'Mere' housewife
Fighting for her space
By Belu Maheshwari

THE cinema hall resounds with applause when Karisma Kapoor (wife) tells Sushmita Sen (the other woman) in the movie Biwi No. I, "Biwi ban ke dikhao". Doling out the facts of life to her husband’s mistress, she says, "You not only have to love him, you have to love his mother, his children --- even his dog. And look after his home, too." The dialogue sums up in a nutshell a wife’s multi-dimensional life and her role at home.

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