Thursday, March 7, 2013

Celebrating the weaker sex

Amidst studying for Business Law and International Marketing, and trying to stay awake during exams, and despite that, failing and napping in the middle of the exam, I forgot today is International Women's day. Happy Women's day. We are awesome, and we do not need the rest of the world to endorse the fact before believing it ourselves. We do not need anyone else to tell us what an amazing job we do, we do it because hey, we're just that awesome.
It was probably the right time to finish the third book in the Shiva Triology, The Oath of the Vayuputras. The highlight of the book was Sati, Shiva's wife. Her courage, her brave spirit, her defiance, her will to fight back, everything is so inspiring. Perhaps the real credit goes to the writer who put all this into words. Not giving away the ending of the book for everyone who hasn't been able to read it yet, reading the third book was like finishing Deathly Hollows. I don't know what to do with my life anymore. Except of course, I have two exams next week, I have to look for a place to live in the coming couple of weeks when they throw me out of my dorm, and try and impress companies so that they give me an internship. But all that aside,  I really don't know what to do with my life anymore.
The worst part for a person who reads all the time is the fact that they get attached to the characters in a story. When the book ends, or a series ends, well, it sucks. A lot. It's like you have to let a very good friend go. Foe someone who has attachment issues in real life, the world of books does not make my life any easier.
My latest music obsession is Coke Studio. If you don't know what it is, look it up on YouTube. You're welcome.
So about napping in the middle of an exam. I am a night person, so much so that I could have slept for 12 hours tonight, but instead I chose to finish a book and write a blog post. I am like this a week before my exams, the only difference being I have a coffee mug in my hand and I am constantly studying, or trying to. The result of several sleepless nights and two exams in a day was that I could not keep my eyes open during my exam. I always finish  an exam in two parts. The first one is where I finish everything I know and skip parts I have no clue about or I need to think too much for. The second part is that I actually think about those questions. A convenient solution to this is napping between parts 1 and 2. Especially if the exam involves essay questions. Again, you're welcome.
In conclusion, it was a fitting day to finish the book. Maybe at least on this day, a lot of people will finally get the most basic of arguments that if there will be no women, there will be no one to carry on the name of your family. Since complicated reasoning does not get through their thick heads, maybe this simple logic will.
Happy Women's day. Stay true to yourself, fight for yourself when someone tries to pull you down, act like a bitch if that's what it takes to get your message across, and keep that ego inflated. You're as awesome as everyone else in this world.