Thank you for writing this. I do not know how to grieve, does anyone know? This is how I have felt since my father's passing 2 decades back; all grief is built.on that - reaching out to grieving friends preparing for grief that will come some sooner and some later ; grieving for persons peoples unknown and grieving for one's lost self too. It is an unholy mess but it is something that we will drown in and hopefully bring ourselves to shore washed up exhausted but humbled.
Thank you for writing this- I have been drowning in grief it seems without having drowned. It does comes in waves. And every story and every scene depicting loss causes the bawling for me. Soemtimes I wonder if I am too weak to be touched by something which is not mine and maybe it’s mine since before I knew it was..
Thank you for opening up, Renu. It can be difficult to confront our feelings. In fact, your message got me thinking about how sometimes we might not be able to cope even with a support system of friends. I've edited the post and added a link to a crowdsourced list of professionals that might be able to help.
Again, thank you for sharing. Hope things get better and the waves offer some respite :)
So beautifully penned. I must agree the authenticity of the characters of Panchayat is something that moves us all the most. And Prahlad’s love for his son and family is just heart breaking. The scene when he takes the old lady to show her his house in S3 did a number on me for sure. Makes you see perspective and reprioritise. Thanks for writing about it so poignantly!
"The paradoxical effect of losing a loved one is that their sudden absence can become a feverish comment on that which remains. That which remains rises in time from the dark with a burning physicality — a luminous super-presence — as we acquaint ourselves with this new and different world. In loss things — both animate and inanimate — take on an added intensity and meaning."
Thank you for writing this. I do not know how to grieve, does anyone know? This is how I have felt since my father's passing 2 decades back; all grief is built.on that - reaching out to grieving friends preparing for grief that will come some sooner and some later ; grieving for persons peoples unknown and grieving for one's lost self too. It is an unholy mess but it is something that we will drown in and hopefully bring ourselves to shore washed up exhausted but humbled.
Well put! No way around but through, I'm afraid.
Thank you for writing this- I have been drowning in grief it seems without having drowned. It does comes in waves. And every story and every scene depicting loss causes the bawling for me. Soemtimes I wonder if I am too weak to be touched by something which is not mine and maybe it’s mine since before I knew it was..
Thank you for opening up, Renu. It can be difficult to confront our feelings. In fact, your message got me thinking about how sometimes we might not be able to cope even with a support system of friends. I've edited the post and added a link to a crowdsourced list of professionals that might be able to help.
Again, thank you for sharing. Hope things get better and the waves offer some respite :)
So beautifully penned. I must agree the authenticity of the characters of Panchayat is something that moves us all the most. And Prahlad’s love for his son and family is just heart breaking. The scene when he takes the old lady to show her his house in S3 did a number on me for sure. Makes you see perspective and reprioritise. Thanks for writing about it so poignantly!
“Sona deke koi eent patthar khareedta hai kya?” Uff. That scene.
Thank you for sharing this. It's moving. One of my favourite things I've come across about grief.
Reminds me of another article that looks at the paradox of grief (https://www.themarginalian.org/2020/07/27/nick-cave-loss-grief/)
"The paradoxical effect of losing a loved one is that their sudden absence can become a feverish comment on that which remains. That which remains rises in time from the dark with a burning physicality — a luminous super-presence — as we acquaint ourselves with this new and different world. In loss things — both animate and inanimate — take on an added intensity and meaning."
That’s… so true. Thanks for sharing!
The waves metaphor is so spot on. Thank you for sharing it and writing this post.