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Let's welcome those men who follow their wives and walk alongside, or take charge of many other things while she is scaling heights.
Madhuri Dixit Nene.
I have always admired her as a person dedicated to her work. Though not always a big fan of her movies, I admire her art, and her decision to get back to her career and continue doing well.
I was surprised when I saw educated men and women making comments on her return to India like –
“Greedy for fame and adulation.” “Uprooted her children.” “Made her husband follow her, poor man.” “Could have opened a dance academy there.” “He is not doing well in the US or what?”
Really? And then you talk of respect for women’s choices?
Should these choices match with your pre-conceived rules or flourish within “allowed” territory?!
Stop judging women who have been able to do what probably many could not, and secretly dreamt of.
Let’s welcome those men who follow their wives and walk alongside, or take charge of many other things while she is scaling heights.
We have appreciated women in such roles so far, right? Then why not men?
Stop judging men and women who walk an unconventional and progressive path.
Don’t just talk of ‘change’, if you’re not evolved enough to admire and appreciate it!
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I was born in 1972 in Lucknow. Graduated in Maths, did diploma in computers in 1992 from Holkar Science College, Indore. Traveled to Delhi for job. Worked as a computer instructor. Lived in different parts read more...
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Neena was the sole caregiver of Amma and though one would think that Amma was dependent on her, Neena felt otherwise.
Neena inhaled the aroma that emanated from the pan and took a deep breath. The aroma of cumin interspersed with butter transported her back to the modest kitchen in her native village. She could picture her father standing in the kitchen wearing his white crisp kurta as he made delectable concoctions for his only daughter.
Neena grew up in a home where both her parents worked together in tandem to keep the house up and running. She had a blissful childhood in her modest two-room house. The house was small but every nook and cranny gave her memories of a lifetime. Neena’s young heart imagined that her life would follow the same cheerful course. But how wrong she was!
When she was sixteen, the catastrophic clutches of destiny snatched away her parents. They passed away in a road accident and Neena was devastated. Relatives thronged her now gloomy house and soon it was decided that she should be married off.
Women today don’t want to be in a partnership that complicates their lives further. They need an equal partner with whom they can figure out life as a team, playing by each other’s strengths.
We all are familiar with that one annoying aunty who is more interested in our marital status than in the dessert counter at a wedding. But these aunties have somehow become obsolete now. Now they are replaced by men we have in our lives. Friends, family, and even work colleagues. It’s the men who are worried about why we are not saying yes to one among their clans. What is wrong with us? Aren’t we scared of dying alone? Like them?
A recent interaction with a guy friend of mine turned sour when he lectured me about how I would regret not getting married at the right time. He lectured that every event in our lives needs to be completed within a certain timeframe set by society else we are doomed. I wasn’t angry. I was just disappointed to realize that annoying aunties are rapidly doubling in our society. And they don’t just appear at weddings or family functions anymore. They are everywhere. They are the real pandemic.
Let’s examine this a little closer.
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