Recently was celebrated the twins day. Twins are always a curiosity, right? They share a unique bond, we feel. As it is, there always remains a special connect with siblings, however afar life may take us, away from each other. In the case of twins, it appears to be doubly stronger, though my students, studying Spanish with me, say that the "two bodies, one heart" ideation about twins is more a myth.
It is a cute and ancient myth though. From our Ramayana, we have the Lav-Kusha pair, the twins of Shri Ram and Seeta. Born in the Valmiki Ashram, they recite the Valmiki Ramayan to their father, while neither knows the real identity of either.
Similarly, both in astronomy and astrology, we have the Gemini, with twins as the symbol. Especially, in literature, twins are quite some source of inspiration. Look at Shakespeare's "A Comedy of Errors", for instance. The very source of comedy there is the twins. The Hindi film "Angur", based on this play, had Sanjeev Kumar and Deven Verma create a crazy fun riot on the silver screen.
In Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", the twins, Viola and Sebastian, separated at the shipwreck, come close to a rather tragic fate, caused and finally happily resolved because of their being look-alike twins.
In brief, confused identity seems to be the birthmark of twin based texts. Well, given the identity politics haunting the public space since the Mandal Commission, such confusion is simply quasi-tragic, as in the case of a story by Anna Bhau Sathe about twin sisters' fate!
Pratima@ Twins appear as if they are born with their bestie! For the parents though, this 'double dhamaka' must be double the pain and double the joy as they grow up!
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