The Life of Women in India: Gender Chronicles: Part 1
photo source: flickr.com The Life of Women: A Normal Indian Morning These are sketches of the lives of Indian women, how their lives still are not their own and how they navigate the man’s world. Irrespective of religion, caste or regional differences, an average housewife in India wakes up very early and makes tea or coffee for the entire family first. If she is a housewife, she must cook for the children and the adults in the family. The h usband and other male adults in the family would be seen sipping their morning tea or coffee sitting in a chair on the front verandah and reading the newspaper in perfect reverie. The wife never gets a chance to sit like that, relax, or read a newspaper as the first thing in the morning. She could be seen running around in the house, scolding children and being scolded by her husband. The gender division is deep-rooted and woven into the fabric of domestic life in an Indian family. It is so naturalised that no one finds anything odd abou...