{"id":2983,"date":"2015-07-06T15:22:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T15:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nehadixit.in\/?p=2983"},"modified":"2023-09-15T13:05:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T13:05:20","slug":"talking-sex-and-make-up-to-a-teen-in-light-of-her-mothers-failed-sterilisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nehadixit.in\/talking-sex-and-make-up-to-a-teen-in-light-of-her-mothers-failed-sterilisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking sex and make-up to a teen in light of her mother’s failed sterilisation"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kajal and I were having this conversation while she was taking me to an anganwadi worker’s house.<\/i><\/h3>\n
\u201cWhy don\u2019t you wear make-up when you are married?\u201d Kajal asked me.<\/div>\n
\u201cJust like that.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to get married, but for the make-up. I love it but Amma says don\u2019t touch it till you get married,\u201d she replied.Kajal is 13 and has just taken\u00a0her Class 7 exams in Anangpur village, Faridabad.<\/div>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what to do with these chicken pox marks,\u201d she pointed to the small dried blisters on her face. She is still convalescing. \u201cWhat should I put on my face to get rid of them?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThey will go slowly. Give it some time.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cBut if they don\u2019t go, I will have to put on make-up to hide them, no? Amma won’t let me. Everyone now tells me that with these marks, no one will ever want to marry me but who wants to…\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat’s the reason for that?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat didi! As if you don\u2019t know,\u201d she said, with an irritation in her voice but a smile on her face.<\/div>\n
\u201cNo. How would I? Didn\u2019t I tell you I am married. What mistake did I commit?\u201d I teased her.<\/div>\n
\u201cArrey…”<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cBachhe!\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cOh! Yes. That is a complication,\u201d I agreed.<\/div>\n
\u201cWho is your favourite actress? I like Katrina Kaif. Her face is so clear, no?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d I smiled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
***<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Kajal and I were having this conversation while she was taking me to Anita\u2019s house in the village. Anita is an anganwadi worker.<\/div>\n
While we were settling in the house, Kajal sat in one corner and asked me to sit in another. Anita and Pushpa, the two anganwadi behenjis, sat in the middle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n