Why is a woman given a biased look each time she is seen wearing jeans and a tee shirt?  Why is a woman expected to wear a ‘sari’ and a ‘mangalsutra’ or ‘sindoor’ to her work place or her visit to the park? Aren’t these things superficial to mark an institution such as marriage?

Every woman is now on the path of making her identity. She has felt the need to create a space for herself in this previously male dominated area.  She has found a new road to walk on and a spot to carve a successful personality for her.  She is no more the house wife…she has now become the ‘home maker’.  She has attained a level, where she can balance the daily chores and the office pressure and yet emerge to play various roles of a devoted daughter, daughter in law, wife, mother, sister.

The core of an Indian woman is deep rooted in her heart and soul. An Indian woman is defined by her ability to make relations, her purity in maintaining those relations and her devotion towards God and her family. She is gifted with a shoulder to cry on and to be a tower of patience. She can be as hard as a stone from outside but a melting candle deep inside. All these characteristics of the Indian woman are sowed so deep in her that the way she dresses hardly matters. Her affection for her children will not change whether is she wearing a sari or jeans. Her love and respect for her husband does not depend on a ‘mangalsutra’.

These issues are age old and they should not hold any importance now. If a woman feels comfortable in wearing jeans and working for the whole day then she should not be refrained for doing so. It was acceptable during the old times because the role and duties of the woman were extremely different from now.  Woman back then did not have to face the swarm of the 9:07am local train from Borivali to Churchgate, she did not have to come home tired after a long day and cook. But now a woman has to go through all this and in such a state her comfort and convenience holds prime importance.

                 What do we expect from a woman? For her carry out her duties irrespective of what she wears or for her to dress up according to the outdated customs???