Drops of happiness

  Women empowerment is a term widely used these days in all sectors. Extra steps are taken to add diversity at workplaces and  encourage gender equality. Despite all these efforts going on, I still feel there is a fundamental problem that lies within the root. Do women feel free in their own surrounding? Can they express their true opinion or thoughts without being judged? Every woman must ask this question to their inner self and listen to the answer that comes from within. Do you feel free? If yes, then you can skip reading this post. Let's trace back in time to understand this concept a little in depth. Historically the idea of a happy home is being tied to women's shoulders. A woman’s first responsibility is to her family, caring for them and making the home a happy place. It's very difficult to change this law of society as it's believed to be a task bestowed upon women by nature itself. By nature, women are caring and emotional. It's not restricted just to h...

Every adult in this world must have asked this question at least once in their lifetime. Why me? Why did this happen to me?  When there is a deviation in our daily life, when adversity hits us, the first thought that comes to mind is this phrase. What follows is a series of self-recrimination. What did I do wrong? For what am I getting this punishment? What could have been done differently to avoid this? No wonder I had these thoughts several times in my life. Few of them I remember quite clearly. When I was a teenager, I faced a situation that broke me badly from inside. That was my first encounter with what I called a failure back then. I practiced hard for an event and did not win the competition. The inner self of me could not just accept that fact and I remember crying for several hours and did not eat food even. After the initial crying phase was over, I went to my mother with this question. Mommy, why did I not win? Why did this happen to me? I gave my hundred percent; ...