ASurprisingly Normal Turn of Events – Anju Rachel Thomas, TAPMI
'Challenges - what can you possibly know about them?', came the prompt reply of a friend who read a satirical Facebook post I had written on the rising social trends that make us more critical and less humane. The context for the post had been a widespread social media outcry on a post that challenged the tenets of feminism and a small part about it spoke about the challenges that modern women face. However, my Facebook ‘friend’ caught onto that particular section and proceeded to create an argument, supposedly to render the entirety of my post irrelevant. Though the attempt failed, that question led to a train of introspection that led to its validity. The entitled ex-NRI who had only led a life of comfort and abundance, the extrovert who strikes up conversations with ease, that girl who often talks about the trips she has had – how far away could the perfect life be?
