My Independent Identity - Last part

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And then -And yesterday night -Some neighbours had come. They were talking about elections. Ravi supported Vanita;: Isha opposed it vehemently. Suddenly Ravi flared up, 'You keep quiet, what do you know about politics?'Isha was furious : 'And you think you understand everything? Just because you are a man?!,And before anyone could understand what was happening Ravi had slapped. Isha tightly. After slapping her, he too was nonplussed and dumbfounded. Silence spread through the room. The neighbours walked away murmuring a couple of indistinct remarks.Isha lay awake the whole night. Submission, merging one's identity in one's husband's etc. etc. had