THE PERFECT FUTURE
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http://mistressreyana.blogspot.in/2014/03/the-perfect-future-part-2.html Part - 2
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http://mistressreyana.blogspot.in/2014/03/the-perfect-future-part-5.html Part - 5
By 2057, 75% of the women and 50% of the men
had taken genderocin. Infact the men were forced to take the genderocin due to
their wives and partners. This meant change in the professional set-up. Now
women were reluctant to take-up jobs like secretaries, nurses, clerical
administrators etc. Which were traditionally female. Also most men in key
positions were strategically and periodically shown the door.
Now we see the lives of a father and son.
Whether they went with the flow or tried to swin against the tide is what this
story is all about.
Vijayalakshmi
aka Vijaya hanged the phone in disbelief. She could not believe her friend
Sanjeevini too took genderocin. Sanjeevini who never even dared to speak when
her husband was around, who never missed the karva chauth every year now took
genderocin. Not only had she taken the drug but also was joining a job in a MNC
while her husband Prashanth would be staying at home. Sanjeevini was the only
friend that Vijaya had who had not taken genderocin.
Vijaya and her husband Nirmal were still
old-fashioned. They still lived in the world of prince charming coming to the
rescue of damsel in distress. Although the world around them was in the
reverse. Vijaya looked at the family portrait that hung on the
world. It has Vijaya and Nirmal sitting beside each other along with their only
son Suhas standing behind them.
Vijaya looked every inch a normal
housewife wearing a saree, a dozen gangles on each hand, mangalsutra hanging
around her neck, kumkum brightly smeared on the partition of her hair. She was
petite at 5 ft 3 inches and weighing around 48 kgs. Her husband looked manly in
his double breasted suit, shining black shoes and a rado watch on his wrist.
Nirmal was 48 years old while Vijaya was 45 years old. Their son suhas had just
turned 18. By all means it was a small and happy family.
But deep inside Vijaya knew all was not well
for them. Nirmal had been a successful Sales Managing Director for a company.
He had been working in that company for almost 20 years for that company.
Infact it was in that company that Nirmal and vijaya had met before their
marriage. Vijaya was Nirmal’s secretary then. She resigned after a few months
after marriage as Nirmal was earning well for both of them. But recently he had
been mercilessly removed from that post and a fresh graduate from
IIM had been instated in the post.
Due to Nirmal’s loyal service for
all the years he was given a post of receptionist in the company. Since he was
the sole breadwinner of the family Nirmal was forced to swallow the humiliation
and join in that position. The most humiliating thing about the job was not the
position or rank but the dress code. Although women did not work as
receptionists and men as CEO’s the dress code remained where it was with only
the gender changing.
So Nirmal had to wear a dress similar to a saree. Except
he did not need to drape it but the lower part was pre-stitched to appear like
a pleated saree. He could wear that like a skirt. Then he had to put on a
blouse and then from his skirt he would wrap a long piece of cloth around his
waist and over his (chest) breast. Thereby giving it a look of a saree. While
the female executives wore suits.
THE PERFECT FUTURE - Part 6