Dhummas

A day-long encounter between an old almost bedridden grandmother who has supposedly lost her memory and a young girl Mrinalini sparks an interesting yet intriguing conversation, and in these conversations, Mrinalini draws an unlikely parallel between her present and her grandmother-in-law's past. The conversations also bring to light that the grandmother is very much in possession of her memories as she emerges as a representative of the suppressed woman. A number of things are left unsaid and the unsaid make up the essence of the story mapping a connection between two women, divorced by age and brought together by an eroding identity. 'Dhummas' asks, What does it really mean to have a voice in a deeply patriarchal 'advanced' society? ''Society over years has treated woman as the "Other" in relation to man, hence she was demarcated to a certain space. The story highlights the irony that the most insidious forms of patriarchy is passed down through the female members. It is with the emergence of the newfound "self" by women, which forms a challenging force that shakes the foundations of the patriarchal frameworks.''