HOW FREE? HOW
SELF-SUFFICIENT IS WOMAN TODAY?
Mrs. Bhavana S. Chari
(a) From the
bondage, servitude and sacrifice of yore;
The woman has come a long way towards the
edifice of the 21st century;
From the slavery to Man, she has passed
great lengths and sought justice;
She has made an unerasable mark in life as a
symbol of patience and service !
(b) In
America, the Statue of Liberty, stands as a symbol of womanhood;
In our own country, the “motherland”
represents the prosperity, i.e. womanhood;
Sarojini Naidu and Toru Dutt, the Poetesses
of Indian origin are of great renown;
The woman in us can waken to be a Mahadevi
Varma or a Subhadrakumari Chauhan!
(c) She has
stepped out of the threshold of the confines i.e. her abode;
She has crossed all the frontiers and left
her stamp in every field;
It is she that is conquering the reins of
the motherland.
Behind every successful man is a woman, in
every deed!
(d) It is the
woman, as a wife and lover, who sends the hearts fluttering;
It is she who is worshipped as a Goddess, a
divine being;
She is the “mother” who bears and brings up
her offspring;
It is she who has defined the words like
“passion” and caring!
(e) Will it
be long when complete freedom will come to her from the beast that is man;
When will a dowry death, a Sati-Pratha, and
atrocities on her cease?
Will that day near when she will end to be a
victim of fate,
When will she breathe the clean air that is
“freedom” under a clear sky!