The Whole Woman : Of Queens & Whores.

Yessssss !
Finally I am visible to the world ! Just got added to the Women Blogger's ring ! A very satisfying end to a not-so-satisfying day. I can finally be who I am, say what I want, and have an existence NOT governed and ruled and controlled by every other entity except myself. Very satisfying indeed.

Just read an article, a few days ago, in the Times about the crisis that gender selection has caused in large parts of Northern India. The steep imbalance in the male-female ratio has caused a rip in the fabric of society. I would have thought (wishful thinking, i suppose !!)that the steep decline in the no. females whould cause them to be treated as Queens, instead they have been turned into Whores ! Why am i surprised, really ??? Hasn't power routinely been used to subjugate, control and abuse ??? Isn't that the norm rather than the exception in the so called 'civilised' world that we live in today ??? Whatever the situation, male-female, rich-poor, black-white, young-old, employer-employee, hasn't always power being the deciding, controlling factor ??? It would be Utopia, indeed had it been otherwise. NO. I am most definitely not surprised. At the end of the day, its about the politics of power. Mr. Picasso was certainly right in painting the woman blue (whatever his personal blue periods !!) and of course what better way to depict the fragmented woman than the cubist way !

Having said all that, I think I can safely conclude that, at the end of the day, neither Queens nor Whores can remotely be 'whole' by any means of standards so long as they remain women.