Li Ve(Me) Life

A beginning maybe?

It was Sunday. A typical day spent in the quarantine where it doesn't make sense to categorize your days as weekdays and weekends, its just all the same....it doesn't make any difference. When the whole world was locked up inside their homes with people hooked up to social media , that day turned out to be different for Tanusha as she received a phone call. That wasn't just a regular phone call....it was a life changer for her in some aspects....

*a guitar tune plays aloud*
It is Tanusha's phone . When she picked up the call she heard a heavy but a polite voice from the other side.
"Hello"
"Hello ....am I speaking to Tanusha"
"Yes...how may I help you"

this voice was kind of familiar for her . And then she realized it was Ajinkya bhai,(bhai , is a common way to address people like" bro"). People referred him as "Ajju" or " Ajju bhai"

" Ajju bhai..... you could have just pinged me on whats app"
"Oh I'm sorry were you busy...???"
"No Ajju bhai.....I meant you just contacted on my business number......
" actually I spoke to your manager and he told me to speak to you"
" Come on Ajju bhai. No need to be that formal ...."

"of course i should . you have become a celebrity now......like 2 web series ...... not bad ....you must have many more offers coming in and that's why I thought you must be very busy...

"well ....that is the reason we collaborated last month....."(giggles)

Haha...true 😂.... it regarding the video we shot last month before the lockdown...it is nearing almost a views now.....

Ajju bhai a man in his early 30's was as usual cheerful and polite . Ajju bhai is the CEO of the "cafe chess" with an IM title in his bag. for those who don't know what an IM is it refers to international master in chess. When you start playing professional chess you get some points known as "elo points". A chess rating system is a system used in to estimate the strength of a player, based on their performance versus other players. The standard organisation is FIDE . There are many titles provided by the fide :- GM(Grand master ),CM (candidate master), NM(national master), FM(fide master) etc based on your elo ratings. One such title is IM. So Ajju bhai isn't just Ajju bhai but IM Ajinkya Chandra.

Tanusha , a nineteen year old typical Indian girl , is pursuing her computer science engineering . Fair enough!- this is what one needs to do in life . Firstly , compete with your school mates and then with your cousins ( who are studying in the same standard of course)
No matter how much efforts you put in ...you ....will be served in a platter . Yes; "you" will be served inside the platter instead of food. This how an Indian wedding works. You will served to be judged upon by your relatives . They will judge you for everything. Starting from your marks to your looks , from your relationship status to your job.... everything is looked down upon.
These weddings used to scare Tanusha a lot as she used to fear that her cover might get blown off . Because she is a kind of a girl who is not like the other kids of her family.

She was not a rebel...but she thrives to do what she wants to...and this gives people a chance to feed on her insecurities. We all have these insecurities. Parents want the best for their kids and kids want to make the best out themselves . If these ideas don't overlap .....this leads to war. And if they do; then one of the sides gets crushed beneath the burden of the other. A rebel is neither born not created - but if doing her will makes her one .... she'd rather be one.

Her eyes hold the world . With her big, pretty eyes and chubby cheeks, she never failed to impress her fans with it. I think the best compliment she has received from her critics is that no matter how much weak the script is...she speaks through her eyes. She has earned that love of her fans with 7 years of her hard work. She used to be a tomboy till her 7 th grade. She never bothered to look "good" according to the norms laid down by the society. Like she had boy cut hair with chubby cheeks and big eyes and with that innocent smile- that's not something which matches the society's typical standard of beauty - which involves being a woman with sharp features - long dark hair ,fair skin and having a good height. And the fact that she had none of it. She was literally opposite.

Often because of this she was ridiculed by her relatives who used to say that she'll never grow up to become a beautiful woman . Obviously she didnt understand what they meant by this. Kids are angels with good heart 💖. They do not fake something to make it to something.

So, Tanusha is a 19 yr old actor , model who started it while she was in 8 grade . Strange....right? a girl who once used to resist a lipstick now wanted to become like Gigi Hadid . All thanks to puberty . She managed to keep all this from her parents all thanks to herself and her cousin Twinkle. But not for long . However she continued modelling , got rejected in many auditions , simultaneously she did her YouTube . She is a hustler onboard who has worked on herself from head to toe , who is in a constant pressure to win the battles within ( her looks and abilities) and also with her parents for whom glamour , publicity and Instagram is a myth......