Ahead of Women’s Day and All the Tamashaz Surrounding It, What Women Really Need?

Not equal or identical treatment, but equal consideration and respect. 

And for that a lot needs to begin from home. Daughters shouldn’t be raised to be a much-bedecked lamb who one-day will be led to the slaughter of the wedding ceremony. Sure, it is always good to teach kids the ways to do the household chores as the common basis for survival and not because “shoshur barir lok ki bolbe!” (Literal meaning: preparing for marital life).

Girls should be raised to be ambitious, develop their personal interests, be self-sufficient and take charge of their life. Dependence of any sort can never be a choice, neither for a man nor a woman. Similarly, a woman who is career-driven even after having a baby, should not be questioned when they leave her baby at home with a nanny. And it is also not okay to call out her husband for “not being manly enough” when he is being supportive. Having said that, I understand it is a lot to ask for, especially in a society where women are deprived of their basic rights like education, and safety. And then there are also few privileged women who enjoy playing the second-sex card. But you see I am an optimist.