Category: <span>Self-improvement</span>

Yesterday, I was watching a movie where there is a conversation between Saira and Hridaan, both of whom have lost a close family member in a road accident. In the movie, Hridaan is non expressive, undemonstrative, and doesn’t seem too affected by the loss. Saira, on the other hand, sheds a tear or two, but then she turns around and tells Hridaan “I should be ‘strong’ like you and not some ‘weak’ person to shed tears”.

This dialogue was extremely disturbing for me. It made me question as to how in our popular culture, as well as in our everyday conversations and beliefs, we have started associating anything to do with emotions or expression of emotions with weakness. So much so, that we are mastering the art of masking and hiding our emotions in order to appear strong (to ourselves, and to others), and to be ‘practical’ in everything. Read more