Women, a tree and a bird.

I am happy to be blogging regularly these days. My husband is traveling and that gives me extra few hours to spend on my blog. In moments of loneliness when I miss him, I am left wondering. How is that in the past 6 years of our marriage, he has always found time to travel for himself. Be it visiting his family in Kolkatta or an overseas travel or a semi-holiday which he is currently enjoying.

A contemporary metaphor - Men are like mobile phones with roaming facility and women are the fixed wire line phone, always at home. Anyways that wasn't the thought that I actually sat down to capture. While pondering on this thought as to why my husband always finds time to travel to a place of his liking and why I am not able to do so....this metaphor came to my mind.

Women are like the trees. Their roots go deep into the soil where they grow. They remain rooted. They like the deep roots. They roots bring a sense of safety and security. They are also as selfless as a tree. The tree misses out on the fun of going out and seeing the world. It gives a lot...but from its fixed place where it is rooted.

Men on the other hand are like birds. The bird is free to see the world at its leisure.The bird needs the tree to make its nest. The bird needs the tree to eat the fruit. The bird needs the tree for shelter. Yet, the bird is a bird. it is free to fly. At the end of the flight when the bird gets tired, it knows that the tree will be there where it is.... The tree needs the bird too. The bird carries the pollen grains from the tree far and wide. So that the tree population grows. The bird needs the tree for its survival, without shelter there is no life.

As a modern women, I think we are in a dilemma - The tree or the bird? I want the roots, yet I want to fly and see the world. It is an internal struggle......sometimes the tree wins and sometimes the bird......Right now when my husband is away on his semi-holiday (he is actually accompanying my aged in-laws to for a pilgrimage), ....here I am sitting at home and writing this blog!!! Mostly the tree wins......no regrets

International Women's Day

As a women, what am I feeling on this day greeted as the "International Women's Day"? Is it a different feeling from any other day? Is it truly a reminder to me and those around me that I am a women? Is the reminder required? I think I am feeling slightly different today. There is this sudden spurt in the male attention all around me. All the men in my life want to make me feel more important- my brother sent me this beautiful sms in the morning, my husband was kind enough to make breakfast and my Dad too remembered that it is women's day today. Yes, I am feeling more women today.

I think the admiration is genuine. Atleast the cosmopolitan Indian man has reached a stage of advancement where he is publically acknowledging women and giving her the due credit. Well thanks to all the men in my life. I am happy being a women and very proud of my womanhood.