I thought, we were equal- 2

We all are human beings. We have the equal right to commit mistakes. But why is it that when women commit mistakes, they aren't forgiven. And men are. 

Women always have to pay a hefty price for their mistakes. Why? 

Think about it. And answer if you can. 

Most adorable, My grandma.

She is the super-woman,
Minus the supernatural powers.


Her skin that has loosened over the time,
wrinkles, and depressions,
that reminds me of Moon,
her beauty marks hideous.
And her long silver hair,
reflecting her aging experience.
She flaunts her age in pride.

With her affectionate touch,

She cures and endures.
She can repair the deepest wounds,
with her traditional curing things,

She doesn't miss a chance to care,

All she thinks is about our welfare.

She cooks the most tempting food,
Not a bite goes unchewed.
Her exceptional culinary skills,
exquisite and marvelous.
She wants to teach me everything.


Repeatedly she says,
she has seen her life,
paid the price of being born.
And fill me with her
Words of Wisdom.
She wants me to learn everything,
She wants to lessen my suffering.


She cares, she smiles, she cooks, she prays,
Everything,
For us.
For her family.


She's growing old now.


She is my Grandma,
Most lovable among everyone.

I thought, we were equal.

The maid that comes to my house for sweeping and dusting work gave a major blow to my senses.


She was mishandling the handle and lock of every door of my home. It could almost break. I asked her to do it slowly otherwise it would break. She repudiated me. And informed me, that she was cleaning my room, and instead of praising her, I am scolding her. I, politely, replied.. Handles will break, and will be in pieces, if she continued to mishandle it. And then, she said what was it that mattered me, and informed me that it was not my home, but was my brothers'.  Plus, Only males are heads of the family. I silenced.


Oh God! It was a blow. I thought about it again and again.


I wondered, Is this education, that has broadened our ways of thinking? Only if she would have understood that its an equal world that is evolving, Differences would automatically fall in place. Women are themselves demeaning themselves. What will men do? 


Signing off, Leaving all you readers with-  One should never give up her/his self respect for anything. Coz if we don't respect ourselves, no one will. 


Also, i would like you to ponder upon the way I have reacted. You are all "educated" people. Put in your views. 

Dear Forward Message Senders,

Everyday, I get a lot of forward messages, informing me 'this is life', 'that's life', etc. I hope, you would be able to connect it with what I am trying to say. Some say- "follow these seven principles to lead a happy life", and what not.


When at midnight, you are half asleep, and the message like this arrives, How do you feel? I don't think, It has changed your life, or something like that. You probably curse the sender,  who has sent you the text. Of course, I feel exasperated.


We all are living life, and sailing on the same boat probably. Some are in their high tides, and some could be in low tides. I would like to pose this question to my not-so-dear forward-message-senders, that do they exactly follow these principles, and lead "the required happy life". Has anyone of them who forwards these, understood the essence of life, and is willing to stay contended with whatever is happening around them. I am sceptic about it. We all have the right to live the way we feel, we should. We all commit mistakes, and learn from it. Do I offend you, senders?


I am aware of the fact that technology users have exploded their usage, but please.. at least, respect the privacy of the recipient. Free messages are all in the air, Even I use the scheme. But that never gave anyone the right to invade in the privacy.


Not only these, but the network messages have become a major problem to our lives. They aren't aware of the situations we are in, and they repeatedly, keep sending messages to buy this real estate, to buy that membership... and god knows what! Hell. In the scarce situation, when your closed one is on death bed, would you like to see such kind of a message? Or situation can be anything like you are studying, writing an article, or even cooking. How does it matter?


Our lives are full of problems as it is. And these messages just add on to the stress. These messages do no good to anyone. If my dear senders, you are so fond of sending forwards, send santa-banta jokes, so that if not anything else, it makes the other person smile and helps to release her/him from stress. That is still acceptable.


Of course, Its my urge to the people to stop sending the messages. I am fed-up of these nonsense messages. And wish to see no more of them. And regarding life, I'd like to commit my own set of mistakes and learn from them. Please, If you are still so adamant to not stop, see the time before you forward these kind of messages.


P.S.- Just while writing this, I got three forwards from three different people. *phew* 

An illusion of a perfect life.

Things can never be perfect,

As we want them to be.

As we imagine.

As we dream. 

However,

to lead a happy and a peaceful life ,

We can live in an illusion,

of everything being perfect.

We can hide our sorrows,

behind our glamourous smiles.

We can cry,

but call them "blissful tears".

We cannot run away from problems.

We cannot jump to the conclusions.

We cannot foresee our future.

We have to wait. 

And to wait, Its important to live in illusions.

I do.

I wish,

We could be born flawless,

like the unbroken petals of rose. 

I wish,

nothing would matter, except the hearts. 

*the most valuable- heart*

And today,

Everything else matters, but the heart? Ha! 

*who cares*