We live in a world where words are worth more than actions. We live in a world where makeup speaks louder than the soul. We live in a world without any scope for errors.
Yes, we live in this. superficial world.
What is wrong with people? How would you feel if someone always comments on you, someone who always tells you to be perfect, someone who always makes fun of your flaws, your mistakes?
I, being a girl, can’t give you a little idea of the life we lead. Don’t wear skirts that are too short, you’ll look slutty. Oh don’t wear a salwar suit you will look awful. Don’t hang out with boys. You know what our parents say. They say that although we know that there is nothing between you two, but what will society think. Seriously, “society”. Now that’s whose permission I need to live my life. People who have nothing to do but gossip and complain about the people around them, that’s what I should worry about before talking to someone. Really?
India has a population of around 2.87 million people who have no faith in any religion, i.e. 0.24% of the total population. But what faith are we talking about?
Because here, even today, women are burned alive after the death of their husbands. Just because it is believed that they will join their husbands in heaven
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan got married on April 20, 2007. Aishwarya is a Mangalik. Before they were married, the priest had recommended that he take corrective measures to counteract his Mangalik Dosha. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan married a Peepal Tree in Varanasi to get rid of “Manglik Dosh”
As ridiculous as it sounds, this practice is still prevalent in many parts of our country. For years, people have believed in these superstitions without any proper explanation. They have blind faith in such things just because society says so or their family has been following the same practice for centuries.
Why? And the most exploited group of people in this are Women!
Why is a woman’s relationship with God so transactional: always asking for things she can’t have, always made to wait, always dependent on rigid rages and moral abstinence? Why are they being asked to sacrifice something they love, feel regret and regret, pay to have dreams and desires? Why do they have to lean back, prostrate themselves on a cold hard ground, drink cow urine and swallow bitter Ayurvedic concoctions to aid conception and touch the feet of the god-men?
Look, I’m not here to point fingers, but we have to change our thinking. We need to change our actions.
We need to stop telling girls to sit cross-legged, but teach our boys not to look at their skirts. We need to teach our boys to respect women instead of teaching our girls to be submissive.
You know that every girl at some point in her life feels that her life would have been better if she were a boy. Well I couldn’t agree more. If I was born a boy, I wouldn’t always have to worry about how I dress. I wouldn’t have to worry about coming home late. He wouldn’t have to listen to the taunts. No one would judge my character. I would be allowed to make both girls and boys as my friends. I could go wherever I wanted. Yes, life would have been so much easier.
But thinking from a boy’s point of view, his life isn’t that easy either. You know how we say that children are not able to express themselves. Well, the thing is, we don’t let them. Do you remember your childhood? Whenever children cried, people said that children are strong, they don’t cry. Boys shouldn’t show their emotions, it reduces their masculinity. They are not allowed to express emotions in a society like ours.
Basically what I’m trying to say is that instead of judging other people we should work on ourselves. Improve our personality, learn new things, do what makes you happy.
In the end, we are all the same human beings with the same feelings and emotions and we must make our world a place where there are no restrictions on how we react. Everyone must be treated equally. If you are teaching your daughter to cook, teach your son too because he deserves to know how to be independent too.
I have often noticed that workshops on gender equality and other things are mostly filled with women. How can we expect a change if only half the world is invited?
I am writing to you because we need your help. We want to end gender inequality. And for that we need everyone to participate.
Girls should be able to follow their dreams, while boys should be able to express themselves. A world where we don’t need to hide our true selves.
All those who agree with me and want to abolish this social structure we live in, I want all of you to spread the message and make others understand.
I hope that my effort is not in vain and that I can present my points of view.
Thank you