Ranjana Bedi comments : Very interesting and well written story.
Sarita Chib comments : "Chitra suddenly realised that over the last few days she had been feeling just a little bit lonely. Her life seemed to be whizzing past in front of her eyes and apart from a very successful career, there was little else to it."
Why should Chitra feel this way, because she is a woman? she can not relate herself to anyother woman like herself? I am sure if there was a man in her shoes, he will feel on top of the world to be successful in his career! And people will hover around him like bees to earn his goodwill! So if a woman reaches top of the career ladder why does she feel lonely?
Padmini Natarajan comments : Sorry. I do not agree with Sarita Chib. Men too feel lonely. Otherwise they would not fall for bimbos! Anyway women need people and connections more. Just a career is not enough for most of them. I am not generalising. Family plays a great part in the psyche of women. So they look for surrogate connections through the children of siblings. Thank God adoption is another choice that is available. Statistics too say that single men generally do not reach the top rung of the career ladder. The wife behind the successful man is an important factor in the success of most men. Women, single or married, reach the top.
Shabnam comments : I agree with each and every word Padmini said. Truly there is a woman behind every man's success. However, there are some who are successful without support. So I am not going to stamp the thumb rule.
But I strongly agree with the comment that success in career is not everything for a women.
Very good article !
Anuchopra comments : lovely story i wonder if the charachters were real what would hve really happened
just like women detest being stereotyped, we should spare men the agony as well. men and women are made differently and therefore what each would want to achieve as their personal goals, desires etc., by a certain age/stage whatever, will definitely differ. it is this difference that has to be celebrated, instead of engaging in endless nitpicking of each other's perceived territories.
men feel as lonely as women. women just express it differently. the smart thing to do is to learn how to discern the difference.
and as for the article, at least it leaves it to the reader to pick their own ending, not just once but thrice! life is not about standardisation, it's changing continuously, and the writer has given us the choice to take our pick and not get confined by it.
reminds me of archer who managed to make the reader go, yeah what if, but then...what if it isn't?
shoba
Nandini comments : i think chitra can look at lot more to life than work even that option with her pals in consultanting or arvind... after all said and done if she can make a blend on life and work thats good as she has done both and if she does see something happen with arvind she can explore possiblities and let what has to be happen as love happens no one plans what better that u love someone who looks at u on the same wave length...
Veena Jain comments : Most noticeable part in Chitra's life is her true liberation! She makes her own choices!
Jayan comments : Story by Suruchi has a matching story in Bible. King David was attracted to Betseda while this lady was taking bath in a river. She was the wife of King David's military commander. King David became lusty and sent his commander to war front and his men plotted to kill him. After that King David felt so sorry. He cried with repentance and the famous "pslams 51" in old testment was written out of that. King David married Betseda and the child born out of that wedding is the famous King Solomon who is known as the Wisest of Wise. Glad that Suruchi's heroine didn't lose her hubby and instead the king got killed.
Kavita K Chandra comments : Well written. Everyone likes to share his or her success with someone otherwise after a point of time, it becomes pointless. one needs someone to fall back on, to satisfy ones emotional needs. Wo(man) is indeed a social animal.
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Jessy Rungasamy. comments : I think your story is very nice and it quite like mine.
