Women!

Women... I have never given this word a separate thought. I never felt the need to divide my set of acquaintances into men and women to analyse it. Only headlines about Womens' Reservation and such things made me sometimes ponder over the existence of bifurcation in human mind based on sex.
When I joined this institute, I was neither a feminist nor a misogynist. As I said, women were just human beings for me. Then, in this semester, in a course that I luckily didn't opt for, people witnessed the bitter side of feminism. No offence to women or feminism though, but under a chauvinist prof, girls got a free hand to portray their rally for feminism through their presentations. I luckily missed them all, but my friends who suffered and also lost marks for not being feminists had their woes to decribe.
Now, getting down to business, discussing with a friend of the tough times he had to face in the course due to feminism, I accidentally read an article about women and feminism yesterday. Feminism and chauvinism apart, I feel there are women in everybody's life and they form an integral part of him. Then, though I hate jingoists of feminism, I though I would pen down my thoughts for my women.
Narrowing down to my life, I have three women in my life worth writing of. The first one is my mother. She is the sole reason why I am here. She taught me to learn, to live, to ask, to give, to fight at the right time and stand for the right thing. My main motto behind writing this blog is to write of her. I miss her sooo much! Ya... I am a momma's boy. People look at my communities in orkut and tell me that and I am proud I am one. I remember all my childhood when I knew nothing else but my mom. I am sure everyone reading this would agree with me on the fact that mom is the best thing to happen to any child, at least the boys will because I heard mom's boys n dad's girls. Never heard it the other way, often wondered why! Whenever I embark upon something significant in my life, I make it a point to assess how significant it is to my mom. I really feel lucky to have her. Of course, who would not love his own mom!
Then comes my sister. She has been my inspiration throughout my life. When people compared us and told me that I should be able to match up her achievements in exams etc... she would ask me to play my own game and be completely myself. She taught me individuality and she taught me respect, respect to self and to others. Whenever I failed to meet my goals or dreams, I would look upon at her for solace and she was always there. Now, when she is n't in this country, I all the more feel her dearth in my life. I am waiting like hell for her to come back.
I earlier had this notion that no woman can come into this list except my mother n sister, but one woman won the game unawares. She is my friend Ramya. The very name brings smile to my face. We have been classmates for two years, within which we never spoke to each other and started speaking(rather mailing) only after we moved away onto different platforms of life, for which we are highly indebted to our common friend Raj. She has been a great friends and a shoulder to rely on. Though I haven't spoken to her in person yet, we share a wonderful chemistry and a great relationship. The relationship is complex. We value each other and we respect each other. I like her maturity and her attitude to life. The way she handles situations has mesmerised me. She is an enigma in herself. She is a friend to fall back on in times of distress.
Ofcourse, at the end of it, I for myself cannot make out why I wrote this but I am sure that these women are a crucial part of my life. While I personally don't like people to be feminists or chauvinists, I would say women are perfectly like men and should be given equal platform and respect.