Women's Day

Day started with so many Women's day messages flooding the WhatsApp groups. None of the Woman will get so many wishes for their Birthday or Anniversary (obviously it is not easy to remember those days and not required also). At the same time, there are few who ask the question, why do you celebrate Women's day, we do not celebrate Men's day. Here is the answer for such question. We will not celebrate Women's day, when the following are addressed:

·         When the society celebrates the birth of girl child as they celebrate the birth of a boy child

·         When we teach a boy to cook, clean and wash and teach a girl to take care of the electrical and plumbing work at home.

·         When a girl child can take any course of her choice to study

·         When a rape victim is not ridiculed for her dressing and behavior while knowing very well even a 3-year-old kid goes through such a problem where dressing and behavior is not the reason

·         When a girl is not penalized with Acid attack for not reciprocating the love which a boy had towards her

·         When the parents do not penalize her for expressing her love towards a boy of her choice

·        When a working woman gets support from her family when she must attend a critical meeting

·         When a working mother is not made to feel guilty for not giving her 100% of time to her kids

The list doesn't end here, these are just samples, but who can address the above listed items, of course Men can address few of them, but it needs a mind set change for women as well to address the above mentioned problems. Every mother should teach their son about how to treat a woman. When that happens, every day will be celebration for us and we won’t need a specific day for celebrating.

Having said that, we have come a long way in empowering women. This would not have been possible without the support which the society has provided so far. Personally, I have been supported, motivated, encouraged and Inspired by many people around me, let me take this moment thank each one of them.

Happy Women’s Day to all the strong women who are fighting their battles in their own way.