mungli: you're just a woman. what can you do?
basanti: i can do everything. if i can't do anything, i can set the village ablaze!
*****
basanti: husband or in-laws, i have none. i live without fear! come, misbegotten one! i'll teach you a lesson! if you have the guts, take me on! this is my motherland, my homeland! i'm not afraid! there's not a man who can scare me. the man who can hurt me has not been born!
*
basanti: sister, you worry me. stop joking with the crazy man. you don't know why he's crazy.
rajar jhi: yes, i know. because he lost his soulmate.
basanti: you cannot get his soulmate back.
rajar jhi: no, i can't do that. but i can try to become his soulmate.
*
basanti: will you ever understand how deep my river of pain is? can't i have my own dreams and desires?
*
rajar jhi: a woman's life is barren without a man.
*
basanti: there's only one real thing in the world: motherhood. there is nothing else.
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has there ever been a better character than basanti? i think not.
loved this. adored this. absolutely brilliant. adding to my on: radical feminism list, of course, with much to say about male-female socialisation under patriarchy. the expectations to marry and give birth to prove yourself a woman, worthy of respect. the thankless burden of care.
i need to make a movie.
mungli: you're just a woman. what can you do?
basanti: i can do everything. if i can't do anything, i can set the village ablaze!
*****
basanti: husband or in-laws, i have none. i live without fear! come, misbegotten one! i'll teach you a lesson! if you have the guts, take me on! this is my motherland, my homeland! i'm not afraid! there's not a man who can scare me. the man who can hurt me has not been born!
*
basanti: sister, you worry me. stop joking with the crazy man. you don't know why he's crazy.
rajar jhi: yes, i know. because he lost his soulmate.
basanti: you cannot get his soulmate back.
rajar jhi: no, i can't do that. but i can try to become his soulmate.
*
basanti: will you ever understand how deep my river of pain is? can't i have my own dreams and desires?
*
rajar jhi: a woman's life is barren without a man.
*
basanti: there's only one real thing in the world: motherhood. there is nothing else.
◉◉◉
has there ever been a better character than basanti? i think not.
loved this. adored this. absolutely brilliant. adding to my on: radical feminism list, of course, with much to say about male-female socialisation under patriarchy. the expectations to marry and give birth to prove yourself a woman, worthy of respect. the thankless burden of care.
i need to make a movie.
