Happy Women's Day!
- Megha Menon
- Mar 8
- 1 min read
Instead of honoring women just by saying, she's a mother, sister, daughter, and wife..
Or that she protects, raises and forgives..
I 'd like to say;
Do not place her on a pedestal,
From up there
she cannot stumble,
cannot break,
cannot confess that some days, her strength runs out.
From up there
she must always be graceful,
always be patient,
always be the quiet hero..
But she is only a mere human.
She can make mistakes,
She is tired some nights.
She is unsure some mornings.
She carries storms behind her smile
and hopes someone will notice.
Do not worship her strength
so much, that you forget her softness, her weakness,
Do not praise her resilience
so loudly, that she feels she must never fall.
Walk beside her..
See her..
not as a statue carved from perfection, but as a living, breathing heart
learning, breaking, healing, rising.
She does not need a pedestal.
She needs space
to be whole.
Happy Women's day to al the wonderful women out there!
Celebrating International Women's Day is a wonderful reminder of the resilience and progress within our community, a perspective I hold close while navigating the intensive rigors of my current PhD research. Balancing my doctoral studies with a part-time role at last minute assignments has given me a front-row seat to the modern student experience, where academic expectations often clash with overwhelming technical deadlines and complex design projects; having suffered through many high-stress hustles and sleepless nights during my own college days, I am now incredibly conscious of the mental toll that an unmanaged workload can take on one’s stability. This personal history is why I have such a genuine interest in supporting others today, as I’ve realized that when the…