
If you heard about her photos on Facebook – learning Kalaripayattu, travelling, having dinners, - they sound more like the past times of any young woman. Except, this is not a young woman in the prime of her youth, but a former Malayalam actor, who is carrying on with her life, barely six months after announcing her divorce with her famous director husband.Lissy announced her divorce with her husband Priyadarshan (after 24 years of marriage) last December and since then, her Facebook wall shows photos of herself just going about her daily life. Unlike many other celebrities who have similar experiences, Lissy appears to see no need to clam up.Her pictures she is learning Kalaripayattu, she is in the Himalayas or just wishing people a happy Vishu.Posting photos of herself travelling or with other people such as the late senior actor Sukumariyamma, current actors Jyotika and Surya. A selfie posted on March 12 wishing people a good morning has 230 shares. There are some photos with her friend and actor Khusbhu as well.It’s just as well that she has set an example making one more “taboo” – life for a woman after divorce – a normal, everyday affair. And for once, it appears, the average Malayali troll is not vociferous in his verbal diarrhea, and has been quite the opposite.There is the odd sexually coloured comment and the majority of comments are from fans who find her beautiful/ pretty/ sexy, but many of the comments left on Lissy’s posts are those of appreciation and encouragement.One case in point is when she posted an article from the Times of India authored by Rathi Agnihotri on April 3, expressing solidarity with a fellow woman celebrity going through a divorce. She alludes quite openly to her own difficulties in facing social prejudices against women in her position. In the post, she said: This link is an interview by Rathi Agnihothri in Times of India. I don’t know Rathi personally in fact I have only met her once. As some one going through a similar situation I totally understand what Rathi is going through and I wish to extend my full support and prayers to Rathi. Divorce’s in general are very difficult but in my opinion its is far more difficult especially for a women to go for divorce after 15 or 20 years of marriage than may be 2 or 4 years. It is very much possible that the women stayed a long and abusive marriage for her children and trying to escape once the children are adult and mature. Unfortunately some section of the society doesn’t give the older women due credit for that instead they usually judge the women from the angle of “ you adjusted these many years why cant you continue to adjust and live like this?”. I think Rathi has answered that question very well. Wishing Rathi the best in whatever she chooses to do in Life.Lissy’s openness about her divorce, is not “washing dirty linen in public”, but is a frank discussion about difficulties in facing a situation that could happen to anyone. What makes her Facebook activities so refreshing is that even as she acknowledges the difficulties encountered, she chose to go about her life normally.