journaling the transition of a little girl ripening into womanhood
Representing the female community of this twenty first century, i feel humble and grateful for the opportunities that i could fetch. As going a little back and narrating the story of my Maa back to 40s or 50s the lifestyle and responsibility of women were so different. Back then there was sexism and patriarchy of course in the peak and literacy of women were just about to be written in the laws. My Maa, she carried like seven children and her responsibility or life was limited in the care of family and other thoughts or dreams wouldn't even grow. Even knowledge of periods and hygiene of women were never the talk of the town. It was the beginning of revolution where rights of women were just getting attention. Coming back to the generation of my mommy, well she got education with this her thinking and involvement in matters of living is as equal to my baba. Baba, he said that the day after they got married, he sent mom to tuition as she was in the verge of completing her master'...