Thursday, October 12, 2017

Feminism: a Legal and Moral Obligation

I am a feminist. But no, I do not advocate for men leaving their seats for women or them holding the door open for the latter. Those are a matter of personal perspective and have nothing to do with feminism. What I hope for is equality between different genders. What is so wrong with that?
First of all, let me tell you that the dictionary definition of feminism is the belief that all genders should be treated equal. Either you have that belief or you don't. If you choose to believe in that idea, you are a feminist. If you don't, then by definition you are a sexist. There is no in between.
Second, "the liberation from the male society" ,whatever the heck that means, is not the idea behind feminism. Like I said, it just about creating equal opportunities for male and their female counterparts. Now at this point, I do have to accept that there are certain self proclaimed feminists who are in for the liberation movement. They are called or should be called femi-Nazisist, not feminist.
As the third and final point, I want to talk about the need for such a movement in our society. Researches show that progenies of an educated mother is guaranteed to perform better than those of an uneducated mother. So essentially, when you are educating a woman and opening all the spectra of opportunities for her, you are bringing up her whole family and by that you are bringing up the whole nation.

Equality is a constitution given right to every citizen of this great nation. How am I the bad person for demanding it? 

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

എന്റെ ചുറ്റും

എന്റെ ചുറ്റും എരിയുന്നൊരു ലോകവും
അതിൽ പെട്ടുഴലുന്ന കുറെ മനുഷ്യരും
ബന്ധുവും ശത്രുവും ആരെന്നും എവിടെന്നും
ഗ്രഹിച്ചെടുക്കാൻ  അകക്കണ്ണു കൈവിട്ടു പോയവർ .

വന്ന വീഥിയിൽ നഷ്ടപെട്ടതെന്തോ
തിരികെപ്പിടിക്കാൻ ചിലർ.
ദൂരെ ഒരു വെട്ടം കണ്ടു
അങ്ങോട്ടോടി അടുക്കാൻ ചിലർ.

നിത്യവും വിളക്കുവെച്ചു ആശിച്ചതൊക്കെയും
തീരാത്ത നോവായി ഇടനെഞ്ചിൽ ഏറിയപ്പോൾ
പറക്കാൻ ഒരുക്കിയ ചിറകുകൾ രണ്ടായി വെട്ടി
അലറുന്ന തിരമാലക്കവർ  എറിഞ്ഞു കൊടുത്തവർ .

അറിഞ്ഞുമറിയാതെയും ചെയ്ത തെറ്റുകൾ
കൂട്ടിക്കിഴിച്ചും കുറച്ചും ഗുണിച്ചും
 ഫലമത്തിന്റെ താൻ അനുഭവിക്കുനെന്നു
ശങ്കിച്ചവർ ഒടുക്കം വിധിയെ പഴിചാരി.


Wednesday, August 9, 2017

ചങ്ങല (The Chain)

വിണ്ണിൻ മേലെ ഉയരുന്ന മേഘപടലമായ്
ഒരമ്മതൻ നൊമ്പരം .
എടുത്തു വളർത്തിയ കരംകൊണ്ടു തന്നെ
അന്ത്യ കര്മങ്ങങ്ങളും ചെയ്തോരച്ചന്റെ വിങ്ങലും.
ചുറ്റും തളം കെട്ടി നിൽക്കുന്നു
ആ മാതാവിൻറെ  താരാട്ടുപാട്ടിന് ഈണം.
വീഴാതെ തങ്ങി നിൽക്കുന്നു
അവളുടെ കണ്ണിലെ കണ്ണീർ പുഷ്പ്പങ്ങൾ.
വെള്ള പൂശിയ രാഷ്ട്രീയ നേതാവിനും
ചുറ്റും നിരക്കും  പടയാളികൾക്കും
അവരുടെ ആശ്വാസവാകുകൾക്കും
അവളുടെ നെഞ്ചിലെ തീയണക്കാൻ ആയില്ല.
നേരിന്റെ വഴിയേ പതിയെ ചലിക്കവേ
നെഞ്ചകം രണ്ടായി കീറി മുറിക്കവേ
നീറുന്നൊരോർമ്മയായ് മാറിയ ഉണ്ണിക്കു കൂട്ടായ്
അവരും പതിയെ യാത്രയായ്.

Monday, February 27, 2017

Redeeming

Open up. Do I really dare?
Guess it does not really matter
Coz I am such a good an actor
Can look at her again tomorrow, like I really care.

Hate myself for the fake I am
For not saying what needs to be said
Next minute I get up to say, "yes mam"
"I agree". Nodding my head to whatever she say.

 I asked myself for reasons
I didn't find any
But I realize I am one of the many
Who changes according to the season.

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Why do I insist on staying

Why do I insist on staying,
When it's time to give up?
Why do I keep on fighting,
When nothing goes right anyway?
Till when should I keep pretending,
to believe in a better tomorrow ?
Till when should I fake smiling
midst of all these miseries?
Why do I insist on staying,
When it's time to give up?

Why do I insist on staying,
When I know it's time to give up?


Sunday, January 8, 2017

Origin of the "religion"

If you put a group of people with no previous knowledge in a geographically isolated area, they will start to pick sides and eventually form different groups. Soon enough, they will start wondering about how they came into being. Of course, the first answer they could possibly come up is that a creator with super human ability created them. Where is he now then?  easy answer is -up in the sky- which is blue, have white clouds floating - as he is all powerful, he should be residing above us watching over each and every one of us. And if that is the case, there should be a bad guy to fight the good guy. Obvious enough, since the good creator is up there among the clouds, and the bad dude, should have his castle beneath the ground. Different groups formed will give different types of attributes and characters to their own form of creator. As soon as they learn to communicate and find a way record their ideas, they will try to use those techniques to spread their own beliefs. They will eventually write books about what they think the creator is all about. They will add the concept of morality and some stories to make their beliefs appear more convincing. They will teach it to their children, who in turn will teach it to their children. As the cycle continues,they will start fighting each other and maybe killing each other arguing who is right and who is wrong.  A few thousand years later, we have a new set of "religions", new set of "morals" and a new set of "Gods".