Chapter -18
Finally the big day has arrived; Vathsala with her team
members arrived and was organizing everything, distributing the work, and
everything was in a hustle and bustle, even though she was busy with her work
her eyes were searching for Akash.
Akash upon reaching his office directly went to the place
where the program is being organized in search of her. His jaw dropped down on
seeing her. He couldn’t understand , what is making her look more beautiful , is
it because of the charm in her face or is it because of those saree she wears
or the way she flaunts herself without making it look odd , what was it making
her look more beautiful ? Today she wore a plain dark pink saree with a golden
border with a designer golden blouse, and jumkhi’s which went along with the
saree and her hair was set up with curls. The way she presents herself makes
people to admire her. He was at awe with her. He was just staring at her with
awesomeness. He regained his senses and walked up to her.
“Hey Hi” he told casually
“Hii Akash, Good morning” she said without lifting her head
and was scribbling something on to her notepad.
“You look busy” he asked
“Nope, jotting down few points for my final speech”
“Nice, can I have a look at it” he asked her trying to pull
the notepad from her
She backed away from him and told “ha ha no, that is only
for women not for men” she said winking at him.
“Hmm ok, see you then” he told and was about to leave the
place when Vathsala called him back “Hey you felt bad?”
“Nope, not at all, I can hear it when you will be addressing
these people, because I will be around, coz you may need my help” he said
winking at her, she gave him a thumbs up sign and he left the place.
And the day’s event has begun; everything was going well,
and now the final part of it, Vathsala’s speech. Akash was at the far end of
the room, waiting for this part, coz he heard a lot about her public speaking
skills. And here began her speech.
“Good evening my dear ladies” she said
“Good evening” came back the chorus from the audience
“So how was your day? Did you enjoy the activities done by
us?
“Yessssssssss” came the chorus now a bit louder
“Well, can any one of you tell, how are you feeling now?”
One lady stood up and told “You know it was like a stress
reliever, and I enjoyed a lot, hopefully everyone here I think”
“Thank you so much and that was really a great feedback from
you, actually this organization has been formed for the modern day women, yes,
in this modern day women not only plays an important role at home but also
plays an important role in the outside world.
Women face many social challenges in the current day and
age. Whether it be securing an income for her family or raising children amidst
the harsh economic crisis, a woman plays many roles... Women are often
over-worked and women’s rights are still very much an issue in many parts of
the world.
We need to empower women to face challenges by providing
tools and techniques that help to eliminate individual stress. A sense of
community spirit is created that allows women to face similar challenges as a
team rather than individually. Women need to find practical solutions to their
challenges so that each one becomes self-dependent in their own right.
You might be listening to news, reading newspaper or
magazine, you would have gone through incidents and accidents with women in
India. While any other article on women’s empowerment in India will take a look
at our rich heritage and enlightened societies of the past where women were
treated as equals, the concept of “India” itself evolved quite recently,
relative to the sum of its parts’ histories. But the TRUTH is that in the
modern India, the woman has always been a second grade citizen, no matter what
its esteemed leaders have said or done. The reasons could be varied for various
women, some women could be deprived of these opportunities because their men
don’t want them to work, the others may be restricted due to family pressures
or peer pressures. Even I myself was an strong example of one such thing” she
took a brief pause, there was pin drop silence in the auditorium, everyone was
listening intently to her every word and she continued “Yes,
it is only in India that glaring and brutal gang rapes occur frequently in a
state that is headed by a woman Chief Minister. Gender discrimination is the
least of worries for women in India, known otherwise as the fourth most dangerous
country in the world for women. Other instances of violence against women has
an astonishing and grim variety to it – with acid throwing, domestic violence
stemming out of dowry, rape, harassment and an assortment of others”
“We mainly
concentrate on helping out women in their problems, and help them in finding a solution,
and relieving them from stress from their routine work, revitalize them with
new energy”
“Sorry that was
very long, and thanks for your patience with me” with that she concluded her
speech and the whole auditorium was roaring with claps, later on continued with
awards distribution , and after that many women walked up to her to appreciate
her , and some to find a solution for their problem. It has become so late and
she was totally exhausted.
She collected
her things and was about to leave, “Hey madam, you forgot about me” she
recognized the voice and turned towards the direction smiling “Hey Akash you
haven’t left”
“How can I? I
need to help you right?” he said making a puppy face
‘Ohh Really??”
she asked him surprisingly
“Nope, was about
to leave but heard that you were here, and was waiting for you madam”
“Oh, thanks,
that’s so nice of you Akash”
“It’s my
pleasure”
And they started
walking towards the parking lot, “You have your vehicle?”
“No called up my
brother, he will come here to pick me”
“If you don’t
mind I will drop you Vathsala”
“No problem
Akash, Mohan will be here any min”
“Ok by the time
he comes, how about a coffee?”
“Yeah sure, I
really need that Akash”
“Let’s go!” he
sounded excited
He ordered
coffee for both of them, and they both took their places,
“You seem to be
tired Vathsala”
“So what else
Akash”
“I’m sorry
Vathsala for what I have done” he told with quavering voice
“About what?”
she asked surprised at the question
“…” he didn’t
answer, she understood and said soothingly
“Because of that
only Akash I have changed a lot, and I am what I am now because of that I have
achieved my dreams. Thanks a lot for that”
“Vathsalaa….”
“Now , past is past
Akash , all the best for your future , maybe lets meet again in this journey
called life once again” she said calmly and left the place
‘How can I tell
you Vathsala, I want you in my life!!? How can I?” and watched her as she left
the place.
Authored by:
Lohita Poosarla
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