March 8. The day began. As usual, there were many posts flooding the inbox. Some of them were deeply touching. They sensitively addressed the fix of being a woman.
Despite such beauties, has the day dwindled in to a duty? Has it got dwindled in to a kind of tokenism? Most often, has it got reduced to a ritual?
Not to be missed is the fact that the market has overtaken the chores, too. The moment any event becomes a consumerist gala, it mostly loses its meaning.
The girls of the millennial and the post millennial generation do not think greatly of the event as most of the rights the earlier generation fought for are ready on a platter for them.
There is a need to re-imagine the women's day. There is an urgent necessity to re-invest in the movement. Only then would the day have real meaning in the era today when technology is creating new imprisonments for women. Only then can women's day be truly meaningful.
Pratima@ Long Live March 8.
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