Yesterday in a heated argument with my brother he said you will go after marriage then I will rule the house.
All of a sudden my 12 year old younger brother just came and whispered in my ear that I have an idea for you to write about.
And I asked what was his idea?
He said that he has very simple question to ask.
And I asked what is your question?
He asked me that why after marriage girls have to leave their houses? I have never seen any boy leaving his house after marriage and going to the girl's place.
I had no answer to this question. Moreover I tried to explore and think but I got nothing to write about this.
All were just random thoughts that in India parents say that their son is their heir because he will give them grandchildren and they will expand their family name in coming generations.
One question came to my mind at this thought was that the girl who call them mom and dad is also their daughter. She also have the same DNA
Moreover, she will also give birth to their grandchildren after getting married.
Their son is just going to give his sperm but their daughter will give her 9 months and will go through a lot of pain. So, who is the real heir?
So you can see I got a question while searching for an answer.
Although our law has given the daughters a right in her parents property and belonging but still our society is not ready to give them that right.
At this point, an incident comes to my mind.
A boy in my class said that his sister got married and we gave her 15 or 20 lakhs as dowry, I don't remember the exact figures. Then he said now she have no right on anything and the house and everything belongs to him and if she ever turns up and asks for anything then our society will spit on her. This was the exact word he used "society will spit on her".
After realising that his image is at stake in front of his friends and after receiving angry looks on others faces he covered up by saying that I don't mean I will not help her if she gets into any problem. I will always be by her side whenever some bad happens to her. But this asking for her right is not acceptable in our society.
I'm actually confused and that younger one's question is really taking up my whole energy. I can't answer him and today after school he will be back to me with his question.
Kids have a very pure mind and soul. Free of all bad things. They think freely and act freely. They don't understand society and the thoughts of their neighbours doesn't matter to them. All they know is the difference between right and wrong.
Honesty speaking this kid has taught me a lot from the day he is born. I find his thought process and his ways of doing things very different. Very pure soul and a mind full of justice. But he is scared to share his thoughts with his elders because he always gets scolded by them.
So he always comes to me and share everything with me.
Now I couldn't find his answer so I'm posting it here. I hope someone will answer this question.
What do you think about this? Answer this question with honesty. Your honest answer is going to shape a thought in that young child's brain.
Regards,
Himani Tokas
Their are lot of grammar mistakes and sentence framing mistakes in this article. Kindly ignore them as my cellphone's battery has almost drained and right now I don't have time to correct everything.