Amrita Pritam a Punjabiat writer has a short novel as her jewel ; it's known/entitled as " madi da dya" in chaste punjabistory moves like this: leading male character who is well educated of the time line falls in love with the leading heroine who as pressurised by the system decides to marry a person according to her parents/clan likes etc. The constraints depicted are real life time and mind stirring. She puts her best to convince the lover to forget her and have a real thought on the constraints. But she as well as the lead charachter both understand that love has taken real roots in their inner psyche. The lead male character dies after a long life of pains and dejections. One day the beloved takes a earthern "dya"/=candle ; get it lit and slowly moves on and on til she reaches the site where he is buried unceremoniously. She could not stop her tears and faints almost at the reality lit large.
the novel is heart stopping
I do not know reading punjabi but English version is some times constrained with exact translation and cache of the thoughts.
it 's not the time to get up
but your thoughts have made me rise and make the pad run
today morning hrs are extremely important as a meeting is already scheduled which I have to attend as obligatory official duty.
I tried to make preparations for it in the evening itself
but probably your vaccum at my heart put a stop to all the stuff at my hand
but I don't want to become a "madi da dya"
however the reality is dragging me towards that only
source: shipra.v
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