on people in our offices...

There are all kinds of people in our workplaces... the boss - the ones that suck every ounce of life, and then ones that are nice... the colleagues - friendly, nosy, unlike you.... team members - miffed, Dil Mange More

.... to be ctd.

a step towards making life easier for girl child and women...

Let me start with a disclaimer - I have no practical knowledge on this topic, and I'm writing today to curb the feeling that has been stirred up by some recent news reports esentially from Times of India - my recent source of connect to all that's happening in India (not the stockmarket ofcourse, I stay away from news my mind can't comprehend).

The other day a girl in Delhi was raped, and then in Kolkatta and then .... it's endless! Women get raped, they go through the trauma of what happens to them and if that wasn't enough - there is little support from police, judiciary - you name it.

But why do women get raped, why do women get beaten up, why do women have to face all that they do today at hands of men. And how much do men appreciate women! Where does the root of all this issue lie?

To me and at this point of time it feels like bringing up a boy child with the right value system could lead solve a lot of our problems. I'm not being judgemental, and I am not retaliating to the common belief atleast in India that "a girl child need to be brought up in a certain faishion coz she takes the family forward" - all I am thinking about is if every parent or school teacher takes a step towards ensuring that they help their boy understand that a women in not just an object of desire (the pretty girl in school who I have to absolutely date and if i can't i'll try to have her by other means) if parents can help them understand that this may not be so important, an object of supression - it's my way on the highway since I'm physically stronger (emotionally weaker but i won't admit and may be I don't know coz she sheds the tears) and that doing those daily chores at home or attending to kids isn't a taboo and if your mother was treated in a not so good way you learn to treat your better half NOT like that.....the list can be long and if everyone takes a tiny step misery in lives of multiple women/girls can be reduced.

Infact let me not make it sound like an alien concept which has never touched my life - I have been through it in small measures too. Yes even those brushes on the bustling trains or public transport, those  scanning eyes - they were so traumatic as a child - they shook me and made me seethe in anger for being treated like an object. As I grew up I learnt to protect myself but why do we have to? 

And some closing thoughts to parents or teachers of girl childs - teach her to be a little kick ass, let her get used to little bit of that profanity - growing up in a nice protected world is going to make it tougher for her to face reality. Remember - she is going to have to rub shoulders with all kids of men so better start that training today.

I wish everyone takes a step towards making the world a better place - it's not just the air, the poor children who need eduction and food - making living easy every day for a women is equally important coz it touches the life of every women.

This makes me feel lighter and i'll promise myself to do all I can to make any difference I can in every possible way.

*  Boys also go through all kinds of traumatic experiences however I choose to write about a more prevelant issue today.