Leo Tolstoy
The bugle of women’s awakening
The conch of women’s awakening has been sounded the world over. Whether it is the west or east only one voice can be heard and that is today women must awaken with all her powers so that joy and peace emerges in the family, society and the entire world. This is because certain original qualities in the psyche of women are much importantly required for neo creation of society, country and the world. Women harbor qualities like beauty, sensitivity, selfless service, spiritual austerities, cooperation, generosity and warding off others sorrow which are very important for ushering in equality and unity in world society. The famous thinker Carlisle says: God has kept woman’s image in his bosom so that all tasks of augmenting brilliance of character are executed via love and affection. This state is with those via which divine sentiments ooze in world society and its families.
Yet the question arises that despite being decorated by such divine glories, why is the women’s class so demeaned and downtrodden? And why is she perforce relegated to a state of bondage? This important question has been rendered more widespread by Russia’s well known writer, philosopher and social reformer Count Leo Tolstoy. Not only has he seriously cogitated over this question but that has proposed a solution too. In his important book ‘What shall we do then?’ it seems he has used a microphone to echo louder the bugle of women’s awakening the world over.
In this book he says that world women have forgotten themselves. She has no clue about her true identity because for centuries together she has been bound like a slave especially psychologically. Regarding women of Moscow he writes that they had no desire to transform their lives. She failed to understand that it is bad to remain in a demeaned state of virtual slavery. She no doubt knew that people censured her and showered hatred upon her fraternity. They looked upon her as a medium of sense titillation but why this was so, she failed to realize. It has been etched in the delicate psyche of women that it is her destiny to face slavery and bondage since all this she saw was the result of ancient tradition and further she felt maybe it was required by world society that she live a downtrodden life. This thought is not the figment of some wild imagination but is definitely a bitter reality. The mental state of urban and rural Indian women too is of this type. She has forgotten her true self.
When the cub of a lion grew amongst a herd of goats, it started bleating like a goat when it grew up. Its mode of living too was akin to those of goats because right since it was a baby it got psychic imprints of goats. Yet when one day this grown up cub came in contact with another lion, the former learnt the art of hunting preys and roaring aloud like a lion instead of bleating. Who does not know the sheep caretaker Ramu of Lucknow Zoo? Despite efforts of helping him regain his identity as a human being, these efforts failed and Ramu died, all the while thinking he was a sheep. The same holds true for the women community. She has been ensnared by the mesh of self forgetfulness. As a result she is relegated to a demeaned state within the 4 walls of her house and chained by fear all the while. Surrounding her are doorkeepers who are ever ready to hurl her into a downtrodden life and they refuse to let her breathe the fresh air of freedom outside these 4 walls. In fact again and again they push her into huge craters of downfall and force her to live a life of slavery. Today she has reached such a condition that a keen yearning to free herself from bondage is just not dawning in her psyche. Her latent desire or will power refuses to get activated. Neither does she ask her male counterparts to carry out their righteous duties nor does she say anything about regaining human rights for women.
Yet this intense gloominess will not last for long. Although it can definitely happen that this flame akin to fire burns more ferociously but after the heat of summer the hour of greenery arrives where everywhere one experiences coolness, beauty and serenity. This happens at Brahmamuhurat or pre dawn hours too. At that time the night’s darkness reaches its peak wherein one fails to perceive one’s hands too but yet this state is short lived. After this arrives the happy joyous sunrise where one sees lovely situations of birds chattering, cows mooing etc and everyone happily awakens at that hour. Tolstoy by imbibing a tone of optimism writes: We people (meaning males) who for one generation after another have hurled women towards their downfall and even today insist on doing so will one day suddenly come out of this sleep of delusion and shall transform this undesirable situation into a wholesome one. At that time women too will rent asunder the veil of self forgetfulness and will force the male community to cooperate with them.
That hour has arrived to eulogize the sacred rising of the sun. Before the situation becomes chaotic it is the responsibility of the male class to hand over the rights of females with reference to equality and unity. It is apt even for women to ask for their rights from their male counterparts which is their righteous duty so that those who ignore all this too will become aware of these problematic situations. It is most required that daring manifests for this. If valor arises the mental resolve enlivens and those closed doors that give wholesome attainments will henceforth open up. As a result the latent will power awakens. We ourselves start endeavoring intensely. If we refuse to move our hands then food kept in a plate in front of us is certainly not voluntarily enter our mouths. Without efforts even in an atmosphere of attainments one will grind under the wheel of lack.
Since man is a social animal he sees and learns from his surroundings. This fact applies to women that why has she forgotten her true identity? The reason is that no situation of uplifting has been seen by her so that she herself too can get uplifted. It is only when wholesome examples float in front of us that we aspire to walk on the path of progress in a successful manner. If the cycle of progress of women of past times swims in front of our vision then the possibility of her attaining joyous situations augments manifold. What and where has women’s progress been noted? Why is it happening? If a total understanding of this is realized then those who are fallen will yearn to get uplifted and will think of imbibing great thinking from examples of the lives of other great people. It is this effort which will cut asunder the veil of self forgetfulness in women. If ones zest is awakened or is induced to awaken then an atmosphere will be cultivated as per that decision and cooperation from others too will be achieved.
It is best that for this all means of broadcasting that give us a vision of women’s potential and greatness awakens the thinking of all males of the world. Wherever zest inducing facts and incidences are available they must be unearthed, created and exhibited. In order that more and more people participate in its broadcasting so much of required logic, proof, examples etc must be gathered so that the regressive thinking of those who oppose women’s liberation gets attacked optimally. For this wholesome use of writings, speech, drama, acting, movies, video, slide show, projector, internet and computers must be made use of. Great efforts can be made right from individual contact to marriage programs, movements, parades etc so as to reform people’s thinking. This is that solution wherein female’s will realize their true identity and by helping others to do the same she can inspire others to attain peaks of glory. This is that root precept which will help establish a permanent atmosphere of joy and peace in the world and that the 21st century will predominate with greatness of women.
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