Gender Equality: reality or fantasy?
From “I’ll have to ask my father” to “I’ll have to ask my husband” these lines perfectly summarise almost every other Indian girl’s life. From ‘Parent’s paradise’ to ‘In- law’s home’ From “You have to go to an unknown house” to “she has come from an unknown house” we girls have almost nothing to call our own. Do we have our individuality? The only thing people associate with women is beauty. It’s not that we don’t like being beautiful but it’s just that there is more to us than mere looks. We have dreams that unfortunately remain dreams We have thoughts and ideas that remain unexpressed We have a personality that remains suppressed Are we even allowed to express? We are expected to study not because we need to but, only to keep up to the family’s name or to attract a good spouse We are expected to cook in the kitchen, not to satisfy our hunger but to satisfy other’s taste buds We are expected to dress up not because we want to b...