Happy Father's day

On father's day, I wish to acknowledge and take the opportunity to thank all the men including my own husband, who have gone the extra mile to stand with their wives to support them in every task that is demanded of them in the current fast paced life and are still striving to reach the blissful family life.

With nuclear families being the "in thing" for the current generation and the demands of globalization of moving around the world for career needs and demands, every man is expected to share the work load equally with the woman unlike the previous generation life style where the men went out to earn and take care of the bills while the women handled all the household chores. Now with nuclear families and double income families on the rise, it is a necessity that the man shares equally all the tasks of a woman, be it cleaning the house, doing the laundry, helping with the children with their diapers,cooking food, cleaning vessels or pick up and drop from school and many more. 

It has been a marked change from the stereotypical man (not sure where this stereotype originated from - so please excuse me for using it, though I may not be very comfortable with the entire idea of stereotypes) who thinks it below him to help out his spouse at home with cleaning, laundry, children's homework, their diapers, cooking or any such thing that gets classified under the other stereotype of "Women's Work". There are many men now who work hand in hand with their spouses these days to bring a sense of equality in the family and also to help reduce the physical and emotional burden of their wives by doing so willingly and hence reducing the societal pressure of "forcing a man to do woman's chore". Thanks to all such men out there.

It is a great challenge to juggle multiple roles of a spouse, a friend, a father, a son, and a brother but the men of today do an amazing job of this and keep all the involved really contended. 

I take this opportunity to thank my love with all my heart for being there with me, always supporting me and going the extra mile to even give me complete bliss on few of the Sundays, where I can just kick up my foot and relax while he takes up managing the home completely. Thank you for being there always and making me feel that I am the most luckiest woman in the whole world to have you as my life long companion!!!!

Wishing you a very happy Father's day.

Humanity

It was a pleasant surprise to see that in the busy Vijayanagar Bus Terminus junction one kind lady was helping a very old man to reach his destination. It was also nice to see that she was not alone in this effort. And man on a two wheeler was kind enough to give the old man a lift to his destination. This positive change to help the needy is very heartening to see. Wish I go the name of the man and the lady who did the commendable job.

Satyamev Jayate

The first show is Satyamev Jayate aired today on DD National and Star network simultaneously today. The show is being hosted by Aamir Khan. The topic of discussion for the first episode of the show was a great one.... Female Infanticide. Good effort. I always believe in being self-responsible. I have always been taught by my Mom that one person bringing a positive change goes a long way in changing the society as a whole. Instead of blaming the society or the system, try working the system in your favor staying within your own value systems. If you feel something is not right, then do not do it.

Aamir conclusion of the show sent the same message. If you and I decide to change the system we can. All it needs is to tell to self that you will not do something that is not right. If each individual does this, then the system has no other choice but to change eventually. How strong are you will decide how fast or slow the system changes.

Loved the episode. It is nice to see that there are a lot of talk shows and reality shows that are not afraid to talk facts and make people aware of what really is happening around us. Hoping that all these make a positive step towards making our country a much better place than what it is now.

As Aamir says, I am proud to be an Indian alone is not enough.. What kind of India do you want the world to see? If you really want the world to see a great country, then the problems (how ever small or how ever big they are) have to removed. And this lies in the hands of the country men and women. The government, police and law will keep doing their job, but if people decide and take positive steps, it will greatly help in bringing down crime and create a dream India for the future generations.