Defied... And Devoured!

From woman, man is born;
within woman, man is conceived; to woman he is engaged and married.
Woman becomes his friend; through woman, the future generations come.
When his woman dies, he seeks another woman; to woman he is bound.
So why call her bad? From her, kings are born.
From woman, woman is born; without woman, there would be no one at all.

— Guru Nanak, Raag Aasaa Mehal 1, Page 473

We call her the better half, the half that your soul resides in. It is the half that keeps us balanced, It is the half that drives the passion and the inspiration in most of us. This half ultimately completes us. Without her, we might be unaware of life...separated from love in its most pious form. 

She in all her life has been a symbol of care and suffering. She has silently agreed the fate and we have so emphatically rejoiced the arrangement through the ages. When chips were down, we summoned a certain Lady called Rani Jhansi. When the walls were crumbling the brave-heart that held the forte was Ahilyabai Holkar. When the men of the cabinet failed, the only man that had balls of conviction was named Indira Gandhi. When the sons had failed... a certain Razia rose. When Mahisasur mauled the gods, It was Durga who descended on the battlefield to save the day. When the Gonds cried for their honor, It was Durgavati who stood unshaken. When the macho men of the empires had failed Chand Bibis and Noor Jahans held the reign so magnificently.  When the foreign forces had to be kept at bay, Jijabai inspired and bosoms of Begum Hajrat Mahal fired. And when none cared for you the leper, Mother Teresa was your angel who taught you life. The freedom came when some Sarojinis stepped out, some Kasturba suffered, some Laxmi Sehgals wielded the guns as the men did not dare do so.

And yet, the baptism by fire was Sita's, the vanquishing destiny was Renuka's and the curse was Ahalya's. 

We rejoiced... for they saved our honor... they kept our values pure... for we did not have to prove our worth for them. They took the pain silently, so that we could rejoice for ever.

Even today, the Ruchikas take the fall of the fate and The Nirbhayas face the fire... The Daminis have demonstrated the best dive that our instincts can display. And, yes! Even today, We won't stand. Even today, we would so willingly justify the idiotic statement in the intellectuals who require "Dented and Painted" mirrors for their soul. 

The men have lost the balls of conviction. Let the women stand. We men have forgotten our birth. We have forgotten mother's care and love. We will never know her nine month long agony. We will never know the effort that our sister put in the cake that she baked for our homecoming. Men will be men...  All that we have given our women is pain and tears and they must learn to expect the same for the time to come. 

She must learn to catch her tears in her own hands... We are impotent... Oh sorry... We are not... We can prove that by RAPING!!! But, yes we lack the balls. 

Let the women realise this stark truth... Let them fend for themselves...

नारी, क्या तू अबला है?

तो फिर शक्ति कौन है?

तू ही बता बिन तेरे 

इंसान की उक्ति कौन है?

My dear women... Come out of the kitchen... Rake up the streets. Stop slapping the molesters. Start jabbing them with your kitchen knives. Enough of waiting for the cheating husbands. Time to kick him out. Stop praying for a son every time you conceive... He might be just another coward in this world. Give existence to another Durga... She is the one our society needs today...

नारी!अपनी शक्ति का एहसास करो,

निकलो! इस निर्लज्ज जग का परिहास करो,

चलो प्रज्वलित करो अपनी दिव्याग्नी,

न हो फिर कोई रेणुका, ना जमदग्नि|

लो अपनी शक्ति अपने हाथों में

उठाओ कदम और निर्भय चलो तूफानों में,

आज तुम बस खुद पर करो विश्वास

तुम सिर्फ अपनी नहीं, सम्पूर्ण जग की हो आस!

And, yes! If the men do indeed desire and realize... Please, there are other and better ways to prove your potency. Time is now to show your balls by standing up for the women who gave up all that was theirs, just for you! 

Please Stand up for your women... The society that does not take care of its women is as good as doomed. It is better late than never... It is still not late... Let us change and make a world where our women... God's best creation can be a treasure to behold... not to be looted.