Strong as a rock, emotions running deep as the ocean, patience of a saint, sweet as nectar, innocence that of a child, Mysterious like the universe, thoughtful and wise like a preacher, at the same time furious like the fire, anger like the volcano but above all someone who stands against all odds...This is no one but a WOMAN.
As I was passing by I heard someone ask. Do we really need a special Day to celebrate for Women? I t can be taken in 2 ways. One—Maybe because she is special always OR in a note so positive form—Like Why do we need a special day for her? Don’t we already have so many days to celebrate??
Well, my take is...we have valentine’s day for people to express love –rather people who love each other, we have mother’s day, father’s day, May day so on and so forth. But, they are categorized for either a section of people OR for certain relationships.
I feel, Woman's day is a day that acknowledges the female gender, as a whole, irrespective of age, nationality, political, social and economical status and devoid of all relationships. An acknowledgment for her individuality, for what she is as a person, for what she stands all by herself. For the entire struggle she undergoes and has undergone for her rights, could be political, economical, OR social.
Speaking about Individuality, On one hand, A woman is seen as a source of inspiration, a life giver A person who bestows unconditional love, affection, and warmth. She is compared to goddess Durga (destroys evil), Saraswati (bestows knowledge), Lakshmi (wealth and fortune), and on the other, we are still fighting our way out for women empowerment and their upliftment.We are fighting for their basic human rights, their social status. For their moral rights. For her freedom for expression. And not to mention female foeticide.
A woman, who gives life to another human being, is taken the rights of being accepted. At one point we place her on the pedestal and compare her with the divine goddess and at the same time curb her into the soil.
I am not trying to be anti-men here or a feminist. Am just questioning myself. Why isn’t a woman seen as the other individual like any of her male counterparts? Allow her to live her dreams, aspirations, ambitions. Why in the long run, she loses her individuality? She has to live like as if she is someone else and not what she actually is?
As long she doesn’t question, she is accepted, when she does, all hell breaks loose. Why is she driven to an extent, wherein she starts hating her own existence? Why is it that she is been seen as a commodity rather than an individual., as another human being? Why isn't she accepted the way she is? This is not restricted to rural, urban Cosmo or metro. It applies everywhere.
Even in our so-called today’s modernized world, a woman is treated as a weaker sex, She surely may not have the masculine strength, but mentally she is the strongest. She can make or break situations, turns the world topsy-turvy.There are many examples to it, which all of us have seen.
I personally feel, and most of out there would agree, if a woman can bring and nurture another life, she can do anything. The only hitch is this realization. From within. Many of us don’t realize this and go by what is told to us and accept it without a word being said. Maybe we are still fighting. In our own many ways. Within ourselves rather than the outside world. We are our own enemies. We need to break ourselves free and come out in the open and care a bit more, love and respect ourselves a little more.
Maybe it’s not so easy for some, a little difficult for others and for some, a little more difficult to do this.But, one can at least try.
So, SMILE, LAUGH, LIVE, DREAM, AND BREAK FREE FROM YOUR INHIBITIONS AND BE RE-BORN AND COME ALIVE TO ANOTHER EXISTENCE AND RE-DISCOVER YOURSELF.
Finally, WISHING ALL THE WOMEN I KNOW AND TO ALL OF THEM WHO HAVE made A DIFFERENCE A VERY HAPPY WOMAN DAY!!!
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