Being a woman
Being a woman is so darn difficult. 'Beauty with brains' - as if finding one with another is a rarity. 'Women empowerment' - as if we needed to be empowered. 'Career oriented woman' - because that is so against the norm. My mum is a 'working woman'. I have seen her run all her life. After coming back from work, most days she would go straight into the kitchen to cook dinner and wouldn't have the time to even wash her face. With 2 kids at home, she did it all. When she was pregnant with me, she recalls that she had to travel by the bus to reach her school, where she might have to teach continuously for hours without even getting water to drink. Naturally, she seldom got time to take care of herself. Finding time for parlours and kitty parties was hard. But somehow she still managed it all. But where is the credit where credit is due? We want our daughters to study, but we don't want them to work. If we want our wives to work, we still want want ...