Lekhny post -09-Dec-2021

            UNLEASH ME FROM THE THRESHOLD OF ALL THE CLUTCHES.

If I get a chance to unleash myself from all the straps holding me and rooting me deeper and deeper, drowning me into the deep, dark well of depression, I would scream loud and fly up in the air. The phony, annoying rules and society's regulations make me think, what are we up to? Every social issue makes me sadder and more agitated.

Born in a country where women are worshipped, I feel so lucky to be one. Women are considered icons of knowledge, wealth, and strength. They are celebrated and venerated. Yet, there are instances where their plight is so desperate. They are treated with cruelty. They are beaten and brutally handled. They have become an item of entertainment. They are suppressed and are treated inferior to men. The growing cases of rapes and child molesting make my mind blow off with anger. If I get the strength and opportunity to be more potent than this society dumps, I will exchange their souls with a woman and show them how revered we are. We are not dolls to play with. They will learn never to touch a woman without her consent. They will realize the complexities a woman goes through.

If I get a chance to break the clutches, I will stand and stare at those indecent boys the way they stare, a gaze to undress just with gawk. Probably that would make them comprehend how awkward women feel.

I will glue the lips of all those gossiping and sulking people who find fault in every act a girl does. They are always behind others, saying, when will you get married, have a baby, it is a pity you cannot give birth, and so on. Grow up, ancient people. Why are you still stuck in the orthodox and primitive society? Bother your life, please. Today's women are more independent. They do not need marriage to give birth to a baby. Today a woman can become a mother without a nagging and dominant man through IVF. Women can become mothers without a womb by adoption, and many celebrities are an example of this.  Yet, we respect the age-old custom of marriage. A fantastic, understanding and good-humored husband is bliss to live along. Would you mind living and letting us live? To live peacefully, we need to glue the lips of such sassy and nagging people.

If I can, I will drag all those who divide society in the names of religion, caste, and creed to stand in the hot sun and ask whether it differentiates giving its heat to them and others? Does the wind or that plants distinguish? I would punish them by throwing them away from our country, which is very secular and where people have the right to speak and follow their will, to a remote place where there is no inhabitation. It will be the best punishment for them to know that nature never differentiates between anyone. Life is a virtual gift from God. Bifurcating it in the name of trivial things is like insulting His creation. Let us respect everybody's beliefs and religion.

I would cancel all the degrees of the authority people, who play with the patients' lives just in the quest to earn a more worldly gain. Unnecessary medicines, tests, and operations to make money have filled awe in people's minds. Is money more significant than life? Those who have taken an oath and ignored it should not be part of such a noble profession. They are not worthy of it and are hypocrites.

I would fly up in the air and feel the freedom one would suppose, leaving behind every threshold. I would fly high up in the sky with no one to hold me, recognize me, and blame me. It will be total bliss.  Life would be magical and celestial if everyone enjoyed their freedom, liberty to live, breathe, and enjoy their life the way they like.

                                        NOOR TABASSUM

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