I am biased to my sex. Biased in the sense that our sex has
suffered a great deal, an ordeal more appropriately. Ponder how we are regarded
in spoken language; the fairer sex, weaker and helpless. Women to this age have
to struggle to voice their opinions. They say we are weak in strength I say
what about childbirth, they say I am fit indoors I say what about Rani of
Jhansi, they say I am not intelligent enough what about Marie Curie. There can
be hundreds of examples in any country that you reside in. Far more important
is the point that Women are no less than Man. Ever better I should say because
we play the role of a house maker equally efficiently as we would be successful
wearing a tie and coat. If the role reversal has to happen will men be able to
paint themselves in the tapestry of an established homemaker? Not to be too
hard on the men folk I should acknowledge the criticism that some women are
indeed incompetent to become a homemaker and some men truly can prove
themselves at the task.
Sentences splashed with prejudices and stereotypes have been
used to define us. There used to be questions in our minds about such assumptions
and surmises, but we kept quiet. Suppressing such questions and exclamations
into an inflated balloon, which infected by knowledge and ideas, that would
eventually explode. And when it did, it burst with such intensity as which
cannot be expressed on pen and paper. It was the explosion of our Voice. Our
collective voice which gave us the power to vote, to make decisions, to ban
redundant customs, to break society imposed shackles and to protect our
integrity.
The road to Freedom and Justice is embedded with thorns and
angry bushes, which would stop us at every fork. Giving us an option, every
time, to succumb to the road mostly traveled by. It must be our decision to
take the road less traveled by. Women of every generation have added their bit
to the revolution of Justice. Last year women and men from all walks of life
came out on the streets of Delhi to demand for amendments in the rape laws of
the country. Our voices forced the government to amend the laws. The Ordinance
has been signed by the President and the bill to amend the definition and
punishment of Sexual Crimes will be introduced in a month’s time.
This calls for a pat on the back, this calls for a yelp of
justice, this calls for the first steps towards Equality. I must acknowledge
that this change could not have been possible without the support of the other
sex and the life of an innocent girl. Though a lot has to change and I being an eternal optimist believe it
will. I remember when I was a child and wanted to be a part of something big. I
could never come to a conclusion as to what that big thing would be. After 10 years I think this is the big thing. Changing the ideology of the society, fighting
for Women’s rights and making the world a more equal place could be the big
thing I would want to contribute my small efforts into.
