“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” -- Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre.
It's not an easy going job to grow up into a woman and defending herself at her roles at any stage of life.
At every other moment, a woman is taught, instilled and bombarded with the thoughts and ideas of an ideal life that she should follow and encompass. The thoughts are poured upon at every age as to what should be done at any particular stage of life.
For instance, what she should wear at ten, twelve, eighteen, twenty, and so on. Another one could be the act of how the actions should be carried out at any particular age. The deeds are being governed by societal norms. With the times, the changes are being seen, but there is not much assurance of the comfort at which women are.
It is gracious for a woman to be elegant at any age, wonderful to be fashionable and courageous to be brave at any points in the life. It requires a strong stand to bark all the set norms and baseless ideals. These are the testing times when a bold step is needed to overcome the issues and set new norms which portray a fast and forward approach for all girls and women.
One such woman that I have known who has faced life beautifully and with the best of spirits is my granny. She has faced the poverty bravely and even the riches with modesty. The humble nature that she has possessed throughout her life has been an example for the all the societies and groups she has been connected to. Because of her delivering attitude, she has been head of several social groups in the societies and mandals.
The main aim of her life has been to fight against the stagnant society. She wishes everyone to step out and achieve success and laurels in life. To fulfill this aim she has knocked several doors, talked with kids, mothers, fathers, of all age groups so that break the shell and come out of the comfort zones. She never raised her pitch to convince for any good to the society. Her persistent and consistent efforts have been fruitful.
With her learning and invoking attitude, she learnt the art of healing the physical injuries such as breaking of bones n cartilages, cervical problems and knee problems. She has been known for her doctory skills, now that age factor seems to set in that she has to forcibly give up on them. She is well versed in ayurvedic medicines without any official education. For her these services, she has been publicly available at all the times.
Also, she has a beautiful voice and delivered lessons and classes to the local populations about the importance of music, culture and heritage. She has been a staunch deliverer of the human art forms in the best form she can through encouragement. Now, that she no longer delivers vocal lessons, she has been asking kids and enthusiasts around to pursue and enroll themselves in several activities.
A cook that she is, I have learnt a lots of kitchen and cooking ethics from her. The simplest and the most complex food items that I know today are through her efforts. She has delivered sessions of cooking classes too, when one day I requested to go for it in her later 60's days.
She has been "a wonderful daughter" as I have known from my great grandfather, "a lovely wife and a beautiful person" that I got the comments from my grandfather, "a caring and humble mother" from my uncles and aunts, and "an inspiring granny" from her grand kids, and last but not the least "A lady of toil and perseverance" by me!!!
