Look Inside-Think Outside

Going to a school, watching children playing all around, hearing to their naive explanation of things was something that I always craved for.This intuitive interest in children made me instinctively give my name as a volunteer for a social event where we visit a government school and teach them the importance of cleanliness. As a person who had never been at a government school,I am oblivious to the conditions in which government school students study.I was taken aback by the sight of those little kids walking and playing bare foot.I was struck by noticing the dark classrooms without tube lights, unhygienic washrooms, lack of basic amenities like benches, boards, books.I inquired a few of the kids about their life style and their answers left me crestfallen.At a tender age, they started supporting their family by sharing work at home.Eating fruits is a celebrating activity for them.Their pathetic living conditions and their poor educational standards had moved me a lot that I ...

No sooner than I started my professional career, I realized the brunt fact that doing a job is all together a different game for boys and that for girls. One day I woke up late in the morning as I was so tired. I went to kitchen and saw my mom almost running from one place to other and juggling between various tasks - cleaning lunch boxes, cutting vegetables, preparing breakfast and lunch. Daily I help her by sharing some or other work. That day I  couldn't  as I was already late. At last she was done with the work but I found her to be totally tired, sweating profusely and from her uneasiness I realized that her neck again started to ache, which is literally intolerable. My mom in her 40’s  wasn't  able to do the daily chores all alone with the same ease that she once used to. My heart sank by that sight. That moment I thought of quitting the job and stay at home to help my mom.  I went to her and asked “Why don’t you ask feroz (my elder b...

India attained freedom long back but do an Indian girl has freedom to dream on a career she loves ??? In 95% of Indian families parents tell to her daughter, See my dear, -you have to mold yourself to fit in your husband's family. -You should never raise your voice against your in-laws. - Give support to your husband to achieve his dreams and become a good wife. -Lovingly raise your children and b ecome a loving mother. Is that all a girl has to do...?? If she wants to study after marriage should she fight a fierce battle at home?? but no one objects a boy to study after marriage. Why should a girl leave her home while a boy need not after marriage?? Asking such questions is also offendable in this society as this is considered as the most unwanted behavior expected from a girl..!!! But why..!!!