The Legendary Head Shave Tales

Swathi bhartha chanipoyi oka samvatsaram ayindi. Jeevitham mellaga marindi. Aayana vadhilesina aarthika bhadratha thone aame Bengaluru lo oka illu konnadhi, alage ade company lo aayana udyogam kuda techukundi. Chala samvatsaralu aame Housewife ga chala panulatho gadipindi, kutumbani chusukuntu thana gurinchi eppudu aalochinchaledu. Ippudu, 38 samvatsarala vayasulo, aame oka kottha jeevithanni ela jeevinchalo nerchukuntundi. Thana kuthuru Nishika ippude 12th poorthi chesi, ee kottha nagaram lo college lo cheradaniki edhuru chustundi. Swathi chaduvukunnadhi, dhairyam unnadhi mariyu samardhuralu, kani motham kottha vatavarananiki alavatu padataniki inka samayam paduthundi. Thana appartment lo unde mahilalu chala snehapurvakangaa mariyu aadharingevaru ga unnarru, gatha 2 months lone aame mellaga valla group lo bhagam ayindi. Kani inka ekkado lopalopala, aame thana patha jeevithaniki mariyu kottha jeevithaniki madhya nalipepothunnatlu anipinchindi. Oka sayantram, swathi thana apartment ladi...

A year had passed since Swathi's husband died. Life had changed slowly. Using the financial security left behind by him, she had bought a flat in Bengaluru and got his job in the same IT company. For many years she had lived as a busy housewife, taking care of her family and rarely thinking about herself. Now, at 38, she was learning how to live a different life. Her daughter Nishika had just finished her 12th and was waiting to join college in the new city. Swathi was educated, confident and capable, but adjusting to a completely new environment still took time. The women in her apartment were friendly and welcoming, and over the last two months she had slowly become part of their group. Yet somewhere inside, she still felt caught between her old life and her new one. One evening, Swathi sat with a group of apartment friends in the garden while they discussed a ladies-only party planned for the weekend. Laughter filled the air as everyone talked about clothes, music and fun activi...