Drama

She entered the function hall with her parents. The hall is glittering with lights and looking colourful with the nice flower decoration. All the people are looking good with nice dresses and the heavy jewellery. By looking at them her aunt came towards them. She stood silently beside her mother listening to the conversation between her mom and her aunt. The conversation is nothing but gossiping. She is bored and started looking around. They were early to the party so she is waiting for her cousins. Her aunt suddenly turned to her.

“What about you? Are you working?” her aunt looked at her. “Yeah she is working.” Her mother answered. “In which company are you working?” her aunt asked. “I am working in a software company aunty”. She said slowly as she knows what her aunt is going to talk about next. She is going through this drill from past few months. “My son and my daughter both working in a MNC” her aunt said with a pride.

“Oh…okay” she smiled a little. “My son earns 70,000 per month. How much is your salary?” as usual she started the enquiry. “Why do you want to know? My parents never ask me about my salary. Who are you to ask me?” she yelled in her mind and gave a small smile without answering anything. She turned to her mother. Looking at her uncomfortable expression her mother changed the topic. She felt relived, but that didn’t last even for a minute. She knows that this is not the end. There are so many relatives of her, around her and she need to face this again and again. But at least she thought she could be free for some time, and that didn’t happen. This time the drama came in a grey suit.

 “How are you girl?” her uncle joined them. She turned back suddenly by hearing his voice. “Fine uncle” she said in a normal voice. “How is your job?” “Not again” she thought to herself and “good uncle” she answered. “On what stream are you working?” he asked her. “Java” she said without thinking. “Oh java” he said as if he know every detail about it. “Really uncle do you even know the spelling of it” she taunted him in her mind. “Did you start saving?” her uncle questioned again. “Do you want a loan or do you want to steal my money” “leave about the job, when are you going to get married?” her aunt interrupted her thoughts. “Oh yeah I am waiting for this question. How can you stay silent without asking the most favourite question of yours?” She spoke to herself. She didn’t answer anything. She thought it would be safe for her to stay calm, so she just stood silently with a small smile on her face, but in her mind she answered every single question.

           After 10 minutes “hi” her cousin said. “Hi, you are late” she felt happy looking at him. “Yeah traffic” and he wished all of them. Both were about to go from there but her uncle destroyed their plan. “How is your job?” both her uncle and aunt started their questioning session. They diverted all the interrogation to him. His face looked like a lost puppy. She looked at him and both exchanged their looks. Both started talking with their eyes. He begged her to save him. Instead she thanked him and gave a pity smile. The great drama continued.