Most of what I see in the name of the feminist movement is women fighting for the freedom to ‘be a man’. This Women’s Day, I hope at least a few of us choose to celebrate being a woman, and own up to what that really means.

Women and men are two halves of a whole, in a way. Neither is superior or inferior. A desire to celebrate the greatness of being a mother, sister, daughter, etc, these are nothing but a compensation for the lacuna we really feel for being forced to embody those roles. What’s so great about being any of these? 

Yes, women have been suppressed for centuries, but then women are suppressing womanhood, more than anything else. When you choose power over love in day to day life, you choose masculine over feminine, everyday. When you choose to abuse, or accept abuse, or tell someone ‘it’s all part of domestic problems’, you destroy femininity. When you allow your heart to be filled with hatred, judgment and anger, you choose to destroy the woman that you are. 

We’ve been led to believe that the masculine way is the only way of doing things. That fighting and shouting is the only way of bringing about change. So much that even people asking for peace were busy fighting with people asking for war. Because we’ve completely forgotten the way of the woman. The power of love, the power of peace, the power of compassion. 

So this Women’s Day, I hope at least a few of us make that choice. To move from hatred to love, from anger to compassion, and from war to peace. Be a woman who is a celebration every single moment of her life. 

#HappyWomensDay