8th March 2025
If we must celebrate a special day for women, let us celebrate freedom from stereotypes, from expectations, from idolisation, from sacrifice.
Stop congratulating women for being the secret behind a successful man,
Start saluting them for being successful.
Stop saying the mother is sacred for all the sacrifices she makes,
Try to reduce those sacrifices!
Stop telling women they are beautiful,
Try telling them it’s not important to be beautiful!
Stop praising her roles as mother, wife, daughter, sister, Celebrate her as an individual, a person, independent of relationships.
Stop trying to protect her,
Make her independent and capable of protecting herself.
Stop justifying her necessity to multi task,
Give her a chance not to!
Stop these constructs which are aimed at making her strive for an impossible balance,
Let her be inadequate – And happy!
Stop making her look at herself through a conveniently male viewpoint.
Let her just be a woman.
Lets respect our women, allow her to make her choices, be in charge of her own life.
Every home, every heart, every feeling, every moment is incomplete without you,
Only you can complete the world.
A toast to all the ladies as we celebrate the elegance of womanhood.
Let’s not celebrate Women’s day only today but everyday and stay blessed forever.