BREAKING All Stereotypes

Women have come all the way.

- Ritu Kamra Kumar

The other day, as I entered a park for my evening stroll I found many women in colourful and copious attires pampering themselves - gossiping and having yard chat.

Some were taking a brisk walk, others doing yoga and many indulged in various physical activities. It made me smile as the sight was very refreshing and rejuvenating.

How women have come all the way - their journey from home and hearth to workplace, gyms, parks, public places, and jocund joy of partaking in recreational activities has been phenomenal! Their road had been bumpy and arduous.

However looking at their pleasing personas I hummed the lines of Rabindra Nath Tagore-

"Where the mind is without fear, Where the head is held high... Into that heaven of freedom, My Father, let my country awake."

The modern age has brought in the idea of liberty, equality and fraternity. Women have become progressive and have broken the glass ceiling, opening the doors to all avenues with the key of capability and diligence.

They walk in the corridors of power with grace and panache carving a niche for themselves in every field. Be it politics, education, social activism, armed forces, corporate sectors, civil services, bollywood, media, art and culture.

The young women, these days, are enthusiastically participating in a recruiting rally under Agnipath Scheme. The self motivated candidates have trained on roads and in fields. The Army plans to induct about 1700 women soldiers over the next few years.

The Air Force and Navy, too, are in the process of inducting women fighters. Everywhere you find them in big numbers earning handsomely holding key leadership positions and acting as role models for others.

There are numerous high profile women achievers from different and distinguished sectors. They work together on sisterhood, solidarity and refuse to be footnotes in the script of their lives.