Ah Woman

Youth is beautiful. And so is age. Dear Woman. I see women distraught over a few wrinkles, painfully hiding a few streaks of grey hair. Dyeing hair into a desirable color, making the belly taut, lifting the breasts and the face are smart ways of looking younger...it isn't wrong at all...but desperately clinging to what's passing can create much misery and carried on too far should raise a few questions : what is the motive - fooling others? And the next- am I fooling myself? I sometimes wonder who has given these foolish guidelines to beauty . Some maniac who who got up in the morning and dreamed that there shall be no noon and no sun-set?And found no beauty in the mellowness and the ripening. The crazy mind. Is the grey hair not beautiful? And what's wrong with a few wrinkles? Aging beautifully and gracefully is all about acceptance and not fighting against the wisdom of Nature. Physical degeneration is a natural proce ss which comes over the years and brings along with ...

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...