“The
best thing about being women is it’s a men’s world”
-
Subu (aaranya kaandam)
Women, who are they?
The cute, fair, tall, beautiful and sexy creation on earth
isn’t it?
Girls don’t you all often take pride in often being comprehended
as beautiful and sexy?
If YES then please don’t be instead, as they are just sugar
coated words.
[Men1: Who is this
divya?
Men2: Haray yar that
sexy chick who sits in the last bench. Don’t you know her? She is so hot. ]
Why is it that a Girl/woman always addressed by “Just” her
looks? Is it a unanimous assumption that we are just beauty and no brains? Well
think again before you stereotype us.
(Hey look there, the blacky is coming! Ho you fatty! Chinky
face! Pretty face Etc… seems like there are no bounds for the kind of names
that girls are being called.)
When men gets represented as smart, funny, cool, rich etc…
is it because girls are not capable of being smart, funny or rich? Ho… please
come-on if you think so I guess your world is pretty tiny. Wake up kiddos…look
around!
Women, how we were?
With
the predominant existence of male
chauvinism and sadly India being one of the best examples for it, I want to focus
on.
We were considered to
belong to only one place in the whole wide world – Kitchen.
Our births were assumed to
be a curse and hence the only logical solution to it, was infant killing it
seems!
We were pushed in to fire along
with their dead husband’s body as they were not privileged to have a life after
that.
We were neither allowed to
step out of the house nor study.
Ironically we were not
allowed inside temples while the men bowed down before a goddess.
We were not allowed to
speak in front of men.
We were not even allowed to
laugh loudly as it would cause speculations.
Women had nothing in equal
with men except the “men” in women!
We were puppets in men’s
hands.
Women,
how they are?
The women who were not
allowed to step out of the house are now traveling out of space. The women who
are not allowed to speak are now speaker’s in the parliament. The women who
were not allowed inside schools are now teaching in it. The women who were
pushed in the fire are now bold enough to divorce and stay independent.
On top of all this an epic
thing about the change is before women were not allowed to laugh even little
louder but now a popular TV show host DD’s laughter is so famous that it became
the ringtone of most youngsters at one point of time.
“The women who broke the hill to cave the path”
Indira Gandhi
“If a woman rules the world there would be no
war”
When they said kitchen is the
place where women belonged to she broke it by becoming India's first female
Prime Minister to rule the nation.
She was the Prime Minister of
the Republic of India for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and for a
fourth term from 1980 until her assassination in 1984 and a total of fifteen
years.
In 1999, she was also voted
the greatest woman of the past thousand years in a poll carried by BBC news.
Mother Teresa
When they said you are born
to serve the men she broke it by serving the mankind.
She devoted her life
to serving the poor and destitute around the world. She spent many years in
Calcutta, India where she founded the Missionaries of Charity, a religious
congregation devoted to helping those in great need.
“Not all of us can do great things. But we can
do small things with great love.”
— Mother Teresa
— Mother Teresa
In 1979, Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize and had become a symbol of charitable selfless work.
Oprah Winfrey
When women
where made to look dumb by the world she broke it by becoming a world famous TV
anchor.
Oprah had a complicated
childhood. She lived in great poverty and often had to dress in potato sacks
for which she was mocked at school. She was also sexually abused at an early
age.
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
-
Oprah
Winfrey
After becoming a journalist Oprah took over,
the daily chat show which took off well and this later led to her own program -
The Oprah Winfrey Show. The Oprah Winfrey show has proved to be one of the most successful and highly watched TV programs of all time. It has broken many social and cultural barriers such as homosexual issues. Oprah has remained a powerful role model of women and black American women in particular.
Madonna
When women were crushed under men's feet she broke it by standing up for what she thought was right, bold and confident. Madonna is an American singer, actress, dancer and movie star. She has sold over 300 million records worldwide, making her the best selling female artist of all time.
Throughout her career, Madonna has courted controversy for her mix of sexuality and religious imagery but she remained unapologetic and continued to perform her routines
Throughout her career,
Madonna has courted controversy for her mix of sexuality and religious imagery
but she remained unapologetic and continued to perform her routines.
“I'm tough, I'm ambitious,
and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.”
― Madonna
― Madonna
Women, how we should be?
“There
is always rain a little after a heavy storm but one fine the bright sun has to
come up”
Hmm…Well some might say what is in future? What is the need for
betterment in future? When the present womanhood itself has it all.
Ho really?
Yes of course, they have their 33% of parliament seats they
are studying they are working over all they are ruling the world and much much
more.
But wait, are we as liberal as we actually think we are, are
we safe from the monsters that lure amongst us waiting to prey on us and drag
us to doom? We are strong bold and independent but yet in danger most of the
times.
We still don’t step out of the house without a sense of fear
that subconsciously sticks to our head. This is something that may or may not
change in the future, all we can do is take a calculative risk and step forward
to express our thoughts and achieve our dreams.
Be strong, be bold and always be ready to step out of the
box for the right reasons.
Never let small minds convince you that your dreams are too
big.
-Chennai Ponnu
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