A Street Play on Women Empowerment...

“We were born to make and manifest the glory of god that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

-Marianne Williamson

Women Empowerment refers to the creation of an environment where women can make independent decisions on their personal development as well as shine as equals in society. Women empowerment has to be done at such a level that if a woman rises to the top of her field, it should be a commonplace occurrence.. This can happen only if there is a channelized route for the empowerment of women. It is no real surprise that women empowerment in India is a hotly discussed topic, with no real solution looming in the horizon except to doubly redouble our efforts and continue to target the sources of all the violence and ill-will towards women.

 
  To show this we organized a street play (Nukkad) at Jawahar Circle , Malaviya Nagar, on women empowerment. The play depicted the requirement of women empowerment. It showed how some women, right from their childhood are denied opportunities and are ruled upon. Compromising becomes their way of living. The play also highlighted the vice of eve-teasing and rape. Atrocities by husband and in-laws, which forces women to return to their parents’ home and consequent taunts by neighbours and society was also shown.

  
   The nukkad was very effective in creating awareness among the crowd present there. They got moved by the issues which were shown in the play .They found it very relevant and were happy to see us lifting these issues. The nukkad gave a very powerful message: “Break the silence. When you witness violence against women and girls, do not sit back." They applauded and praised the skills of the performers we took reviews of various people there. Many people shared their experiences. They also advised us to do same kind of awareness activities frequently through which crowd can connect. Overall, it was a success with learning experience for both the performers as well as the spectators

  Swami Vivekanand once said, “Arise away and stop not until the goal is reached”. Thus our country should be catapulted into the horizon of empowerment of women and revel in its glory. We have a long way to go, but we will get there someday...