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Why women don't dream, especially after a certain age: Is it conditioning or circumstances that make us give up our dreams?
“You have to dream before your dreams can come true.” Dr. Abdul Kalam
Over the past few months, I ‘ve been doing a lot of reading, thinking and writing about the importance of having “dreams” in the journey of life. And by dreams, I don’t mean the dreams which you get when you’re asleep. I’m talking about dreams which make you want to jump up from bed each day, and live your life fulfilling your dreams.
I quizzed people in my network about their dreams, and as expected there was a range of responses which inspired a post on “Are you too old to have a dream?”. Evidently, the answer is NO. You are never too old to have a dream!
But there were other interesting observations that I also made in connection to women and dreams: 1. Women after a particular age found it harder to articulate and express their dreams? I can’t help but wonder why? o Is it because women don’t have dreams? o Is it because women don’t want to share their dreams? o Is it because women have not really thought about their dreams?
2. The dreams of many women after a particular phase of life (read as marriage, or becoming mothers) hardly revolve around them. Again, I can’t help but wonder why? o Is it the genes? o Is it the way women have been conditioned? o Is it that their lives revolve so much around their families that their dreams also revolve around their family? o Is it that their own dreams are somewhat side-lined / put on the back-burner to enable others to live their dreams? o Is it that somewhere they’ve lost their own view of “their dreams”?
3. So many women did not have any real long term dreams at all. Again, I can’t help but wonder why? o Is it that there are genuinely no dreams? o Is it that they don’t believe in the power of dreams? o Is it that they have accepted that dreams don’t always become reality, and hence there’s no point in having a dream I don’t have all the answers, But here’s what I do know..
Dreams are vital to the journey of life Dreams change with time and life Dare to Dream! And work to make your dream a reality!
Here’s to DREAM POWER!
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Chetan Bhagat had no business slut shaming Uorfi Javed or any other woman. If he wants to 'guide' young men in the 'right direction' then he should take accountability for his words.
Chetan Bhagat, one of India’s bestselling authors, thought it was an ingenious idea to slut-shame Uorfi Javed, an Indian actress and influencer, at the Sahitya Aaj Tak literature festival.
“Phone has been a great distraction for the youth, especially the boys, spending hours just watching Instagram Reels. Everyone knows who Uorfi Javed is. What will you do with her photos? Is it coming in your exams or you will go for a job interview and tell the interviewer that you know all her outfits? On one side, there is a youth who is protecting our nation at Kargil and on another side, we have another youth who is seeing Uorfi Javed’s photos hiding in their blankets.”
Uorfi Javed responded with a video on her Instagram stories calling out Bhagat’s bluff. She shared the screenshots of his previous chat conversations with Ira Trivedi, author and yoga instructor, which came to light during the #MeToo movement.
While boys are taught to naturally own the space they enter, girls are taught to give up, to accommodate, to adjust since "it is their primary responsibility to keep families and relations together."
Yesterday, I was watching these 4 young girls around 16 – 17 years old play badminton. They were having fun, goofing around with all 4 of them equally involved in the game.
In some time two of their male friends joined them, and as part of round robin, the 2 boys replaced two of the girls. All good.
As the play continued, I started noticing a change in the way the game was being played. The shuttle was played most of the times between the two boys and there was a sense of competition and aggression brought in. The other 2 girls playing soon starting losing interest in the game as they hardly got any game time. Even if the shuttle came towards them, the boy in their team would move and play that shot. They soon moved to the sidelines as the boys continued to play.
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