Women's Day....yet again
It’s been one year almost(refer to the same blog-08.03.2006.....Well the day started as usual …the sms sign blinking on my cell phone screen…most of my female friends had sent me the usual “Happy Women’s Day” sms’es.It’s funny how we women revel in our own happiness,None of the men folk had bothered to send in a message; but what’s new with that!
This year my new boss did not give me any rose…like the old one did last time. I liked that boss. He’s retired now........called him and told him –I MISS YOU, SIR.I honestly did.
The newspapers, radio, TV flashed the usual women’s day commercialization shit…. Discounts, debates, game shows etc etc etc.Some poor girl was getting raped at that point of time in our country and some family was crying over getting less dowry or probably thinking of burning up someone’s else's daughter. Someone somewhere would be grieving over having a girl child and some poor housewife would be getting beaten up somewhere…. I Know I can spoil the party mood, but reality stares hard at my face. Im glad Manu Sharma’s been convicted…that’s one achievement our country has made since the last year’s “Happy Women’s Day”. Brings a smile on my face…
Came home after the day’s work, errands to run, buy vegetables, Get the iron fixed, Phone bill to pay, pick up laundry etc, etc. (BEING THE SUPERWOMAN) Turn on the TV and the same shit continued…. Happy Women’s Day. They celebrate the ultra modern woman who rocks the office as well as she rocks her man in bed. Who cooks, cleans, washes, earns, whizzes through the corporate world, dresses only Allen Solly or Wills Lifestyle clothing to work, charms the men at office, makes the figures rocket high….
And I thought….
Is this what you wanna be….? Do you wanna be this woman –the world of today worships? And without a second thought……..the answer is NO………..
CONTD...
This year my new boss did not give me any rose…like the old one did last time. I liked that boss. He’s retired now........called him and told him –I MISS YOU, SIR.I honestly did.
The newspapers, radio, TV flashed the usual women’s day commercialization shit…. Discounts, debates, game shows etc etc etc.Some poor girl was getting raped at that point of time in our country and some family was crying over getting less dowry or probably thinking of burning up someone’s else's daughter. Someone somewhere would be grieving over having a girl child and some poor housewife would be getting beaten up somewhere…. I Know I can spoil the party mood, but reality stares hard at my face. Im glad Manu Sharma’s been convicted…that’s one achievement our country has made since the last year’s “Happy Women’s Day”. Brings a smile on my face…
Came home after the day’s work, errands to run, buy vegetables, Get the iron fixed, Phone bill to pay, pick up laundry etc, etc. (BEING THE SUPERWOMAN) Turn on the TV and the same shit continued…. Happy Women’s Day. They celebrate the ultra modern woman who rocks the office as well as she rocks her man in bed. Who cooks, cleans, washes, earns, whizzes through the corporate world, dresses only Allen Solly or Wills Lifestyle clothing to work, charms the men at office, makes the figures rocket high….
And I thought….
Is this what you wanna be….? Do you wanna be this woman –the world of today worships? And without a second thought……..the answer is NO………..
CONTD...
posted by Gul at 9:49 AM
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