Mira felt her throat tighten. For years, she had been framing everyone else's stories. She had never once turned the camera on her own messiness.
"The cinematographer waits for the perfect light. The life photographer learns to love the shadows too. Zindagi doesn't come with a color grade, Mira. Some scenes are overexposed. Some are out of focus. But they're all your scenes." Dear Zindagi -2016-2016
She submitted it to a small festival under the title: Dear Zindagi . Mira felt her throat tighten
No award. No grand premiere. But at the screening, a stranger in the front row wiped a tear and whispered to their friend, "That's exactly how it feels." Dear Zindagi -2016-2016
Dear Zindagi, today I forgive myself for believing that quiet was the same as weak.