By Sushmaa. T. M. R/ Suthanthira (pen name)
Let's sail upon through a sensitive issue before it becomes the sensational front in society. The keeper of treasures, the spreader of pleasures, the knower of leisures - The Real Master of Family; A homemaker. Yes, there is this sensitive and also simple person in every place around where we call it a 'home'. A home is a roof of human emotions and family values that holds nothing but everything. A homemaker is the one who reshapes a home into a firm realm and raises the members of the family unconditionally. The thoughts of homemakers are a sky that is so wide and an ocean as deep beneath. In other words, they are curious puzzles to solve. That is why people around couldn't recognise them on cultural or social grounds. A proper homemaker is a self-made personality who tends on any work with consciousness and care. This perfectionist cannot be defined easily within words.
Then why we so call them a housewife? The keeper of keys, the spreader of pleas, the knower of pities - The Mere Celebrity of Possessions; A housewife. For as long I remember Lorraine M. Halli words, ''A house is a place of bricks and stone and wood that's hard. And home is a place of unselfish acts and kindly sharing.'' And a wife, who is initially a woman, an equal individual, cannot be entitled as a property to any house. But could also be honoured as a mistress to a gentleman. Also, she is unstoppable in undertaking social responsibilities that liberates her to a higher position in life.
I've observed my great grandmother, her daughters, my aunts and sisters and my mother, along with their husbands and brothers, conducting the household chores of cooking, washing, cleaning and so on with utmost ease and patience. I realised a precious lesson for my life then, that the one who owns a lovely family carries the responsibility to play the role of homemaker, whether it is a mature adult or a playful kid. In my childhood, I firmly remember my progressive mother corrected me to address her as a homemaker, not a housewife. She indeed, as a gentlewoman, got offended by the confession of titles for her but not of her profession. There is always a source for every generating resource in nature. Likewise, every homemaker from my noble family who physically lives like proud maidservants and mentally exists as young as beautiful maidens nurtured the source of my growth. And also, the real men of our family who held us, to outshine the world dramatically.
I have always believed in the power of words that could spectacularly change the world. I wish my ideology need not change the world but could at least change the mentality of the people. It was always the ungracious words and actions that led to the distance between the closed ones. Every time you articulate, make sure you enhance kind expressions of love and care. It requires no knowledge but tons of wisdom to understand a homemaker. Walk them to home, and so could homemakers serve you better. It is the minimal moral support the society could provide for their ladies in their lifetime.
By Sushmaa. T. M. R/ Suthanthira (pen name)
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