by B. R. GOWANI
TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee who committed “suicide” on April 1, 2016. PHOTO/India.com
Actress/politician Hema Malini PHOTO/NDTV
Pratyusha Banerjee died untimely
24 is not the age to depart this world
more than 2/3rd of her life she couldn’t live
what contour her love relationship was developing
what emotional turmoil she was experiencing
who knows what calamity she was facing
how much financial woos worried her
what crisis she was going through
how much depressed she was
if no foul play was involved
then one thing is without doubt
must have been beyond her suffering power
that she had to turn a ceiling fan into her cross
and sadly had to put The End poster on her life herself
outsiders don’t know anything
but in the world of social media
people just can’t control themselves
or their smug tongues/keyboards/keypads
Hema, 1960’s and ’70s “dreamgirl” had to open her mouth
to criticize Pratyusha, a dreamgirl to many of her fans
this time she didn’t give a “spiritually evolved” crap
as she did it in 2013 with Damini/Amanat case
(Jyoti was brutally violated and murdered)
Hema was cruel and insensitive
she moralized with 2 tweets:
“All these senseless suicides which achieve nothg!
Life is God’s gift for us to live not for us to take
at will. We have no right to do that.”
“One must learn to overcome all odds & emerge
successful, not succumb under pressure &
give up easily. The world admires
a fighter not a loser”
Pratyusha had ordered a bridal lehenga from a friend
which she wanted to wear on her wedding day
she had no plan to end her own life
sadly the wedding day never came
but she did wear bridal attire
couldn’t express her joy
as she was lifeless
rather than lecturing poor Pratyusha
who is no more in this world
why doesn’t Hema think of
2 year old girl, Chinni
victim of her Benz
Pratyusha’s parents, social workers with sparse income
others got them air tickets to fly to Mumbai
who are going through agony
has to take Hema’s shit
how many times has this BJP politician
lectured those Hindu communalists
who are either threatening
or murdering “others”?
most successful people like to preach
as it’s always easy from the top
but sometime imagine yourself
from the victim’s point
it’s fully different
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com