Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Indian women can do it too!!!!

To most Indian women marriage is a sort of end of the story. It is still a fairy tale of girl meeting up a boy or vice a versa, falling in love and live happily ever after. My story is not a happily ever after or there is no story after marriage. Somewhere we get lost as there is a lack of purpose because none of the stories or films have tried to answer what next.

My story begins with neither falling in love or getting married but an ever after. This is related to that part of life which is more alive and vibrant as it was before. The purpose behind writing this blog is that marriage is not an end of life but a new beginning. Most Indian women especially belonging to small cities assume that it is only their responsibility to take care of home and family. While doing this if they think about a career it is a vice.

I am not going to do any moral preaching or anything because each individual is unique and lives his/her life their own unique way. This is my story which begins at the age of 30. An age when we think we have almost achieved what we worked on. Generally, women who want to experience motherhood have been blessed with two or more kids to look after. We establish ourselves career wise as well. But here I am getting married at age of 31 and leaving my stable job of university teaching, move out with my husband to settle down in a different part of the world.

For most wise people in the world this move might sound insane but it is not so. It is fresh beginning- a new country, a new city, a new address, a new name tag and a new life to experience. It has been four months since I have reached here. Within this time span i have added so many new experiences that amaze me. It takes a great deal of courage to come to terms with your surroundings but once we take the initiative it is done.