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A Mother’s Love

Anirudh Garg 2017A7PS0142P, Venkat Sairam M. 2017A7PS0133P, Ashutosh Bhatt
2017ABPS0957P, Swastik 2017A8PS0283P and Kanish 2017A3PS0366P

CHARACTERS

Roshni Nanda: 52, Mother
Siddharth V. Nanda: 23, Son

SETTING

It’s a cold, autumn night, a woman is seen standing at the window, looking out smoking away
into the dark sky. Covered in thoughts, contemplating her life decisions.

BEGIN.

Roshni (To herself): I did what I had to, didn’t I?
(Suddenly, a thump is heard on the door and the son enters.)

Siddharth: Why am I here mom?

Roshni: So good to see you. Glad that you came. How have you been?

Siddharth: How do you think I would have fared living with your secrets?

Roshni: Sid, my love. Come let’s sit down and have a drink.

(She put away her cigarette into the metal lid ashtray decorated with ivory sitting on a
glass-covered centre table which was located at the far left of the room encircled with large
white sofas in a dominantly black interior room. The drinks were already served for the two
with all of it planned as a gin and tonic catering to the son's liking and red wine for the
mother’s liking. Both sit down with their drinks in hand.)

Roshni: You’ve only known these secrets for so long, have you any idea for how long I’ve
lived them? Who do you think I did all this for? When I married your father, I was blinded
by love, never did I account for his mediocrity towards life. When I lived this life for a year
and the love had faded as it always does, I realised the dark truths of life, where money and
power in the society run the world. And that is what I have achieved and served to you on a
silver platter, haven’t I?

Siddharth: Stop fooling yourself mom, it’s always been you, it’s always been about you. Dad
was always right about you. Even I despised him and his simplistic, mediocre way of life but
after knowing the real side of you, it all makes sense now, on why dad never wanted to go
against you despite his knowing your dark truths, with you being so manipulative, and
resourceful and further him being a simple man.

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