Homo Sapiens, or the extant Human species,
the self-proclaimed wisest species to make this planet its home. One
very peculiar thing about the humans, they like to compare, compete with
anything and everything. After establishing its superiority over rest of the
species on the planet, they started a comparison among themselves based on the
gender. Out of two, one was destined to lose.
Male,
or a boy is given birth by a female, half the war is lost at this point only. Whatever
he becomes in this lent life of his, he would always be beneath her. He might
earn all the riches in the world, gain all the knowledge and still he can never be bigger, better than the lady, he will call mother his whole
life. At some point in life when a male conflict with others, he would
gather all the courage in world, to defend himself, even if he conflicts with
his father, he may ready himself to lock horns with his father too. But against
his mother, he never even stands a chance. All the courage, he can gather is
useless in front of his mother. Whilst the most coward male, can draw tremendous
courage if he has mother by his side.
While the first battle against the mother
was completely one sided, the next battle he faces, is against his sister.
A sister who would fight the world for him when she herself could tear him to
pieces. The first friend he had and who will be by his side through thick and thin. How
could he afford to lose the first genuine friend, he ever had ? Every time he quarreled
with her, whenever she is not around or she isn't talking to him, he was
downhearted, wretched and sorrowful. Soon, he realized even this battle is not
for him to win.
Losing all square within the family, he
tried to be tough in society. His whole masculinity was shredded when his eyes
encountered her. A friend with whom it was so easy for the tough guy
like him to open up. He shared everything with her. It was her that compelled
him to become better than his present self. For her, he learned the art of
conversation. He would do anything for her attention, for her to talk to him.
Her mere smile made him forget all the worldly possessions. Even when all the
forces were against him, he fell for her and he fell hard. And he knew if she
ever left, his world would be shattered. His heart will be broken and his
entirety would cease to exist. And again a battle was lost.
During his lifetime, if he was lucky enough,
he would get a chance to raise a female, a daughter. His Daughter. Among
all the females he ever met, she would be the most delicate one and yet
he finds her happiness most powerful. He would even trade his life for her
happiness and not think twice. First time when he held her in his arms, he knew his world is complete and for no reason his eyes were moist. He could feel her eyes
peeping into his soul. As she grew, he was her first hero because a word
against her and he would declare war against the world.
Finally, he realized a strange logic, only
if all the battles were lost, then he can win the war. All the time, when he
thought his war was against females, he was wrong. His war was against
himself. Any battle won would have made him something other than what he was
meant to be. But winning the war made him a HUMAN. He was born a male
and only with the victory in this war, he became a MAN.
This article is dedicated to all the women in my life and all the MEN who have won their war.
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