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We asked you, our readers, if you could learn one thing today, what would it be? Here are some of your answers.
Learning knows no limit. Despite the age and time you are in, one can always keep expanding one’s repertoire of skills and knowledge. Learning is also about rediscovering yourself every day. The pursuit to know yourself and the world around you is bound only by your eagerness to explore.
If you look around or look inside yourself, you will always find there is more room to discover. From learning how to drive a scooty at the age of forty five; or trying to accept your greying hair as part of your beauty; or simply learning to live alone in a new city as you start college; there is no end to what you can learn from life! Is there anything new that you want to learn at this stage of life? Probably something you would like to change about yourself or your life if given a chance?
At Women’s Web, we invite readers to share their thoughts on one interesting question that is picked by the team and posted on our Facebook page every Tuesday, calling it #TuesdayTalkies. We try picking questions that would interest readers and put them in their thoughts. Some of the best replies are posted in our next story and one of them also gets to win a ‘Women’s Web’ mug. Why don’t you try your luck in the next week’s question?
The question for this week was, “If you could learn one thing today, what would it be?” Here are 10 best responses from our readers.
Learn not to deny yourself happiness. Treat yourself without guilt and stop putting yourself last on your To Do list …Because life is too short
Vrushali Junnarkar
To stop comparing myself or my life to others and be grateful for what I have.
Amandeep Kaur Pathania
The one thing that I would really love to imbibe and practice is, Empathy towards oneself and others. For, in the end, all that matters is, how well you loved and lived.
Kavitha T. Panyam
Learn that the only limitations are in my mind.
Kasturi Patra
I would love to learn to appreciate myself first.
Somina Jain
Learn to be happy without any reason…Just like a child.
Namrata Shah
I would love to learn to voice my opinions with full confidence and remain unfazed by what the world thinks about me.
Anusha S Iyer
Learn to kick negativity out and infuse positivity within myself.
Haripriya Madhavan
Learn to be the change that you want to see in this world.
Arpita Subhadarshini
Learn to believe in yourself even in difficulties, you can achieve the heights!
Rupali Koushal
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People say that women are the greatest enemies of women. I vehemently disagree. It is the patriarchal mindset that makes women believe in the wrong ideology.
The entire world celebrates International Women’s Day on March 8, 2024. It should be a joyful day, but unfortunately, not all women are entitled to this privilege, as violence against women is at its peak. The experience of oppression pushes many women to choose freedom. As far as patriotism is concerned, feminism is not a cup of tea in this society.
What happens when a woman decides to stand up for herself? Does this world easily accept the decisions of women in this society? What inspires them to be free of the clutches of the oppression that women have faced for ages? Most of the time, women do not get the chance to decide for themselves. Their lives are always at the mercy of someone, which can be their parents, siblings, husband, or children.
In some cases, women do not feel the need to make any decisions. They are taught to obey the patriarchal system, which makes them believe that they are right. In my family, I was never taught to make decisions on my own. It was always my parents who bought dresses and all that I needed.
14 years after her last feature film Dhobi Ghat, storyteller extraordinaire comes up with her new film, Laapataa Ladies, a must watch.
*Some spoilers alert*
Every religion around the world dictates terms to women. The onus is always on women to be ‘modest’ and cover their faces and bodies so men can’t be “tempted”, rather than on men to keep their eyes where they belong and behave like civilized beings. So much so that even rape has been excused on the grounds of women eating chowmein or ‘men will be men’. I think the best Hindi movie retort to this unwanted advice on ‘akeli ladki khuli tijori ki tarah hoti hai’ (an alone woman is like an open jewellery box) came from Geet in Jab We Met – Kya aap gyan dene ke paise lete hain kyonki chillar nahin hain mere paas.
The premise of Laapataa Ladies is beautifully simple – two brides clad in the ghunghat that covers their identity get mixed up on a train. Within this Russian Doll, you get a comedy of errors, a story of getting lost, a commentary on patriarchy’s attitude towards women, a mystery, and a tale of finding oneself, all in one. Done with a mostly light touch that has you laughing and nodding along.
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