Is it a mandate?;

THERE Was a little boy named Zi who loved doing zardozi, a metal embroidery work.

- ANUSREE PV

But he did it secretly as he feared his parents would find out about his new hobby. This is the plot of the book Zardo Zi, Stitched with Love, written by Debasmita Dasgupta I wonder how many such Zis would have gone ahead in their lives with their passion. The encroachment of stereotypes into our personal lives has impacted each of us, irrespective of gender. While the pressure to procreate is an inseparable part of a Woman's life, the pressure to earn and shoulder the family's responsibility is tethered to every man. However, some individuals subvert these said and unsaid rules in their unique ways by adhering to their belief system, even when the shadows of the omnipresent society try to suffocate them.