Breast Cancer. Somebody in her office feared that she might
have it. She got scared herself. And she realised that it is something that
every woman should be aware of.
Ekta Kapoor is her another magnum opus,
"Baade Achche Lagte Hain" showed that her lead female protagonist is
having a breast cancer scare and how the fear of losing life brings her close
to her husband. A salute goes to Ms Kapoor for bringing out the cancer fear in
public in the most modest and obvious way and making it clear (again) that media
is the most powerful media to promote social causes.
I must confess that I had
stopped watching the programme the minute they showed that Priya might be
having breast cancer and had come to a self-driven conclusion that the
following episodes might be disheartening and sad. Everybody might be sharing
the fear that she might die and so on. But the case, surprisingly, was not so.
Having watched most of Ms Kapoor's serials before, this was obvious for many of
her loyal audiences, I guess. But this time, she chose to portray the other
side of the story. Priya had shared her list of weird wishes with her husband
and he, willingly and lovingly, had fulfilled each of them assuming that he
should live every moment with her and give her all that she deserves to be
happy. They counted stars, went for long drives and watched sunset being at two
places at the same time and Ram Kapoor, Priya's golu husband, learnt to dance
salsa. At the end, Priya clears the medical tests and does not have a cancerous
lump in her breasts but an outgrowth which can be removed with a minor surgery.
The seven day wait was blissful for the couple for they realized
love for each other. Even though they feared death, they chose to live life and
enjoy their moments together. Ms Kapoor's message was very clear and I
appreciate her approach to the health disorder thoroughly.
But I wonder, do we
need a life-threatening fear to realize that life is to be enjoyed and lived
with a positive outlook? Can we not start enjoying life and doing things just
to make it happier? Can we not say, "Sadness and unhappy moments will come
uninvited but we can choose to be happy?"
I have no idea how to be happy all the time but choosing to
be happy is totally on me. Believing in what you like and finishing every work
with a smile and sense of achievement....may be this is the trick. Do let me
know your funda of happiness.
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