The time of Corona has brought in
it the lockdown. Lockdown is the state of affairs when the whole world comes to
stand still. Any change would carry with it the innate quality of inviting
criticism both for and against it . Lockdown is no different. There may be
people who are favouring lockdown while as there is a subset of our population
which are against it too. My analysis is it happened for our good and we all
need to bear this adventure. The best part of lockdown for me has been that the
public broadcasting of the two mythological epics Ramayana and Mahabharata.
Both these epics represent the ethos of Indian civilisation and how the Indian
civilisation has evolved over the time. While the positives of the epics
circulate through the veins and arteries of the nation, one aspect has been
showing the ladies as sheer objectification. The epics have given a great moral
to us which invokes us to respect the
women folk. These epics are really significant in the current day. The
relevance of these epics is so huge in the current environment that if the
learnings from these epics are implemented in the daily life the world shall be
such a beautiful place to live in.
Few months back we had the #MeToo controversy
trending throughout the world. This controversy blew up even the biggest of the
nations and affected both rags and riches. The controversy proved one fact that
the nation or the countrymen who do not give due respect to the women are bound
to fail in the long run. It happened in Ramayana and so it happened in
Mahabharata. All these point to only one aspect “respect the women”. But alas
the same doesn’t seem to percolate down our minds. There are so many incidents
which indicate the tendency of humans will remain same irrespective of what the
situation is. Our daughters are not safe in the lockdown too. It clearly shows
our being blindfolded to the misadventures around us. But there are always
checks and balances. When humans fail nature intervenes.
Nature has given a threat in the
form of covid that any egoism shall purely destroy the humans. So let us all
reconcile with the nature lest it should be showing us the real face. And the women
are indeed the most beautiful creation of this nature. Respect her or she will
make you respect her.
I would end this with these lines
Mother is mother
Like her is no other
Daughter is the tendon
Which binds the family together.
Wife is the glue
Makes the life glow.
The moment, all the three smile
Life becomes grand just like the splendid
Nile
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