Ah Woman

Recently I put my daughter in a new school. While retuning home the six year old said suddenly, "when I grow up I'll be having some more freedom, isn't it" Fredom? I was puzzled. It had never occurred to me that there was any lack of freedom in her world. She had almost everything she needed or desired. And there were very few things I ever said no to or denied to her simply respecting her as a human - being........... free and beautiful ...........whichever way she was. I said what freedom? She said "well it's a big school and I am a big girl now so after school may be you wouldn't say anything if I go out with my friends have some fun and then get back home."and added, "of course when I grow up a little." I remember mumbling something trying to sound wise and reasonable about why parents need to be protective about the child etc. etc. all of which she listened with patience and almost with a sympathetic acceptance. She did not mention the...

Everyday I read that women need to be liberated. One question often comes to my mind: from what? What is it that a woman needs to be liberated from? Equality is a definite yes-yes but at what cost? In order to be equal to men why must a woman behave like a man, eat, dress act even abuse like a man? That’s selling the essence of a woman too short. And does It not say that we are no good; we were born lesser so we shall become like you. To fight against men women today are emulating them . Aggressive. Assertive. And in turn lose their femininity, grace, poise, beauty. But who said that we need to fight against men in order to be equal? And who needs to be equal? To whom and why? And what does a woman needs to be liberated from? Nothing at all. She just needs to be herself. It is men who need to be liberated. Liberated from the way they see women. Liberated from the task of assigning roles for women. Liberated from the way they put their own expectations on her of a demi-goddess. Liberate...

to every woman i know Did you see this picture of a "single woman" on Mars recently? Alone amongst rocks in a surrounding that looks like a desert. And still seems to be having a good time!! I met this woman tod ay. All of 35 years. Sparkling. Smart. And best she says “single”. She looked very happy and herself. She was celebrating her divorce-ary. Divorce-ary! Well that’s a new word in a woman’s dictionary these days. With marriage vows going sour as fast as you pronounced them and ‘all over’ on issues like…….well you didn’t know how to squeeze the tooth-paste from the tube, it isn’t a grave matter anymore. So is she the woman dumped by her husband, the abandoned wife? Huh? Just blessed enough to be left alone to her SELF. That’s the way my friend described herself. Single Woman- In control of her destiny. Gone are those days when a single woman was seen as lonely, distraught, miserable. Fussy, Frustrated, Finished. Today she is into a new avatar of a smarter, savvier and ...