I am cursed, do you know why...

... Because i am a woman...

Her ill-fated luck starts the moment she is born. Rather than being treated as a good fortune or luck to the family, she will be looked down upon as a misfortune which has dawned upon the family.

She is treated as a debit to the family while the brothers who have been born before or after her are treated as credits..

Is it her fault that she is born a girl? Why do people, even though in 21st century still believe this?

Where do the talks of 'women empowerment' and 'beti bachao' andolans end up? Though years have rolled by and literacy percentage has increased, why has the temperament of people not changed?

Yes, i do agree that males carry the dominant genes from a family and that is one of the scientific reasons why it is necessary to have a male child but isn't the girl child carrying a part of your genes too (which may or may not be recessive)?

In a country like India with its vast geographical area and a place where goddesses are worshipped, there is a highly dominated patriarchal society and a recessive matriarchal society. Where do we stand in terms of gender equality?

We all want to make the world a better place to live in. What are we doing to the people who are trying to educate and bring to light the atrocities against women?

In recent times, we all know that the documentary pertaining to the rape victim (Nirbhaya- 26th December 2012 case) that was aired in UK and subsequently available on the internet was removed following the objections by various people. Where is the right to speech?

Is there going to be an end to the gender discrimination or do we have to silently continue chanting - 'Naa aana iss desh laado! The time has not arrived for you to get the respect that you deserve nor is your value understood'.

Convince or compromise?

Today I was having a casual talk with a good friend Appu. We were discussing on relationships and marriages. I told him that love marriages are better while he was of the opinion that arranged marriages are better. I was trying to justify my opinion saying since we know the person before, I feel love marriages were better while he was of the opinion that though we know the person, the self esteem of the individual comes down in the eyes of both the families during love marriages.

As the discussion progressed, he told a factual sentence which most of us wouldn't have given a thought -'the most common mistake that all of us do is rather than convincing the people around us about our thoughts and beliefs, we tend to compromise so as to not hurt the people around and in the long run we end up feeling unhappy'.

Isn't it true that only if we are happy that we can bring upon smiles and happiness in the lives of people around us?

We should remember this each time we think of giving up something we cherish a lot.

Good luck. :)