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Why is the woman who juggles it all - right from everyone's food restrictions to their happiness the one who is still uncelebrated?
Why is the woman who juggles it all – right from everyone’s food restrictions to their happiness the one who is still uncelebrated?
‘There is no such thing as a woman who doesn’t work. There is only a woman who isn’t paid for her work.’
The core of every family, the thread that binds the members and the only round the clock worker in the entire household, is the housewife indeed. She juggles the cleaning, cooking and care-taking, even though she gets no reciprocation (at least in most cases) let alone remuneration.
The woman is the unpaid worker, taken for granted and hired for a lifetime. Yet, she toils, day and night, without appreciation and motivation, to put a smile on all faces in the household. And to run their day-to-day matters without any hassles.
She is nothing less than a genie granting unlimited wishes, with her 24/7 availability and never say no policy. And she is probably the hardest working member in the family, with no holiday or break. Yet, hers is the most undervalued job, ‘after all it isn’t a job, it’s her duty.‘
It isn’t at all easy to be a home-maker. Challenges come everyday, in the form of disrupted power, water and gas supply. In the form of cooking dilemmas, recipe failures, as clash of tastes. They come in as a migraine forcing her to retire to bed but her heart telling her she has to continue the chore.
Or they come in as a radio announcement of a fire at the school, a TV announcement of a multi-vehicle accident, an over-turned school bus. They even come in as a car that crashed, a burglary attempt, or a case of theft.
There are a million sacrifices she makes, willingly to make her house a home, and to keep everyone happy. She foregoes her career to make another few lives easier, ignores her sickness to keep her dear ones healthy. And compromises on her needs and wishes to contribute to the aspirations of her loved ones.
Yet all she gets to hear from people, including her own is that her life is easy. It is easy because she makes yours easy and your happiness is all she wants. And for that she can go to any extent, she can cross the skies for her family!
Along with the household chores, the woman also has the care-taking jobs, which are strenuous and challenging. Yet, she handles everything with elan and holds her home together. She is the most uncelebrated worker, whose importance can be understood only in her absence.
It’s high time these Home Goddesses got some appreciation and acknowledgment. And probably, some support and motivation to pursue their passions too.
If they can manage everything in a household, they can find time to nurture their own hobbies, too. All they need is a little affirmation that all is well with you and it wouldn’t bother you if they find time for their passions, because after all, they live for you.
Oh and, in Portugal, November 3 is celebrated as Housewife’s Day. Now, we really need to take some serious lessons from Portugal!
Picture credits: Still from Marathi TV serial Aai Kuthe Kay Karte
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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