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Let the world not celebrate women only on Women's Day..let this celebration continue until there is no need to have a "Women's Day".
Another Women’s Day has just gone by
The social media made a hue and cry
Cheers and praises for your persistence
Kudos for all your endurance
Oh Women, the world acknowledged your existence.
Verses on the beauty of your eyes grew viral
Novels featuring your sacrifices were just phenomenal
Tweets celebrating your pain and tears got hash-tags
Movies where you cried and died turned blockbusters
Celebrities debated on gender equality
Businesses flaunted pink dresses in frivolity
Media fought wars booming their TRP
Political parties added your needs to their manifesto
Husbands certified your long haul
Children hugged you tight with a sweet soul
Employers sang praises of your uphill battle
Parents thought you were still cute and little
Now, let’s begin dreaming a world, not too distant
Where women do not just exist, but lead
With your empathy and intuition as blessings
With the same devotion and nurture as you dote on your babies
Oh Women, lead the world to peace and harmony.
May every single firm, state or country thrive in your hands
Let all the living beings feel loved under your protection
Pray, the Mother Earth begins to blossom in your love and care
Emotions, values, and humanity may finally be restored
Oh Women, you are the future of the world.
Expand your horizons and begin to fly
For it’s not just your family that needs you
It’s indeed the whole wide world
Oh Women, don’t settle for a mere acknowledgment
Be the light that shines the world!
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Manju Nambiar hails from the southern state of Kerala, India. A computer engineer by profession, she now works in one of the leading firms in San Jose, California where she lives with her husband and read more...
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As parents, we put a piece of our hearts out into this world and into the custody of the teachers at school and tuition and can only hope and pray that they treat them well.
Trigger Warning: This speaks of physical and emotional violence by teachers, caste based abuse, and contains some graphic details, and may be triggering for survivors.
When I was in Grade 10, I flunked my first preliminary examination in Mathematics. My mother was in a panic. An aunt recommended the Maths classes conducted by the Maths sir she knew personally. It was a much sought-after class, one of those classes that you signed up for when you were in the ninth grade itself back then, all those decades ago. My aunt kindly requested him to take me on in the middle of the term, despite my marks in the subject, and he did so as a favour.
Math had always been a nightmare. In retrospect, I wonder why I was always so terrified of math. I’ve concluded it is because I am a head in the cloud person and the rigor of the step by step process in math made me lose track of what needed to be done before I was halfway through. In today’s world, I would have most probably been diagnosed as attention deficit. Back then we had no such definitions, no such categorisations. Back then we were just bright sparks or dim.
'Sania denied fairy-tale ending: suffers loss in AUS open final' says a news headline. Is this the best we can do? Is it a fitting tribute to one of the finest athletes we have in our country?
Sania Mirza bid an emotional and tearful farewell to her Grand Slam journey as a runner up in the mixed doubles final. Headlines read –
“Sania Mirza breaks down in tears while recalling glorious career after defeat in Grand Slam’
“Sania denied fairy-tale ending: suffers loss in AUS open final”
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