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some last days : what it all meant : veronicas and 'time' of dem
1 of the great defeats of my life : has been my inability to explain things to veronica.
First : i thought it was just incapable me : unable to choose the right words.
Den, it became an exercise of how veronicas view ‘control’ and what makes dem seek -’control’ of it all.
I think their matrix : is different…dey no neo or trinity, i dont think any of dem : even get ‘matrix’ or the concept of it.
It is not dey are not ‘intelligent’, it is something else : their ‘intelligence’ is something more : subtle, which dey cant ‘express’.
Sure the heartbreaks and amits with 90s baldies as ‘parents’ are the co-dependent simpies and dimpies : which use pretty for their purposes..but it is something else : which has modified their bios : forever.
Beauty Pageants
The decade witnessed an unprecedented winning streak for India in international beauty pageants, significantly boosting national pride.
Sushmita Sen was crowned Miss Universe 1994, the first Indian woman ever to win that title.
Aishwarya Rai won the Miss World 1994 title in the same year.
Diana Hayden was crowned Miss World 1997.
Yukta Mookhey won the Miss World title in 1999.For a generation : raised on tv diet of
was a groundbreaking Indian daily soap opera on DD National, starring Mandira Bedi as an ambitious journalist fighting for justice as the illegitimate daughter of a wealthy businessman, making it an iconic classic known for its strong female lead and impact on Indian television.
Key Aspects:
Iconic Lead: Mandira Bedi's portrayal of Shanti became legendary, a rare bold female protagonist in Indian TV at the time.
Plot: The story follows Shanti's quest to expose family secrets and seek justice for wrongs done to her mother, showcasing themes of revenge, truth, and women's empowerment.Focus: A complex story of Svetlana (Kitu Gidwani) navigating inheritance wars, property disputes, and emotional challenges after her patron dies, highlighting themes of self-respect and survival.Saans (1998) is an iconic Indian TV series about Priya and Gautam, a happy couple with kids whose life unravels when their friend Manisha starts an affair with Gautam, forcing Priya to fight for her marriage and self-respect, showcasing themes of infidelity, betrayal, and a wife's strength in rebuilding her life and family amidst societal judgment, with Neena Gupta starring and directing.
Core Plot:
Happy Family: Priya and Gautam are a seemingly perfect couple with two children, Akul and Mithi.
The Affair: Their friendship with Manisha turns into an affair, leading to Gautam leaving his family.Changed for middkle klass : pretty veronicas. It became their world : iconic pretty women : coming out of nowhere…just winning on pretty and manners.
It became : quite ‘acceptable’ for pretty to have a ‘path’ : full of struggles…and though the soap operas ended with listless women dey ikonified : useless = pretty : just winning on ‘approval’ of ‘man’ : by defeating : powerful man.
something changed with me at 36 : my son was born. I dint have ‘time’ to even have 2 meals a day - literally.
All the time/money invested in making a ‘family’ : seemed likey ‘rent’ which i need to keep paying for useless around : to ‘buy’ family for my son.
Their ‘use’ of my kid as tool : to warp my time/money around in abstract fashion : of using ‘affection’ to monetize family for my kid : was a routine which he was bearing for.
Sure i was paying for all of it : directly or indirectly, but it highlight a fundamental difference in which we are raised as species - humans.
It was a realization : i was being run for making a ‘home’ : without being there..the conditions of keeping up with ‘money’ and needs of familia : for the son and his upbringing : became aptly clear.
The choice : was to accept : money and people dependent on dem : can always be ‘bought’.
It is always a transaction with dem : micro transactions : dicey transactions..people dreaming : dreams which dey never earned : in money or courage or choices : just ‘having’ dem : for their proximity of it.
Synchronicity : is meeting the 1st time…the seemingly impossible odds…in which a random 0 traveler : meets a veronica - mine were truely : random.
but what follows after ‘random’ : gods’ creation of ‘moment’..
becomes 90s flowchart : the ‘test’ of all trauma :
the metaverse of veronicas..
It is a hole lot of blackhole : from which ‘time’ can never be recovered.
Is already known … to me … sure veronicas’ would dream…of synchronocities and 2nd chances : but their ‘freedom’ of page 3: doesnt allow dem to be seen : vulnerable.
the “*the metaverse of veronicas”*cant allow dem ‘choices’ : it is the ego which metaverse lives through dem.
their leadership : is about becoming aishwarya to a popular salman bhai…who treats dem likey …
and den dey want a traditional amit : who does ‘bacchan’ with dem.
It is a loop : of ‘free’ → power/safety → ‘free’ = feminism.
It is ‘loss’ packaged as win : where kids pay.
mine wont.
Hence it is ‘tata’ nano : to all history …
but take the song and dance of it : as farewell : destroy other kids : urs..
not mine.
Source: https://codeparity.substack.com/p/goodbuy-for-the-veronicas