Jan 3, 2019
“Welcome to congress” by Barry Blitts
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“Welcome to congress” by Barry Blitts
New Yorker´s cover in las Noviember, 2018 featuring a cover which reflects the rising number of women taking part in the USA´s congress.
When you left, my ego was screaming and crying, because suddenly nothing seemed to make sense anymore. I felt like I’m losing control, like all life was being drained and sucked out of me. Through this insane roaring and shouting though, I heard a whisper coming from my soul, gentle yet very clear. I took a deep breath and heard its kind voice saying: “Thank god. I’m finally free again.”
moments of clarity
A letter to all women of 2021
Let’s set this thing straight first, this letter is not to empower you or tell you who you are. This letter is neither to budge you, push you or pinch you.
This letter is neither a reminder of your brilliance nor a list of expectations.. rather a humble note of gratefulness.
I know, everyday is a struggle for a lot of us. Irrespective of whether you are a homemaker or a working woman, it took us a long time to feel the freedom that we deserve. To be honest, the mission is still incomplete. Read More
Frankly, I just wanna be with myself for a while. Date myself, treat myself well, be there when I need myself, discover new things about myself, take new paths and explore new aspects of life. It’s time for my awakening to something other than a man.
Long Live the Women!
Every Year this date passes off to me as another day . This one would have been no different, had Nimi, my sixteen year old daughter hadn’t asked me what gift should we give Amma on women’s day ?
I confront her what does it mean and why the special day for women? Nimi goes on to explain that this is the day that International Women's Day (IWD) is dedicated to recognize women's achievements in various fields and also points out to the gender equality and so on... Well this pushed me for a walk down the memory lane, triggering my thoughts about the women whom I grew up with , women who were responsible for my learning , those whom I admired for their wisdom at work and life. thought this was a good time to pause and say “Thank you !”
Growing up with five sisters and being the youngest of them made a different upbringing experience. After losing both my parents by 18, I was like someone who lost his rudders while rowing a boat and was experiencing a difficult journey in the sea of life. Most of the sisters qualified to be my mother by age and their experience, took me on their wings and groomed me all through and their That little one feelings towards me remains unchanged even now ! Everything of mine –education, marriage, home and more is a result of the five mothers.
I grew up watching these five women at home who were dedicated to education – a core common activity – followed by painting ,Indian classical music and oratory (one of them extended this strength to a lawyer’s profession) and above all practiced common family values This was good enough modelling for me to take it forward with me, which am carrying forward today.
Also carrying forward today is the efforts of my many teacher Ms Celine at school who taught me maths when 2+2 was 5 for me .She used to take me to her teacher’s hostel in the evenings and never let me go home unless I finished the homework and recite 1-20 tables. When I impressed her enough I would return home with a Cadbury’s in my hand! Ms Jayashree was another teacher whose charms and knowledge of physics combined with her teaching ability triggered my physics interest (of course I didn’t become a physicist !) speaking of teachers the list is endless will bring it up on other day. Now my heart felt gratitude to all of those teachers who kindled my love love learning .
There are many women from different walks of life, I have hardly spoken out in open but admit that I have been quietly admiring them –Helen keller, Mary Curie , Jhansi laxmi Bai , Kittor Chennama, Sania Nehwal, PV SIndhu , , Indira Nooyi and again the list goes on.All these women have inspired me at a time I was looking up to an external stimulus to walk chin up on several of my grim moments. I did walk chin up as i read their stories or watched them on screen Thank you ladies !
Back home ,my wife has been walking along with me holding my hands – to this date I thought she is holding my hands because she needed my support – now looking back I realize that she has been constantly leading and holding me from falling off the edges of life A big thanks to this women and her thankless role !
My daughter Nimi though sixteen, is my young critique and is always the little one for me. Often she critiques and corrects me – I know it should have been the other way round – whether it’s my ancient English pronunciation , today’s etiquette , my dressing sense or my tech using abilities.In all these I see a teacher and my mother’s qualities and that fails to provoke my anger .In fact I learn from her criticisms. Thank you little one !
Above all - most importantly - my mother who silently bore all the pains I gave her as an infant and all the tantrums I threw at her as a teen. She inscribed values in me that – perhaps only I can understand its importance – has kept me going no matter where or what am (doing) in life. Thanks is too small an expression for her !
Well wrapping up my thanks giving for this season by placing two facts – One, this world needs talents and strengths to survive and it draws from anyone ,no matter which gender has it and the second this world cannot exist without women .So, Long Live the Women !
//Sometimes when I want to give or take away from Vesna is not just for balancing her and graduatly make her op is also about necessity. For example unless it's for specific verses she dosent really need to use a gun. Even at her worst she is able to slowly but surely regenerate her health, or be dormat for week most and at best she can literally destroy a metropolis and an army and as she gets her Primordial form her powers transcend her domains.So I feel that somebody like her also needed to use a gun is also kinda unnecessary. But she does like to finger gun when she is able to explode someone's head by able to magicly sprout a thorny Bush out of someone's brain.
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