Pinkie
pinkie what colour…..
The
office lift was full with people adorning pink attire. Any rightly so…. it was
8th March…International Women’s day!!
The
state government had issued an order requesting the employees to wear anything
pink for this occasion; symbolic of supporting the gender equity. To many of us
it seemed to be a Tughlaqui farmaan. Will things change by adorning pink clothes
for one-thousandth of time in a year? I heard few interesting statements
throughout the day:
Sarkaari
adesh ka paalan toh karna hi padega (have
to comply with the government order)
Ek
din ke liye gulabi shirt kaun khareede, faltu padi rahegi (why waste money on pink shirt
just for a day)
Madam
aaj apko kuchh keh bhi nahi payenge, aapka din hain naa (won’t say anything today, it’s
your day)
Indian society
has very deep routed gender discrimination, most of the time it is passed as social
standards. A male Gynaecologist and female Surgeons are still a rare commodity
in this part of the globe. Women are socially labeled as bad car drivers and a
house-husband (oops … is it not a male version of housewife??) is still a
shameful responsibility. To top it up we have modernized the stigma by
accepting pink as feminine and blue as masculine colour.
The same
day I was screamed at by a person who
was himself driving on a wrong-side. The lady officer in my bay (who was also
wearing pink clothes) was ridiculed behind her back for being bossy …aaj
mahila diwas chadh gaya hai madam pe (madam is intoxicated by women’s day).
Newspaper reported that a man sold his wife on Facebook to repay his debt, a
minor girl was raped by her family member.
In the
state which tops the country in violence against women, isn’t this wear-pink-bring-gender
equity-formula an eyewash? What we need is a social raking and infuse an enlightened
thinking in our new generation. We need to teach our girls how to behave, yes of
course ………but more so to our boys.
A Marathi
poetess Ms Anuradha Mhapankar has aptly written:
Baipana
che aaj majhya kautuk tumhi karne nako
Kartutva
che aaj majhya vajan tumhi tolne nako
(Don’t flaunt
my womanhood just for a day, don’t judge my ability just for a day)
Few years back on a
women’s day the chief guest (a bureaucrat’s wife) said: “I’m waiting for a day
when we shall celebrate Human day.” (applause)
When we dedicate days to God's,why can't a day be dedicated to better half world(better half is not in sense of married womens only,its about womanhood).so to me it's a good initiative.
ReplyDeleteOne thing which i would like to draw attention is she is the only string who holds family institution in its real form(which is getting weaker as days passing).
Since i consider myself migrant &sufferer from village to town,still feels,missing roots.
Good writeup Aboli,keep living yourself.
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ReplyDeleteIt's me Jagat.
When we dedicate days to God's,why can't a day be dedicated to better half world(better half is not in sense of married womens only,its about womanhood).so to me it's a good initiative.
ReplyDeleteOne thing which i would like to draw attention is she is the only string who holds family institution in its real form(which is getting weaker as days passing).
Since i consider myself migrant &sufferer from village to town,still feels,missing roots.
Good writeup Aboli,keep living yourself.
Lazying around for four days, i finally feel a little motivated to tackle witg the womens day trauma after reading this. Pinkiness is a disease; very clearly communicated hereI am glad I know such people who can ask #subah chai kisne banai? You get me :-)
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