There are things that women should and should not do. There are experiences that women should and should not get involved in while their male counterparts have these restrictions socially waived. Who decides the gender of roles, actions and experiences?
The three decade long Sri Lankan civil war has taken big tolls on every aspect of the lives of Tamil people living there and outside. For those living there, especially in the war areas, their lives have been shattered and they have been scrambling around to piece it back together for the past six years.
What is a typical parent-child relationship in a Tamil household? As most of us have experienced, the type of parenting most commonly practiced by Tamil parents is authoritarian. This model of parenting does not help to build a bond between the parent and child.