Women make the world beautiful
Once upon a time there was one quintessential Indian
woman wearing other’s choices , a demure creature letting the men folk of the
house take the lead, take the decisions that may be affecting her life in a
long term. No matter she was facing sexual abuse in the protected environment
she stayed, emotional abuse at the relations she was known by and her only talent
was to suffer in silence.
Take a look around at the bus stops , metro stations
,roads you can view endless number of women smartly dressed managing work with
family, supermoms breaking the shackles
,participating in a wave of change that is swept through India .No I don’t claim
that every woman is empowered but then be it a small percentage these are the
makers of modern India.
No this change was not sudden, the first was
economic reforms, IT revolution that created Jobs from hospitality to beauty
.The opening up of economy and entry of
MNCs brought a culture where women were given an equal status at the
work place. Secondly the western influence Sushmita sen crying after winning the
Miss Universe title and South Africans cheering for Aishwarya rai for the miss
world title was something that opened the windows of dreams for the common
middle class girl.
While economy provided opportunities it was the
family support that led them to break all academic records year by year in every
sphere. They were everywhere from IITs to Space science ,from movies to trekking
and its not just the urban lot .In rural India women are there in Panchayats ,local
bodies they have formed Self Help Group andare enjoying their share of development pie
The girls like Sania Nehwal ,The heroes like Laxmi (Against
Acid Attack campaigner ) , The writers ,the girls protesting against Gang
Rape ,the common girls running the “Pink
Chaddi campaign “ ,social activists ,the MLAs, MPs ,CEOs of multinationals are the faces of the new and vibrant India
Frantz Fanon “ A modern woman is the one who
literally forged a new place by her sheer strength ,where men’s words were no
longer law and where women were no longer silent”
Can you find this modern woman? Look around – you have
a mom who is a perfect home maker , a sister who has similar dreams of a great
career as you , a neighbor who runs a beauty parlor , a maid who tells you that she wants to educate
her children ,the salesgirl at the malls
, the woman in uniform unknowingly doing
this for a better India and they are the ones who truly deserve wishes for
a #Happy International Women’s Day
