Watch Yourself

Watch yourself

When a daughter's moment of fear turns into her mother's moment of truth.

By Sowmya Srinivasan
Sowmya loves to tell stories. It is this love that has connected her with Soulveda where she hopes to add value through spirited and mindful narratives. Founder-member of Bangalore Storytelling Society, she uses storytelling and theatre techniques to develop creative thinking in children. She is deeply involved in collecting, curating and telling personal stories of reinvention. Her commitment to special education inspired her to study it formally and teach special children at one time. It is this empathy she brings into her writing as well. Sowmya is a doting mother of two.

07 October 2016

She could hear them shouting her name. They were searching for her everywhere, even on the streets. She could hear her grandmother praying loudly and her parents arguing even louder. Should she step out and face the consequences or should she stay where she was? Squeezed in the minuscule space between the door and the bathroom wall, she stood in fear.

A long while later, when she could hear no sound, she peeped out from behind the door. At the same moment, her sister stepped into the bathroom. They both yelled; one with fear and the other with shock.

“Why are you hiding here? We have been searching for you the whole day,” screamed her sister.

“I broke my chain. Amma will be angry with me. Amma always scolds me if I break things,” She sobbed as she opened her fist to reveal the pieces of a gold chain clutched in it.

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