Friday, 15 February 2013

The Indian Bride


What left for a Woman is a Fragile Soul and a Durable Heart! 


What else to think too much? The human being who was made of fragile soul can be none other than a woman. While the whole universe praise woman like a precious gift from God, why still she face the dominated life in earth? Especially when you are born in a country who thinks Women's voice should be bounded inside the four walls, how can the world assume that she was a miracle of God? Do any superficial power bounded her with invisible curbs around the fragile soul?


When a girl is born, Pappa Mumma will treat her like a princess of home. Then when do the princess mode changes to burden? The age when she enters, adolescent,  parents will be putting her resume to marriage market like a bull who was ready to wait for the favorable butcher to crush it into pieces. Bargain for the best deal, considering the body she carries, the words she spokes (if she don't speak a word, then she is the best according to market value)! Is it that what a girl's life is to be?


Then all the way she was adopted to another ambiance with new human beings. There also, no choice but have to forcefully accept what she got and adjust with what her parents chose. She has to live with a man whom she doesn't even know till yesterday, but must have to become everything from today. (This is must, or else the rest of the life she is alone). Then another phase of domination. Your body language, the attitude everything was now under someone's domination. What she has as her own, is two ears, but nothing else! She only can hear, there's no choice of accept or reject. Whatever she hear, she has to obey. (If not, the next day, she will be either at her home or have a signature on her forehead, that she was not worthy to have a married life).


Her responsibility not yet completed by fulfilling her Partner's wish. If she was an Indian bride, then yes, she is not marrying to a boy but to boy's family. She now have the role to satisfy her own parent's wishes and her in-Law's parent's wishes, and along with that, her Better-Half. (While Parents says, don't eat meat and In-Laws says don't eat veggie and husband says don't eat rice, Her meal was supposed to be composed with bread and butter for the rest of life! This is quite funny but true.)


Life goes as on. Every girl who says,' I'm having a happy married life' is just a matter of Luck! Those successful arranged marriages, people around thinks that its because of something they did, that relation become successful (Probably the guy was selected by parents after 20 or more round of investigation). If it goes wrong, then the only words, you can hear is the compassion or empathy towards her. Yet, nothing going to change her life. And if by chance its a Love marriage ended up as failure, the same world will criticize her, but no compassion or anything expect a couple of advice ( She must hear these words, You chose and now you regret, We are not responsible!). At the end, no one except she and her own soul will be together.


Now you might think why i should have criticized the Indian Marriage System now, Yeah,true, I was in soon-to-be-victim status. its true that my future is same like the state of see-saw predisposition. It can either fall to fortune side or un-fortune side. But whatever it is, same like another girl, what I left is either "I'm having a happy life" or a bunch of empathy or a couple of criticism.


Imagine its because a girl born in India, she receive a fixed deposit of fortune till her youth ends. And the rest of life, is like Insurance. You give up everything and listen to your Better Half and In-Laws, u will receive the share each month. And if you go against, the Monthly benefit stops.
Weird! But true! And yeah, this generation, for the least we can expect a better life for gals, hopefully! :)

**Inspired by the book, 'Witness the Night'