February Issue

Feature
Women
Empowerment
Has Taken Place or, Has It?
When most often people are asked
about the definition of strong
independent woman, the first
thought that strikes their mind is
women who work fiercely in order
to develop their career and are
financially independent are strong.
A pretty lucrative and smart
definition of a woman or is it? So
what about all those homemakers
who have been better in home
sciences and have managed
to ensure that the half of the
workload of all the other members
of their family is burdened to them
gracefully?
We all love looking at cover photos
in magazines admiring the flawless
beauty of all those models who have
left no stone unturned to make sure
that they look gorgeous at every
freaking hour of the day. But wait!
The duty of those women demands
only beauty or does it? Do we also
recognize their intellectual capabilities,
their interpersonal skills and their soft
skills like their dynamic personality
which might have entitled them into
the position of a supermodel before we
curse them for having made it to the
top because of having the god-gifted
quality of beauty?
We all love to have a leader who
can both teach us what to do while
treating us genuinely and with
humanity but does the case remain
the same when the designation of the
leader has a Ms./Mrs. in the signboard
and not a Mr.? She might have made
it to the top sacrificing her dignity
or had she? Do we ever consider the
efforts she might have made, the early
mornings and the late nights she
might have faced and the stress she
might have suffered to achieve that
position?
32 Versatile | MARCH-CHAITRA 2018