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Since the time a girl is born, she is considered as a marriage material, someone whose sole purpose of existence is to be married and sent off with a man. Whenever a girl is born, parents say, “Dua karen ke naseeb ache ho meri bachi ke”, no one says, “Dua kare meri bachi business sambhale ya chand pe jae ye politics me ae”. A girl in our society is raised in a way that “Agley ghar jana hai” and she spends her entire childhood teens and youth with that phrase.

Then comes the time where she has to be married off to a man whose gender is the only thing they put into consideration, that’s it! Nothing else is seen or asked for! A girl is educated, talented, beautiful has lots of attributes that the pathetic man wouldn’t be even near to. But equality is not even a question she just has to be discarded and given to a man by which the family could achieve success and get a gold medal a rewarding purpose fulfilled. People come and people go.

They examine you from top to toe, take your interview where you have to give a 30-minute presentation of yourself get all dressed up like it’s eid. And then they will reject you for the most bizarre reasons is ki height 2-inch kaam hai ye khobsorat nai hai and in 90 percent of the cases, they won’t even tell the reason behind no. I hate the way they come, eat and reject for no reason! The girls of my age group have to bear this humiliation because “ache rishte aise he nahe aa jate”. You’re not on shopping where you see 4 girls per day reject them all and look for other girls!

I just want to make a point here that stop hunting for rishtas like you’re out for shopping, stop humiliating and degrading girls, beyond looks and beauty, they are educated and talented and look at the flaws inside your own pathetic son. Every time you see a single lady, don’t go all crazy over her to ask “Shaadi kab karoge!” She has a bright future even without a man.

And to parents of daughters, I want to say that you educated her, brought her up, don’t look at the age, it’s simply a number don’t think aray 22 ki hogai shaadi nai hui. Look at her achievements and encourage her to pursue her dreams. Don’t tell her every now and then that you need to be withered off with a man your purpose of existence is not fulfilled until then.