False Gods!

On 8th of March 2006 Shrenik wrote,

It is 8th of March, another important day for card makers, flower vendors and HR representatives. Come 8th of March and the latent energy of all women comes alive through mails, SMS’s and newspaper articles. Woman is this and that and that too. But, do they you think there will be a paradigm shift in the direction of women’s equality in our life time? I would have loved to say yes.

Struggle for women’s equality is no different from any other struggle for rights. We can compare it with Black movement in US or even India’s struggle for independence or Dalit movement. In all these instances there is one thing common, it is the psyche of the oppressor. He believes that he has a moral right to command over the oppressed.

How do you fight such an enemy?
Simple, take control of ones own life by assuming responsibilities and revolting against practices that curb it. In other words self-reliance, with time it will instill fear in the enemies mind and then culminate into respect. However, the path is not that easy for women. In their quest for self reliance, a woman has to fight not just against the society but even their own family. Unfortunately this is the price they will have to pay for equality.

Woman in India carry the burden of living up to a lot of idols, ideal daughter, ideal sister, ideal wife and ideal mother being some of them. As a consequence of this, a woman looses her rationality and becomes a perpetuator of a crime she herself is a victim of. The day when she decides to debunk all the false notions that blind her, we will have a truly liberated woman.