Women's day or Mothers' day - I wonder when I see so many posts celebrating mothers and their motherhood - But surely we need to move further than that - further than the perception that motherhood is the supreme function of one born a female.
Yes I too was given birth to by a woman and she took the greatest of efforts to bring me up well and so on - But I feel designating a day for women has a different purpose - it is to look at all the hardships women endure to come out of these assigned roles.
Women enduring the worst inhuman acts when engaged with worlds in conflict - women facing scorn and marginalisation to express themselves in ways that are so easy for the average man - Women suffering pains of living two lives in one as they balance a career against their given duties?
Women seeking snatches of respite to pull on with their lives' burdens and not give in to the temptation to end it all - Women breaking down glass ceilings - Women laughing amidst their tears - women tearing away from the silken chains - Women escaping stifling norms?
Here is my little note seeking a "heartfelt" applause for all those women in the nooks and crannies - those at the forefront and those rendering their invisible support for progress!
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