Recently I came across Deepika Padukone's video of MY CHOICE.
Then I read about how people were criticising the video. Is
it wrong what she said? I don't believe so.
Many comments I read asked whether infidelity was being
endorsed. That shows peoples' failure in understanding the video. In my opinion, what it means
is that every decision anyone takes is their choice, so are they themselves will reap the outcomes, good or bad. When a man fails to keep
within the bounds of marriage, the blame falls on his wife that she failed to
satisfy him but when a woman does the same, she is characterless. Why this
difference in explanation for the two choices. Why are they not given equal
standing?
A girl is asked to
come home by 6 or 7, but why is this not imposed on the boy? They can come home
early, let the girl frolic.
I know what the elders would say about my questions. It is
the way it is. But why is it so? Who will make the change?
Living outside India, I, my
sister and friends have more freedom. The type of clothes we wear, the time we
come home is more liberal but as compared to the guys, it is different. When we
walk into India, it is a worser situation.
Politicians and elders say that
if women wear such clothes(choti-choti kapde), how will men keep their hands
away. If the problem is with the boy, then why keep the girl at home?
Every decision we take is our
choice. Let us take the choice. Be it profession, clothes, marriage, life etc.
Whether you are man or woman the brunt of the choice is yours. So let the woman make the
choice. Don't tie her within the bounds of the society. Let gender not keep a
person from their choice. Let their spirits make free choices.
My writing is my choice. Your
commenting is yours.
Think about the choices you have
taken and that others have taken for you. Decide whether you want their choice
is my choice or MY CHOICE IS MY CHOICE.
