March 8 is the day women are showered with praise, hugely, in heaps and heaps. Literally, women are drenched in admiration on March 8. On this day, it is as if womanhood is born free and perfect.
There was this lovely message which maintained that at least on this day deserve the martyrs' mothers and wives warm remembrance and deep respect. In my opinion, these martyrs could be from the pre-Independence or post-Independence stage.
Sure, during the Freedom Struggle, women entered the public space. It was Gandhiji's contribution during the "Quit India" movement. Some of them like Sarojini Naidu, Kasturba Gandhi became noteworthy as the female faces of the Freedom Struggle.
Equally worth devotion and respect are the mothers and wives of freedom fighters in the first phase of the Independence Struggle. How about Lokmanya's wife? How about Swatantrya Veer Sawarkar's wife and sisters-in-law? How about Bhagat Singh's mother? How about Batukeshwar Dutt's wife who under disguise saved Bhagat Singh's life?
The men in their lives were every which way lost to the public sphere which completely corroded the private spaces of these women. Yet like the hundreds and thousands of women who entered the nation-al arena circa the Quit India movement, these remarkable women hugely, though silently, contributed to the Freedom struggle in its earlier phase.
Similarly, post-Independence, the women in the families of the army/air force/ navy men who served our nation, protected us so that most of us could live a cosy, comfy life also deserve our deep gratitude. To give you a not-much-noticed example, the COVID stopped our lives.
But the valiant merchant navy officers sailed the seven seas so that there could be some movement of goods and raw materials of all sorts. Like the police and doctors, these bravehearts, too, deserve our deep respects. Hence our family is very proud of my shippy brother, Parag/Raju, who is now training even girls to become superb shippy officers, cadets to captains!
Long live such unsung but unique memories!
Pratima@ There was this lovely message which stated that the day, when a woman, all alone, walking down a lonely dark lane is not considered a prey, a liability, but rather a responsibility, would be the real women's day! Absolutely!! In the meantime, let us take care of ourselves every which way!!!
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