There is a list of powerful ladies -- Indira gandhi, Kiran bedi, Sonia Gandhi, Sarojni Naidu and many more. But if you would go a little beyond centuries there is one woman I worship. Rani Laxmi Bai. Think about the time she was born in! 19th century for God's sake!!!! I mean that was the time when women were considered mere objects, slave to men , powerless entites and so on. This lady fought a whole battle in these times. Not alone mind you! She had this little baby tied to her back! I mean this nari shakti thing came into existence only when somebody actually had the realization that women are not just supposed to be bossed upon and fucked upon to produce kids and "satisfy" men. They were real actual human beings who should be treated as individuals. But I am not very strong with history and i am not sure when did this women empowerment wave started. What i am sure of is that way back then -- when Rani laxmi Bai was there, there was no nari shakti ki lehar. To add to this she was a widow. Wiodws were considered bad luck and were encourged to burn themselves with the corpse of their husband ...because they would not have any life once their husbands were dead?????? ( who ever came up with this ridicolous thought???) Anyway my point is hats off to this woman who against all odds went up their and fought with the strongest of the army. I mean WOW!!! If somehow magically I am allowed to time travel (wow ..idea for another blog ;)) I am sure to go up, meet this lady and salute her for what she is. Ofcourse I cannot deny the fact that she was brought up in a family where women were considered equal ( Kudos to the family here)
Just imagine if all the families were like her family! We would not have needed a women's day ..no 33% reservation bill! Because we would not have needed them. It would just have been about being an individual! nothing else!
This one lady made the men in the english army salute her! Jhansi today is known only because of "Jhansi ki rani" .Kudos to God for creating such an awesome and marvellous human being.
I quote Subhardra Kumari here
Bundelo har bolo ke muh se humne suni kahani thi
Khoob ladi mardani woh to jhansi wali rani thi!
Really ....hats off!!!!!!!
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