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We saw 15ParkAvenue by Aparna Sen recently .It is a sensitive portrayal of a Schizophrenic patient played very competently by Konkana Sen .Shabana Azmi has played the caregiving elder sister and Waheeda Rehman is the old mother .All of them including the once had been fiancee Rahul Bose have to cope with their own dilemmas ,hurts guilts and pain .Aparna has clearly brought out the fact that nobody not even the patient itself is responsible for this frightening sickness which cripples the mind .It is a matter of genes and sheer bad luck .I think every one must watch the movie if only to learn to be kind to the lost souls .Also if the care givers parents and siblings understand and acknowledge the helplessness of the patient it may be a little easier for them to accept the challenge of looking after such a person .Thank you Aparna for making a meaning ful film .

Joy,s musings Do we Delhiites by nature love uncleanliness and filth ?Creating filth seems to be a compulsive trait .There is a beautiful children,s park near our house .It is full of colourful swings and benches .To spend a winter afternoon on these benches watching the children play is very pleasant .so many people come and do so and consequently by the time it is evening the park is full of pea pods ,vegetable scrapings ,wrappers of Chips and Pepsi glasse.As a solution to this the administration decided to put in dustbins. However the park is as dirty as before .What I can not fathom is why people do not put the litter in the dustbins it is still strewn around or maybe people think that the dustbins are for decorative purposes ?

This is for all those who dream and often wonder how or when or ever will they become reality .I realized it suddenly .Yesterday afternoon .We had gone to the neighbourhood park .My husband took his usual walk while listening to music on his walkman . I sat on the bench and read my novel .In between I would look up to see the butterflies flitting away ,the beautiful migratory birds hopping around and the squirrels jumping .It being afternoon somehow there was no one else in the park .I suddenly felt a sense of dejavu ,as though I have experienced it all before and than I remembered as a child I always wished to have a garden where I could read uninterrupted and I realized suddenly that my dream has come true ,Of course the garden is not mine but what does it matter ,all the rest is there with the added bonus of the tranquil presence of my husband .So always have faith your dreams do come true how when and why are not for you to know .God knows the best time and ways to fulfill them .