Some men have many problems with women
doing stuff. Little things, big things and sometimes just anything. And it’s
not only just men, but sometimes even other women who have problems with other
women doing stuff that they cannot or did not do. This is much more conspicuous
in the Indian society since we have this moral code of conduct for women that
was established somewhere around the time of the birth of Christ.
According to this code, which has not been
revised since then, women only have to do things expected of them and taking
the road less taken is considered an obvious sign of bad parenting and entirely
too much freedom. A woman roaming with men is BAD, a woman talking to a group
of men is BAD, a woman staying out late at night is BAD, a woman who dares to
love is BAD, a woman who takes pleasure in life is BAD and a woman who has what
one may term a ‘bad habit’ is definitely out of hand. Somebody control that
woman!
One such problem that the Indian society has
with women is that they smoke. Are you shocked too? Did you not know that some
women do hold the stick of death between their fingers and gloriously inhale
the waft of tobacco that helps them forget your lecherous stares and absolute
disgust? Well then you too need to revise your morals (and general knowledge)
to the 21st century edition.
Let’s face it, women do smoke. And there is
nothing one can do about it. You know why? Because India still is a free
country where people can still do what they want to with their own bodies. And
this is not a new phenomenon, women have been smoking for hundreds of years and
in some cultures, women actually smoke with their men from pipes attached to
burning coals, water and tobacco.
So why are people today surprised to see a
woman smoke?
Because they are taught so.
Men have observed that women of ‘good
standing’ do not smoke or drink or get high in any way. It is just wrong. They
are supposed to inhale only the smoke that emanates from the biryani they are
cooking – in the kitchen – their rightful place!
It is disheartening to see that even people
of this generation in India continue to feel this way about women. I’ve had
some encounters with such people and although it is quite disgusting, my lady
friends and I take great pleasure in scandalizing these people; makes for a
great story over the next day’s ‘chai-sutta’ session.
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