Happy? Women's day..

So today is International women’s day. A day to celebrate the spirit of women. A day to celebrate the achievements of women. A day to celebrate the existence of women. A day to celebrate.. WOMEN per se! And why not? Women are equally at par with men and have the potential to do everything a man does. Time and again it has been proved. Women have made their mark in all fields. And spaces. Imagine a world without women. Unthinkable, right?

So it perfectly makes sense that the world celebrates women’s day with a bang. What doesn’t make sense is what are we, women of India, celebrating the women’s day for? Okay, I understand there are a few women who are successful and have left their mark globally and I totally respect those women.  But what about billions of them who share the same plight, same agony just for being a woman in this so called modern and developing India. Don’t get me wrong here, I’m proud of being a woman and if I have the right to choose then I would definitely like to be born again as a woman in my next life. What I’m not proud of is the fact how Indian women are perceived and treated as in general. For years now, Indian women have been treated as mere objects and even in this day and age, though there is some change, the perception remains unchanged for the most.  

Everyday we hear in news some or the other crime being committed against women. And the recent Delhi gang rape incident left the whole nation shaken and traumatized. Disgustingly, it demonstrates what these inglorious and demonic beings think of women. This is just one example which grabbed the country’s eyeballs towards the increasing crimes against women but there are several other incidents like these which make you lose your faith in humanity and in that one fearing moment you wish you were not a woman, especially not in this country!

So there, I honestly see no point in celebrating women’s day in our country where our women don’t get the respect that they deserve. Instead of celebrating womanhood, I’ve become more fearful and wary being a woman of this country. Thanks to the likes of these disgraceful people I am going to be one paranoid mother. With all the limitations bestowed upon women in our country right from their birth, preaching what they can do and cannot do from a very tender age thereby setting boundaries for them; our women have a long road ahead to break out of the mould and flow unbounded. And when we achieve that we will be celebrating womanhood in the true sense. Amen to that!