I got a propaganda
text today through whatsapp! It claimed that men who are not disturbed by wives (Kalam, Vajapayee and the like) have proved to be great leaders and lead the nation in spite of where they started their career whereas their women
counterparts proved that they can disturb the nation because they do not have husbands. Interestingly, this text
was shared by a strong woman who I respect! I was wonderstruck!
Why could she not
immediately think of Mother Teresa and the like who could heal millions of
people? What is stopping her from thinking of women who have lead the nations,
corporates and successful families in spite of men?
I am thinking of all
such brainwashing efforts made in the past! Starting from Seetha being sent to
the jungle just because someone commented on Rama's judiciary system, there are
several examples till recent movies and the whatsapp message! In 1970s, there
were movies made to show that a woman who is not educated is a much better
person than an educated woman; A decade after that, there were movies to show
that working women are arrogant, they can't run a family well. The next decade
saw movies that women can't run business; if they run, they are either stupid
& arrogant or vulnerable to the villan's plots that a hero was needed to
rescue them!!
Incidentally, I was
watching a movie that said a good wife would serve the husband alcohol at home
and she would search for his ex-girl friend and let him be with her for a day
(may be more) in spite of the fact that their married life is very beautiful and
it is very painful for her to let him be with another woman. Wow, the modern
day representation of Nalayini!! Why there is no such attempts from a man to
keep his wife happy? Does this mean that only men had a broken love? For every
man who had to forego his love to get married to another woman, there is a
woman who has lost her love, right? What happens to them? They can't choose to
be with their ex-boyfriend, though the husband is willing to let her go because the boyfriend wants her to come
without the thali & the husband has a daughter to be taken care! Wow!!
Current century film
makers have learnt not to comment on capability of women; it does not matter
anyway!! All the heroines are beauty queens who would be liked by all men for
their looks and ads portraying women as very weak willed who would drop everything
and follow men just by the bikes they ride in or the deodorants they use! Sure,
men are not going to stop their attempts to brainwash subtly. What are women
going to do about this?