THE INTROVERT

Women have been demanding freedoms, rights, equality, safety/security in our country for a very long time, but to no concern. If we see the track record of our country, we failed miserably on this front both pre and post independence. This narrow minded thinking which considers women as property and that you own them, otherwise known as Patriarchy, is destroying the potential of 50% of our population. If we consider the crime rate against women according to NCRB report (graph below):- We can see, in 2017, it increased 6% compared with 2016 and 9% compared with 2015 figures. It is continuously increasing every year. We are living in a society where male child is preferred over female child. This notion already pushes the women in an unequal world. Right from childhood, they face discrimination in almost every aspects of life, such as, educational institutions, workplace, religious institutions and many more. They are made and forced to accept that they are weak and are almo...

(Continued from Part 1) I: Yes, but I knew nobody is infected here. N: Oh! And how did you know that? Are you a chiromancer? Foreteller? I: No, I am not. Okay, Fine. I am sorry, I should've taken those precautions. Now you happy? N: (Her eyes glistened of victory) Yes.      But, tell me Bhaiya, I go to school, tuition classes, dance class, playground, my friend's houses, everywhere. Should I not go to those places? I: It will be good, if you don't. But as I told you, if it is extremely compulsory, like those workers, who can't survive if they don't go to work, then you can go but take care of all the precautions like using sanitisers.... N: (Interrupting) Oh! Come on, not again with that. I am fed up listening to that again and again everywhere. In TV, radio, internet, even when I call someone. It's frustrating enough, now you want to say that again? I: Well, you don't have to worry, your school, tuition classes and all other educational inst...

It has been a long time since I wrote something. I got into some mess, didn't get time. Still into some issues, but still, from now on, I will try my best to write something at least once a week. My neighbour's daughter Nikita , 9 years old, currently in class 3, had her birthday recently. I was there for the celebration. She is mad about birthdays, cakes, balloons, gifts, party and all that stuff as we were as children. However, party got over, everybody left, rather early, thanks to Corona virus. Party was not as pompous as she thought it would be. So, she was quite bummed out. One of the very beautiful things about children is that they are honest, from inside as well as outside. They don't fake, don't hide emotions. And hence, their action, facial expressions, etc speaks volumes about what they are feeling. While everybody left, I stayed for dinner. I was watching T.V while everybody else were busy in their own things. Mostly mobile phones. But, Nikit...