Ria
and Vivek, recently married and started their new phase of life. They had big mission
of setting up their home, arranging things as they had to head back to their
respective jobs soon as they had taken a lot of vacations for marriage rituals
and for long planned holiday trip.
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| Love Birds : Vivek n Ria |
started their journey undeterred.
Bounded with an invisible strings
embracing every challenge that clings.
With love they crept in their abode
to set off their life with a loving note.
Surely it was time to assemble lot of things
arranging all to make life swing.
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| Ria and Vivek making task list |
Soon it got difficult to decide
thought each work to
divide
Soon they started to
enlist
core areas they short
list.
Both sat with a paper
pen
jotted down work ten-ten
All major tasks were covered
one thing was not
discovered.
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| Vivek shrugging off the responsibility |
commenced their tasks
with great fervor
Room by room things
started to shape
no single minute they
let escape.
Ria was quick at making
decisions
Vivek too did things
with precision
finishing the work both
sat and sighed
patted each other for
the decisions right.
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| Ria thinking about laundry |
Said to Vivek,“we have one more thing to share
a major task is still
left over
but we both can surely cover.”
Vivek smiled with
surprise,
“What is left on my
side?
I am done with my
responsibility
there is no such
possibility."
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| Who will take up LAUNDRY job? |
Said Ria with a doubt,
this task we both forgot
to list down
there are lot many
clothes around."
Said Vivek “It’s not
that I forgot,
Laundry is by default
your part
Washing, drying, and
ironing…uff!
this is not my kind of
stuff."
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| Question raised |
Asha tai stammered coyly,
“I want to say something
child
from my experiences
which are gild.”
“Sir is right in a way,
Said their maid in
dismay,
no one helps for this
work
washing clothes gives a
knee jerk.”
Shouted Ria, “I wonder you telling that
being a wife of a washer
man.
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| Question raised - Source |
Mostly men opt this
profession
then what is left for
discrimination.
There is no work
today woman can’t do
in every field we have
equal ado
then why don’t men give a try
with a Laundry basket
beside.”
Added Ria,”This question is certainly
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| Need to answer - Source |
today I shall show you
Ariel makes clothes
shining as moon
In future men shall
definitely ask
why laundry was not our
task
as now it’s effortless
with Ariel
Laundry is now easy and
fun in real."
This fiction story of Ria and Vivek is actually a true story of every household, where woman are being defaulted with this task. I feel it should not be by default woman equals Woman, Ariel raised this question #IsLaundaryOnlyWomanJob, to which this post is our answer and
“I am writing for #IsLaundryOnlyAWomansJob
@Meenal
interesting verses! Ariel was a Godsent solution!
ReplyDeleteThank you Uppal, keep visiting :)
DeleteLoved your lyrical story. You said a valid point about washerman.... hehe... :)
ReplyDeleteYes Ravish Mani valid point raised, hope all men are taking note :))
DeleteSuperb style of writing. Last part of bit promotional but that is acceptable because of the initiative by indiblogger. Overall I enjoyed reading it. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Vishal for kind words. I would like to correct, this is Blogadda initiative.
DeleteSuperbly expressed in poetic verses.
ReplyDeleteIt's Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani! hahaha!
Yes Anu, ghar ghar ki kahani ek aurat ki zubani :))
DeleteVery nicely expressed with cool pics, MeenalSonal :)
ReplyDeleteCreative post!
Best wishes :)
Thanks a ton Anita, glad you liked the style :)
DeleteGood fiction but I have completely opposing views. When laundry is done by machines nowadays, why so much fuss for only putting on the machine and putting it off. Who cleans laundry by hand nowadays?
ReplyDeleteBut your post is very creative..that I must say. But understand these campaigns are used to create a sense of division in our families for promotion of such brands..
Partha, welcome to the blog.
DeleteLaundry is done by machines in most of the homes, but it's not just switching on and off of machine; it involves a series of tasks
1. sorting clothes and putting them in machine
2. taking out and drying up them
3. picking and folding
4. Sorting of clothes,
5. Ironing and arranging.
Ariel and blogadda are not saying that laundry is difficult task, it's just that they are bringing awareness in saying Laundry is not a default job for woman.
Keep visiting, liked your detailing in comment :)
hehe..so why are these brands deciding that for families. Let the individual families decide. Men too need to take care of a lot of responsibilities but yes I do agree that men do need to share some household work too, especially on weekends. The survey results are projected to show inequality, oppression in our families, and that is what is my objection. Here is my take on this topic, the bitter truth of today -
Deletehttp://themalefactor.com/2015/01/16/washing-dirty-linen/
I agree with your blog post but not with Partha. Please Partha - do the laundry yourself for a month. Don't ask your Mother or sister or wife, if you have one. If it's so easy to do then even you can do it, right?
ReplyDeleteThanks Kalpanna Misra and welcome o the blog.
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