What are women?
Are women those special creatures with ineffable beauty as expressed in some
songs and poetry? Or those beings that are the core source of love and compassion
as uttered by some philosophers? Well, none actually. Being a woman myself, I would
describe my specie as just another creation. But yes of course, we are treated
very differently. And the hard core truth is that we have to fight hard to
attain the normalcy we actually belong to.
In the lime
light of the recent crimes happening on women, there were many protests, riots,
discussions and such conducted to curb the rising graph, nevertheless to find
the real culprits behind this. Have you ever thought, regardless you being a man
or woman, who are these real culprits. I would say it is ‘WE’. If we, in our
entire lives, have judged a woman on the basis of her gender, then we are
responsible; and this is the ultimate truth.
In India, even when
the government strongly opposes it, parents demand a boy baby. The first insult
slapped on a female, sadly, even before she is born. After being born, the limitations she is
brought into for the reason being a girl, is the next insult that follows. Denying
her the right to study, the right to independence and such are a few among the
series of insults that trail until the final blow of insult by her parents, the
insult of ‘Dowry’. I would call it the
epitome of cruelty when a girl’s parents demand to pay a stranger a ransom for
marrying off their own blessing of God. When her parents set the start to the
series of abuses, what else is to be expected from the rest of the world! Why
this difference? Why are females treated so inferior? Women are as good as men,
but yes, in their own fields. They too have the right to live their life at its
fullest just as any other man.
But let me also
put light into a very narrow matter, which would be the difference between safety
and right. No matter how impartial our society grows into, it is for sure to have
black sheeps hidden. So, it is absolutely advisable to draw the line beyond
which would be unsafe, be it for a woman or a man. Like in a case where there
is a riot going on outside your house. It would be sensible to stay back at
home and be safe rather than going out calling it to be your right!
So, I believe
if we learn to respect an individual, regardless of what they are and such,
value their emotion, a difference is made. Look around, note every single person
you see, be it the beggar on road or boasting society lady in her imported attire
or even the small winning infant on her mothers arm. Is there anyone whose
tears wouldn’t matter you if you were a reason to it? If yes, then you don’t respect
them. Respect is not proposed to the body or its material gains but it is a salutation
given by your soul to another soul. So no matter what they are in this material
world, no one has the right to insult a soul, a creation of God, if you believe
in one.
Concluding
myself, I would say that if we change our selves, may be we can make it a safer
India for our daughters.
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