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
4 Comments:
U've got it spot on babe.. .. Really cool.. .. Whats there to celebrate when you truly don't care about women this day n' age.. No i dont want to be this superwoman.. Why should I.. I just want to be myself,doing things that i like & would it be to much to ask being loved for that......
Hey.. Hey.. Hey.. Look who's back.. back again.. Gullu's back .. tell your friends.. Good to see the lady back in action again..
- Gul's fan
I feel that when you think about what you want to be, you should first stop being a gender. Just be that person that got born, grew up, met new people, went to college and did countless number of things to arrive into and exist at this present moment. Define your identity purely from within your head. Man, women or any other external qualifications be damned because they'll become meaningless then.
Very well put post by the way. I can totally relate with what you feel about this eagerness these days to match up to some arbitrary, stupid standards. You should write more often. You do it well.
I love reading your blog. You're very talented with your poetry and I relate to your loneliness only too well. Least I know now that I'm not alone with these feelings. Please keep writing. Jainy
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