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In your eyes, my parents are less than yours are. In spite of these years, we have not come together very far. I have very few days to see mine. While you have many and this to you seems just fine.
In your eyes, my parents are less than yours are,
In spite of these years, we have not come together very far.
I have very few days to see mine,
While you have many and this to you seems just fine.
Why do I have to argue and sacrifice each time?
Every two steps I move forward, you push me one behind.
Why is it one rule for your sister but another for me?
Why was I misled that we are both equal, now no one I can truly believe.
Your mother says this is how it’s always been done,
Now I understand her behaviour, why she has friends none.
I won’t bring up my children thinking they are not the same,
I do not wish to be caught in their later years of the blame game.
Teach your son to wash, help and make his own tea,
Teach him to be kind and look after his own needs.
Did he marry a wife or a maid?
Did he want a partner or someone to enslave?
Teach your son not to raise his hand against his partner,
If these lessons are not taught earlier, life will get harder and harder.
It’s not okay to push her around,
You will lose your treasure, before you realise what you’ve found.
Think of your mother how your father treated her,
Is it clear in your mind or just a big blur?
Was he kind, did he speak to her gently?
Or did he abuse her physically and mentally?
Will you break the cycle, break the mould?
Or will you follow in your parents’ footsteps, waiting to be told?
What to do? How to behave?
Do things differently if you want your marriage to be saved.
Be better, Do better don’t follow other’s rule,
Do what you think is best, don’t be other people’s fool.
Take care of each other, be true,
Always remember, do unto others what you would have done unto you!
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Chitra Govindraj grew up in Dubai, was educated in the US and now lives with her family in Bangalore, India. She dabbled in the corporate world as a banker and a soft skills trainer and read more...
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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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