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All I see are men - International Women's day

Perhaps the starting should be harsh, hard and strong. The biggest curse for women's rights today aren't the butt hurt patriarchal chauvinists, but those who are capitalising on it. For as long as women's rights aren't fully achieved, there shall always be millions of organisations that pretend to fight for it to prey on the fame such a movement provides. What people often don't look upon or wouldn't even try to understand the simple difference between a revolution and a movement. The latter is only a beginning for the former and to achieve the deprived rights, what's required is a revolution. Unfortunately the million pretentious activist organisations seem to engage in the temporary movements rather than even try to ignite a spark for a revolution. 2023 Women's day was no different and the same has simply been a movement rather than spark a revolution.

The state sponsored women's day programs had a colorful taste while mixed with Holi. What the government seems to forget while conducting mid night marathons for women, is the fact the very same women who wish to participate in the same are captive in their hostels after 9.30PM due to the same government releasing orders to do so. Unfortunately this time, this practice that has been happening for decades weren't challenged by the so called activist organisations nor did they want to create a revolution but decided to have a mere movement of temporary nature. The unscrupulous agendas of these psuedo activists organisation with vested agendas, use days such as women's day to do nothing but merely capitalise on it. The role political organisations, especially the students' wing of the same, are the ones that have are cashed the most through such methods. The students'wing of the party in power till date hasn't decided to take their protests to the ground against the illogical chains of curfew on women but instead felicitates the minister of higher education and would provide ear to the minister's words of freedom of women while being in the very same campus that shuts it's gates for women after 9.30PM.

It is flabbergasting to see that on women's day alone, the women's wing, which in itself is only a sub-committee of the students'wing decides to conduct an all women's parade and campaigns without the presence of a single male stduent. It was never only the men who fought for the country's independence, it was never only the men who fought for the revolution against corruption, it was never only the men who have brought down tyrants but why is it only women who would fight for women's rights? When are men going to take up responsibility for the crimes they have done against women in the world's largest democracy? The ultimate question is why are these women "leaders" of the political students' wing only active on March 8th and never to be seen speaking loud until the next year? 

For the programs conducted by the government in relation to women's day, the stadium was jam packed with men. Even on days like this, women are chained from celebrating their day past the sun down. For how long is this atrocities going to last has one simple answer. For as long as these activist organisations decide to capitalise on it. In a world where there are no human rights violations of any sorts, the ability to capitalise on human emotions would shrink into such a huge minimum that there wouldn't be any left to be exploited. Hence for as long human rights violations exist, activist organisations shall flourish but never the rights. The true intention of the organisations are to change or else there would never be a radical transformation.

For a revolution to happen, there can be no smiles. It has to be the hard way. As time has proved it, for a revolution to happen, blood shall be shed. The doubts on whether the people pushing for movements do have an intention of igniting the fire for a revolution, is something for which the answer exists in people's mind but wouldn't say it out loud. For as long the ideas of men are propogated through women, there shall be no day when the sun shall rise upon a woman who has her rights unoppresed. For as long women are 'allowed' to only speak on women's day, there shall be no equality. For as long there are mere movements, there shall be no revolution. For as long as there is no revolution, women shall only be celebrated for only 24 hours. For as long there exists a women's day without an ideology, all I see are men.



Glimpses from 2023 Women's day at Trivandrum



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