‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ : A Mother Cooks Food While Being On Oxygen Support

One of the foremost reasons why Malayalam movies are stealing the spotlight in recent times is Mollywood certainly value creative insight and showing harsh realities over fleeting beauty. The content-driven films like ‘the Great Indian Kitchen’ became a blockbuster even without following the dotish trend of an item song or a mass storyline. Talking about ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ directed by Jeo Baby, the film is absolutely starling, giving us a glimpse into the ugly reality about Indian women entitled to being only in the kitchen.

It is, unfortunately, a debatable topic even today where the stakeholders should be open-minded enough to patiently hear what the reality is and how it has been distorted to suit various vested interests. The patriarchal society we are living in makes a woman (wife/mother) difficult to even take a rest for a single day from the daily chores and cooking. The emotional abuse without even one spoken word of abuse is shown in the film in an undeniable manner. Working 24/7 with no holiday, a mother is always there for all of us and we often take her for granted.

One picture which is receiving a lot of outrage and praises from netizens is a woman cooking in the kitchen despite being on oxygen support. The picture is surely a scathing attack on our selfish minds. Her struggling can be barely imagined with her actions only showing her unconditional love. A woman is seen making rotis while standing in front of the stove, with oxygen support on her.

Many users have reacted to the picture. “Unconditional love= MOTHER She is never off duty”, “This is not love. This is slavery in the name of social structure”, “Whoever stood and took this picture instead of stopping her from working in the kitchen in this condition is the first immediate offender in this case, society is next” are some of the painful truth-spoken comments.

The picture certainly reminds us of the Great Indian kitchen film. Just like how the viewers have begun feeling the same anguish and exhaustion of the protagonist in the film, the viral picture today only hits us hard with the harsh realities of the Indian mindset. The picture should go viral incessantly as a huge blow to the patriarchy and oppression.