Tempting Grit...!!

I am a Free Human Being With an Independent Will....

We have been brought up and raised by a woman, whom we call our mother! She cares, loves unconditionally and places the needs of her children above her own, on a personal level, and not only with words, but also with actions. When I was a baby, and was not able express myself, though I really don’t get, how my mom used to understand me just by my gestures! She was always on time to feed me, play with me, and make me happy even if I used to cry unnecessarily! We all do it, and our mothers know every bit of us! 

Why I am writing this, it’s just not about our MOTHERS; it’s about every woman who is our sister, friend or mother out there working hard in some or other way to stand out in this male dominated world…Yes, don’t you find it a male dominated world?? 

Whenever a lady wants to go out and work, then she has to fight and has to go through many difficulties, sexual assaults, discrimination!…And when she succeed,then,that is also not acceptable by most of the males! 

If she sits back at home so that she can nurture her children or do the household job then also it’s said, “Oh!! She is a woman, she can’t go out and earn!!

Even after having women like Sarojini Naidu, Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, Mrs. Aruna Asaf Ali, Indira Gandhi, Kalpana Chawla, Mother Teresa and others, still status of women in India is not clear.

Traditionally the feminine or “yin” symbolizes the fertility, creativity, nurturance, compassion, passivity fluidity and a holistic view of the world! Masculinity on the other hand symbolizes the “yang“, determination, passion, action, logic steadfastness inflexibility and an individualistic view. Well but I would like to clarify that these are merely contextual representation; the concept of masculinity and femininity can be perceived differently in different cultures times and contexts.

Are we in 21^st centaury still underestimating women and doubting on their abilities! The position in India is no different. Women were glorified in epics and puranas, for their service to their men. Serving a father first, secondly a husband, and later serving her children and grandchildren, had been her lot. Puranas mention the names of Seeta, Savitri and Anusuya and glorify them for their devote service to their husbands. They even say that a woman can easily get salvation by serving her husband.

 She can bear more pain and has more tolerance than a man. She is stronger in conviction and in perseverance. Yet women all over the world are playing a secondary role only.

Women are being raped, they are sold for money, used for sex, they are burned to get some dowry, and female feticide still exist in our country! Now, after all this what do you expect me to say......!

This definitely starts from our own home, the way we behave with our young ones and we teach them the gender difference, it really need a change and should show the gender equality. 

Ok!! I would like to share an incident with you all, I went to a village Jasrana of Haryana, to show a Documentary related to Education! So there we asked question how many kids go to school, trust me there was not a single GIRL who was getting education! On asking why girls are not sent school, they replied “woh padhh likh kar kya karengi,unhey toh bass chulla sambhalna ana chahiye” (what will they do by studying, they should just know how to cook!)  

Well, this was really disappointing, is there any policy that girls are born to just do the household work! And even if we think they have to take care of house, don’t they have the right to study, to live and play like we all do at age of 14-18, rather than getting married and taking all the responsibilities on their shoulders. 

Even after living in a Democratic country, yet we fail to understand why women are not getting the equal right to study, to live their life like any other man, to walk on roads safely and with all respect. Why still not only in villages but also in Cities, where many educated people live, abort a baby GIRL. This is so dreadful situation, how can you have the courage to kill a baby!

There is one more thing which I would like to put in notice is that, the women in Saudi Arabia didn't have the right to vote till now!!! Recently on Sunday, King Abdullah granted women the right to vote and run in future municipal elections, the biggest change in a decade for women! Do you think its enough for the women over there?? Are we treated as equals??? Is justice being done with women all over World??? What do we conclude, can we ever have a safe society for our Mothers and Sisters???

"Woman" is my slave name; Feminism will give me freedom to seek some other identity altogether....!

THINK IT OVER!!


NIKITA(IO)