Freedom
If only I could fly free… Liberation or freedom? What is the difference? Which word should I be after? Struggle went with freedom, women went with liberation. And so, I chose liberation first. Soon my head filled to the brim with all the liberating efforts and movements from the dawn of civilization…who knows perhaps from before the dawn. Men suppressed women in all spheres of activity and relationships. Through ages. Women have to bear the children and make the home. All serious matters of the world are for the men to deliberate upon. Women thinkers? Not usual. Women leaders? A rarity. Even if some come up, the power brokers remain to be of the male kind. During childhood, a female belongs to her father, growing up she progresses to be the property of her husband and in advanced age she is under the care of her son. In between she bears the children with all its associated hassles, transforms the house to a home and satisfies the needs of all in the family. Oh, we hav...