, even if it is banal. For example, would I have preferred an adolescence without the ritual of collecting and comparing Valentines received every year? No. More disquieting than the commercial aspect, is the fact that somehow these special days get mired in clichu00e9s even in the way we ourselves pay tribute to them. Hallmark is just doing its business, but am I letting that shape the way I think and talk about these days?
It's no secret that most of the 'special days' we celebrate have either been invented or glorified for business. But for those of us who grew up during the reign of Hallmark, isn't that integral to the world as we know it?
There's comfort in the familiar, even if it is banal. For example, would I have preferred an adolescence without the ritual of collecting and comparing Valentines received every year? No. More disquieting than the commercial aspect, is the fact that somehow these special days get mired in clichu00e9s even in the way we ourselves pay tribute to them. Hallmark is just doing its business, but am I letting that shape the way I think and talk about these days?
 |
|
Poet and novelist Nabaneeta Dev Sen lives in Kolkata, and has received numerous National Awards including the Padmashri, the Sahitya Akademi Award, and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Bangla Academy. Read Next Story Trending StoriesLatest Photos |
