With a faint hope of being able to evoke a feeling in every woman , who reads this post , a thought about what we truly are , the true emerging face of the Indian Woman in the millenium.
The school of thought , is as old as the history that lies buried in the books lying covered in dust , that are ever so often dusted off clean, never once opened or read , only to be buried again in time and dust ... in the remote corners of our homes and our world, mere decorative assets of a household.
"Women should be treated with respect, with care, and should be loved and cared for." Cliched , dishonored , misused.
The words are as shallow as ever and serve as mere catchy lines for attention seeking , psuedo intellectual , wise cracks, who harbor feelings and intentions just as shallow. Days have come and gone, voices have been raised, and hushed, many a tear have been shed never to be seen, yet history repeats , and only repeats, all feeble attempts to create a new history rendered futile , by the forbearers of the old school of thought looming large and roaring loud.
Men are blamed for , for the fate of women, and no denying that , but are they the only ones? No, I disagree, its us women as well. We dare not stand up for own rights and succumb to the wise old school of thought , that seems so insipid and hollow and so way back in time. Women have turned to be the worst enemied of their own kind and there is no denying that , for the incidents that stand witness everyday have been marked in ink , in inconspicuous corners of the newspapers that serve as entertainment during Morning tea?
Is this is all that is there to us Women? To be talked about as some mere puppets, some damsels , some perversive objects , or rather even worse and as jus some beautiful peice of art , that serves many a poets an inspiration to pen a few lines and dream on? Is there no identity to us than this? Have we allowed ourselves to be treated so ? Are we merely satisfied in shedding tears and wailing away and brood over the treatment done unto us? Why are we , as women , never able to stand for one another , to bring about an revolution that would create history?
Many a elite personality , choose to talk about the ill treatment of women and make many a movie and documentary on the same , but never do anything practical. Why so?
In a country like India, a country , that is a host to many a different cultures and ritualistic backgrounds and beliefs , movies and soaps are made , only propogating blind faith and insipid beliefs that hold no water? And it is the women, literate and semi literate , who are mislead , and sadly who allow themselves to be mislead , watch the same and serve to heavier the cash bags at the end of the day, only craving for more of the insipid stories portraying their own kind in a demeaning and loathful manner.
Motherhood dishonored , marriage , companionship, trust , faith, family, bonding, relationships , have been mocked at and yet ... nothing seems to have changed. Our whining over this portrayal seems with each passing day , a mere act , of guilt wash, a shameful hogwash to those to hear and watch.
Portrayal of Gauri as a whining wife , with no backbone whatsover , Nikhila as a evil Mother , who wishes no good for her son, for the sake for a few dollars more is resentful.
One could go one , with this lament, but words and time shall fall short! I have as of this very moment , with a clear heart, say this , that I am proud to have taken a stand , to be a honest with myself, that I have , not succumbed to what my heart does not consent, even it means to swim against the tide. As a woman I say this, if we dont help ourselves, no one else will, not even the holy God in the heavens!
I request every woman , who reads this post, I urge thee, to please ask yourself these questions:
Are we standing up against any injustice done unto a woman?
Are we living a life , that is we so deserve as women, a right to our own , thought , and freedom?
Are we not supporting those inane and perversive portrayals of woman in movies and serials more so often and only whine as a necessary socialistic norm and choose not to anything?
Are we really excersing the right to our lives and freedom , not jus a women , but as humans? Are we really?
The world has come of age, have the women really come of age?
Has The Indian Woman really come of age, if all a successful young woman, who is reigning as the TV soap monopolist , can only churn out stories propogating only age old , inane and inpisid conventions and beliefs only because the rest of the women crave for it? Has the Indian Woman really come of age?
Ask yourselves , my dear woman friends, please do...What is the Real Picture?
- Sareeta
PS: I am aware of the exceptional woman who have made a mark , and in this post I have only raised an issue related to television which has such a strong impact on many a viewers of all ages and especially women!
No offence intended to anyone. This topic has been posted only to begin a thought process that would in some way provoke us all to think and act , an attempt , among the many attempted before...
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