20.11.2025
S: Do you know the difference between an Indian story and the stories of here?
A: Which difference? There are many.
S: The story of revenge. In India, we must have our revenge. A life dedicated to revenge is a good life. Here, revenge is not permissible in thought.
A: What about Boudica?
S: She fails. We win.
A: Elaborate.
S: Madame Defarge is totally justified in her revenge. They took the honour of her sister and killed her. She fights for all women against the oppression of the rich and powerful. After all, they subject these women to atrocity and the absolute force of their corrupt power. She dedicates her life to justice and revenge. But yet, the rich and powerful walk away untouched from her wrath. They portray her as unjust when she is the Revolution.
A: Nobody agrees with you.
S: Because I am Indian. Not because I am wrong.
A: What about India?
S: Have you ever heard of Phoolam Devi? They raped this lower caste woman. They dishonoured us. They thought we were nothing. She got herself a gun. A group of soldiers. They chanted Jai Maa Durga, Jai Phoolam Devi! Hail The Mother Queen, the Mother Goddess, Hail Phoolam Devi! They tracked down the rapists. They killed each one. Justice for the people. She was worshipped as a goddess. That is the difference. A real story in real life.
A: You favour a woman’s revenge?
S: You do not know the people that worship The Mother, her children. We are not like the others. We are warriors. We come from the honour society. The Mother asks for her revenge. They have dishonoured her. I am named after my mother’s honour. You know the story.
diary of a lone man 