The Namesake (2006)

Dir. Mira Nair

Don't drag Michael into this. He's a total wacko.

We're throwing a small party at our place. I've always seen you alone. That's why I asked. // Thank you for having me. It's been a while. I had fun.

Omkara (2006) dir. Vishal Bhardwaj

"When the scriptures themselves have sullied women, who can blame mere mortals like you. We renounce our homes and families and walk into your lives with bare empty hands. But even after the holy fires approve us, we're regarded disloyal sooner than loyal."

In this bloodstained rendition, Othello is translated into the dust, caste-relations and politics of rural India. Set against a backdrop of gang warfare and local elections, the Shakespearean tragedy is stripped of its Britishness and draped with khadi and khol, brutality and lyricism.

Never enough, never seen, never loved, never heard. Sacrificed to the devil. Free labor. No mental peace, no sense of self. Selfish if spoke up. Third parent. Forgotten.

I won't regret this, right? Mom?

Screaming internally just to be heard.

Too tied up in thinking what society would term as "right" than to ever listen to what I truly want.