The Waiting Game

Overview

The Waiting Game tells the heart-rending stories of Manjuben, Bhanuben, Nidhi, and Ravi—one left bereft by the arrest of her husband and another grappling with the arrest of her brother at the indiscernible international maritime border line (IMBL) shared between India and Pakistan in the Arabian Sea. The stories in the coastal villages of Gujarat and Diu in West India are not isolated. Behind the statistical figures lie the untold stories of numerous women, struggling to cope with the absence of a steady income that thrusts them into the depths of poverty, often compelling them to make agonizing choices, such as deciding between the education of their daughters and sons. In the patriarchal societal framework of India, the decision becomes painfully evident.