SORRY, NOT SORRY
part 1
Society or Women?
I often get
asked why I am vulnerable to the fact that I am an Indian. I am particularly
not. India is a spectacular country, having a rich past. But is the future
similarly rich? Is India a haven for the new and open-minded generation?
I’m proud
to be an Indian, but am I proud of India?
I recently
came across a post about how Indian women have been degraded over the ages. How
they are not well-equipped with their emotions and only allowed to like Pink.
Labelling them to house-hold chores because it’s impossible for a woman to earn
more than her husband. Isn’t it? The family will be looked down upon if the man
is the house-husband and the woman wears the pants in the family.
Why do
Indian girls have to wear a skirt to school and not trousers? Is it a rule? Or
is it out of pure sexism? An Indian girl is taught to dress ‘properly’ as the
society is not a ‘good place’. What makes the society an undesirable place to
live? Is it the people? Or is it the mindset?
No matter
how financially-stable she is, she will always need a man to protect her. A
man to stand up for her and look after her. That is Indian society. Am I still
expected to be proud of it?
Although,
is society our enemy? The truth is that women themselves are the real antagonists.
Struggling to fight their inner demons. Stop pitying yourself and start
accepting who you are. Stop criticizing yourself, start being an example for
others to learn from.
Society
will never let you live with your head held up high, the moment you start
listening to it, you get trampled and never be able to dust it off. Shun it out
and do what you feel is right, even if it seems wrong.
Stop
changing yourself to play the princess in another man’s story, be the queen you
are in yours.
#sorrynotsorry
