Article of a Woman in India

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Author: Dalip Singh Wasan

Duties of a woman in India

Dalip Singh Wasan, Advocate.

In spite of the fact that woman in India could not get equal place with man in the Indian society, even then when we have a detailed investigation, we find that woman in India performs more duties and takes over more responsibilities. She performs the following duties:-

(1) She bears children and for that purpose most of her period remains under family way and she is not free to enjoy life.

(2) She is to take care of the child till five or six years when others present in the family could look after the child and help her. Prior to this age, she is the only person who takes the whole responsibilities of the child and others simply comment upon her work and conduct and that too on the adverse side and often try to demoralize her.

(3) She is responsible to ensure that everyone in the house gets his break fast, his lunch, his tea or dinner in time. She shall have to see that the ill, the old and the children get eatables as per prescription and that too in time because they shall not be sharing the food prepared for healthy people.

(4) She shall have to keep the kitchen neat and clean and even utensils shall be washed by her. She shall have to ensure that all the articles are present in the house and she is arranging articles well in time because none in the house shall bear that what he is demanding, he is not getting the same without any further delay.

(5) She shall have to keep the house neat and clean and up to date. The visitors shall be assessing the house on first look and if some bad comments are coming, then she shall be held responsible and all shall be passing adverse remarks on her and even her parents shall be commented upon.

(6) She shall have to wash clothes and then those shall be pressed by her and those shall be available to all well in time because everyone in the house shall desire that he or she should get neat and clean clothes and those should also be available in his or her ward robe.

(7) She shall have to collect all winter clothes and keep those safe and sound so that the same set of winter clothes are available to the members of the house next winter.

(8) Similarly she shall have to keep ready summer clothes for each member of the family.

(9) If someone is ill, she shall be the first person who shall attend upon him or her as a nurse.

(10)It is her duty to make it sure that every useable item is placed at a proper place and when desired by others, they could have the same from the fixed place.

(11)She has to keep herself ready for her husband who shall require that he gets refreshment when he is back from the work place and he is given new set of clothes and this man shall require her company and that too in time. He shall require afresh lady and he would not care that this lady had been at work throughout the day and is not in a mood to share with him.

(12)If she is bride at this house, there shall be no one to share her moods and most of the members in the house shall b finding time to comments upon her work and conduct and very few shall be passing on good remarks on her work and conduct. None in the house shall appreciate her work.

(13)Very few husband in India take side of their wives. Most of them listen to the comments of other members of the house and they too take side of those people and not the side of their own wives.

(14) Here in India every bride has to bring dowry items with her in her marriage and this process continues with her till she is alive. If the items are not liked by the people in this new house, they shall never spare an opportunity to pass adverse comments on the items.

(15) she remains under fear because now there are reports that some brides have been killed because they brought lower dowry items and some are forced to commit suicide. Such reports are going on the higher side.

(16) The people in the house of her in laws are taking her as their domestic servant and at times they would allow her to take rest and have treatment when she is ill or not well.

(17)The people in the house of her in laws would not allow her to participate in important affairs of the family and they are keeping such things secret from her.

(18)If she is not earning hand, none in the family shall care that she too needs some pocket money.

(19) She is the first person in the house who should get up early in the morning and start preparing tea and other items of breakfast. Others shall be getting up at their own fixed time.

(20)If the expenditure goes on higher side, she shall have to give accounts and bear the consequences.

(21)There are chances that her husband may be asking her to be modern and should have modern makeup and is not giving her spare time to prepare herself. And when she is not dancing to his tunes, there are chances that this man may go astray and may be having relations out of the marriage bonds.

(22)In India woman had been bearing that their husbands had been having their own keeps, their own dancing girls, they had been visiting the prostitutes, they may be having relations with other women and sometime these men had been found indulging in rapes and adultery..

(23)In spite of all these facts attached with the life of common woman in India, there are very few petitions for divorce from the side of women.

The woman in India is so useful, still there are reports that people are killing the girl child before it actually takes it birth and that is the reason, most of the states in India are facing shortage of women and in some of the states about 150 men remain unmarried out a lot of 1,000 men. This state of affairs shall be bringing more and more troubles for women in India because more and more women shall have to turn prostitutes functioning as such in secrecy because the unmarried men shall be in search of such women.

In spite of all efforts on the part of the society, on the part of the state, nothing notable could be done for women. They shall be getting education, training and then they may be working and earning, but the position at the house would not improve because the above sets of duties are earmarked for woman in India and men would not perform these duties. Very few men are sharing these duties with the woman of their house and therefore, she is still on the lower side and this man would never allow her equality in the house, in the society and in the state.