Manpreet Kaur Matharoo

Warmth of a Falling Tear Manpreet Kaur Matharoo

A young girl in late 1970's dreamt of a life, filled with love, but an early marriage, killed her aspirations and shattered her belief in love. Life showed no mercy and every breath she took was paid back with hurt and pain until she stood against all social obligations. During late 80's and early 90's, a big metro city like Delhi had very little to offer to a single woman. Constant humiliations and character assassinations were added to her miseries. A woman, who was trying to find her own identity between demanding social obligations and a violent marriage, which was cracking with each passing moment. Despite all odds, she became a working woman with a child and was fighting for her survival alone, disowned and singled out by society. She soon learned that people have many faces and love results only in hurt and pain. There was no place for sparkling dreams and bubbling aspirations in her daily routine, until fate gave her a chance to rewrite her own destiny. Did she succeed in her struggle to live her dreams when life was the only choice?