Let's Celebrate Women's Day

Hello all the readers of The Learning Era! Wishing all of you a very Happy Women's Day. This is a day worth celebrating. We are so lucky to find women around us. I feel lucky to be born as a girl. A woman can play several roles. She could be a mother, a daughter, a sister, a friend, a wife, a counselor, a guide. Its an age old saying that God couldn't be everywhere so he created mother. Such is the importance of women in our life. Today women are excelling in every field. They have not only restricted themselves to household chores but have shown their capabilities beyond that too. We hear successful stories of so many women. After two months from now when results of board exams will be declared, we will get to see the newspapers filled with stories of the girls making it to the top. Women have made their way to top industries. We have seen women topping exams as tough as civil services. The roles of women have changed significantly in the past few years. The views of the society towards women have also changed. Yes, at many places we are still not able to show equality towards women but I am not focussing on the darker side now. 

While talking about the achievements of women, I must take out some time to praise their families as well. I read somewhere "behind every successful woman is a family who believed in her and not the society". It feels great when I see a father saying that he is more focused towards getting his daughter well educated than towards getting her married. I also feel happy when I see a married girl appearing for exams. The scene when her husband comes to drop her to the examination center and wishes her good luck for the exams. Its a live example of watching India developing. 

I said in the beginning of this article that this day is worth celebrating. But can you tell me how are you celebrating this day? Are you going to cook food today and not letting the ladies of your house enter the kitchen for a day? Or are you going to buy some gift for them? Think about it. Is it enough to thank the women for all that they have done for us? Is one day enough to celebrate the importance of women in our life? The simple answer is NO! But then the question arises what can we do to honour the women whose presence in our lives make it worth living? Well, we don't have to do much. We just have to take few resolutions and implement them in our life.  Yes, you heard it right! Who said only new years are for talking the new year resolutions? Let's together take some resolutions to make the women feel special. Let me tell you about a resolution I took this year. I am not going to attend any "dahej wali shadi". I won't attend any marriage involving dowry in any form. And I feel that its the simplest yet quite effective way of protesting against dowry system. We all have read about women being burnt alive for dowry. There are parents who are ready to give huge amount of dowry but are not willing to spend on their daughter's education. We should also take a resolution of not judging a girl on the basis of her clothes. Just because she is not wearing traditional salwar kameez, doesn't mean she is characterless. Respect a girl irrespective of what she wears. Another great resolution for women's day will be to include the women in the discussions going on in the house. The discussion could be about anything between an upcoming family function to the financial matters and managing the budget. Gone are those days when women were supposed to do only household chores. Involve women in discussions and they may come up with some extraordinary ideas. Encourage woment of your house or whom you know to learn various skills. Encourage them to be self sufficient. Make them learn skills like driving and self defense. Have you seen women lifting weights in the gym? Don't consider women to be weak. And that will be the best way to give them a feeling of equality.

How are you celebrating this women's day? Share your ideas with me through the comment.