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Without boundaries

     Around January of this year, Vaishutai told me to watch a Pakistani serial - Be Intehaa. After our conversation, I started watching it. After a couple of episodes where I see the guy stalking the girl, I stopped watching it. Most desi tv-series/movies romanticize stalking, and it really bothers me. As a girl growing up in India, having experienced some parts of it, it is an absolute no-no for me. I told Vaishutai, that the series is not like Zindagi Gulzar Hai or Humsafar, and that I didn't like it much. I told her the stalking bothered me a lot. Vaishutai told me to watch the series, as she said it gets better.      I didn't have time to give the series one more chance. Post corona, and post her death, I increasingly kept thinking about the tv-series. I started watching the tv-series recently, and after every episode shed a few tears at the missed opportunity of discussing the show with her. I still didn't like the romance angle much, but watched it b'coz I knew t