By P.Muraleedharan
A few weeks. At the most, a couple of months. That is all what is left in the cancer-ravaged life of Jade Goody.
The reality show star, all of 27 years, has always refused to take the hard knocks of life lying down; she would rather exit from the 'show' at her own terms. She has already bade good bye to her dear ones; she has made arrangements for her funeral to be held at the churchyard of St John the Baptist in Buckhurst Hill, Essex. She has also chosen the music and hymns to be played on the funeral day.
Jade Goody even had the temerity to challenge Death in its face--she has given the nod to film her dying moments!
Well, the London girl who shot to fame with the reality show as a 'Big Brother-3' contestant in 2002, should have found nothing odd about her decision to turn her own ouster from this world into a reality show. She said in an interview, ""I've lived in front of the cameras. And maybe I'll die in front of them. And I know some people don't like what I'm doing but at this point I really don't care what other people think. Now, it's about what I want."
The world has never has been kind to Jade, who fought back with all she was worth. Her father, a habitual law breaker, left her mother Jackiey Budden when Jade was only two years. As her mother got grievously injured in a motor cycle accident, little Jade could not attend school regularly as she needed to help her mother at home. At 'Big Brother-3', though her seeming lack of common knowledge was ridiculed, she finished fourth.
Following this, she became a regular on celeb circuit, made money by releasing fitness videos, opened beauty clinics and wrote her autobiography. She even launched her own fragrance.
It was in 2007 that we, in India, took notice of the British TV star. She had reportedly made racial comments at Shilpa Shetty while on the 'Big Brother' house. Post the controversy, Shilpa won the show and Jade was kicked out. But, that didn't hurt the Britisher as seemed to relish even the negative publicity.
She was invited to the Indian version of 'Big Brother', titled 'Big Boss'. It was in India, while appearing for 'Big Boss' that she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. She justifies her decision to 'sell' her cancer story saying that she did it for the future of her two children by TV presenter Jeff Brazier. A few weeks back, she married Jack Tweed, a 21-year-old TV star. All her relationships were stormy and had the tabloids smacking their lips in anticipation.
Bleeding from the wounds of life and looking at Death in the eye (Jade Goody has already lost one of her eyes as the cancer is galloping on), Jade is not a whit bitter and weepy; she is not complaining at all. Not many, including much older, maturer people, would have managed to do that.
While biding good bye, Goody told her sons that she would go to heaven and that she would always be looking over them as a star.
May be, it is a much used metaphor to describe herself. But, the truth is that her unparalelled courage and dignity in facing death will remain a shining example for generations to come.
Bravo Jade! We are with you!
Source: India Syndicate
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