Women in the 21st Century! - J.Abinaya Infanta

Women in the 21st Century!

                                                                       - J.Abinaya Infanta

                                   ‘She’ is a paradigm of Patience

                                         ‘She’ is a paragon of Peace

                                               'She' is an exemplar of Excellence

                                                    ‘She’ is an epithet of Wisdom

When God created the world He created  Man. He saw that it was good. But He wanted to create something better,strong, iron-willed, but at the same time tender, compassionate and beautiful. So He created ‘HER’.

But, Women from time immemorial, had not been given the due respect, which she rightfully deserved. In this society, men tend to dominate women. Some even forget the fact that she, an equal, was created from his ribs, to walk hand in hand with him as a friend, companion and helper, and that without her the Society by itself would be lifeless.

Even women never knew that they were the heartbeat and  the soul of the society. They were never given the time to think for themselves, as they were always burdened with domestic household work. For the Society has often feared her potential, and chose to keep her dormant. Restrictions imposed by the society and few even by herself never allowed her to unleash her fullest potential. Her skills were unused, and if at all it was, it was only for the betterment of her husband and children.

A few women, even at that time challenged the unreasonable norms imposed by this male chauvinistic society. These Women were the pioneers,that we Women of the 21st century have to be thankful to. As they took the lead, the society termed them adamant and arrogant when in reality  they were the otherway. It tagged them ‘headstrong’ for the sin of seeking knowledge, wisdom and understanding. But the society's efforts to curb her from achieving  were in vain. It fell on deaf ears as these women chose to ignore the endless criticisms and scrutiny of the society, for they were strong in their iron resolve. Ayn Rand, Margret thatcher, Indra Gandhi, Marie curie,Eleanor Roosevelt,Dorothy Hodgkin, Sarojini Naidu,Sucheta Kripalani,Dr. Muthu Lakshmi Reddi are the few, to whom we, the women of the 21st century are indebted to, for in their footsteps we traverse.

Now, in  the 21st century,the transformation from a domestic status to an empowered one is almost complete. She has completely broken free the fetters which the society once bound her with, willing to venture into the unknown,diving deep into the ocean of knowledge, striding confidently to challenge the society, which, once deemed her fit only to be a housewife! Name any field, she is there, contributing to the Change which the society earnestly longed for. Be it Indra Nooyi or Kiran Bedi,P.T Usha or  Saina Newal, Sudha moorthy or Sunitha Williams, Anita Desai or Sashi Deshpandi, Arundathi Roy or Medha Patkar, Her Contribution to the society is so immense that She will never ever be taken for granted.In her pursuit of Excellence she stands today, respected,admired and  loved, inspiring a million. Society has recogonized her worth and given her the due respect which she has always deserved. At least now the Society has woken up to the fact that ,

                             '  In His creation She is not just a part, but a class apart!'

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Magazine

 

MESSAGE

FROM RECTOR

“To thy own self, be true” are the words of ancient wisdom that I want to give as my message, even as the first batch of out-going students prepare to leave the portals of Loyola Women’s Hostel.

Whatever be the mood in which you came into the hostel, I trust that you would leave with a sense of accomplishment, of widening mental horizon and of deeply rooting your personality.

As you go out with the Loyola experience, you would surely want to be women for and with others.

One sure way of living out what you have learned in Loyola is to ask yourself what makes you come alive, truly alive. The go and do it. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive.

My wishes and prayers go with you. Flourish and be glorious.

Fr. Francis Jayapathy SJ Rector

 

FROM THE

DIRECTOR’S DESK

“I just jot down this message with an immense feeling of joy and jubilation after having witnessed to a good year of successful activities in our Loyola Women hostel.  Special thanks go to the Jesuit Management for their constant support.

My heart is really full of joy and gratitude when I think of my Assistant Directors who are shouldering my responsibility from dawn to dusk.

It is a great initiative that we are able to release the hostel magazine WE LIGHT 14 on the hostel day.  The magazine truly  reflects  the  creative  contributions  of  the  students. I  congratulate  the  magazine  committee  for  sustaining this wonderful initiative. Congratulations to all the office bearers, who had put in their  best  efforts  to  enable  a smooth functioning of the hostel.  I still marvel at all your unique and God-given talents and appreciate your sense of cooperation in various activities of the hostel that has helped to create a vibrant   atmosphere in every   sphere of hostel life.

The hostel life of students is a very significant part of their life where they live away from their parents, experience a newly acquired independence, make new friends, expand their  horizon  of  thinking  and  learn  to  make  their  own

decisions. All students fondly remember the time they have spent in hostels for good or bad. For many students, hostel is the breeding ground for many of their creative talents and extracurricular activities and for shaping their own personality.

I hope that the passing out students would continue to be in touch with us as good entrepreneurs in their own fields of interest. I am sure that they would relish and relive all the good memories of their stay in our hostel as they take their next strides forward. My best wishes to all the outgoing students. May the Lord of Love and Wisdom go with them wherever they go and work with them in whatever they enterprise.  All the very best, my dear students!

“To all of you, I repeat: Do not let yourselves be robbed of hope! Do not let yourselves be robbed of hope! And not only that, but I say to us all: let us not rob others of hope, let us become bearers of hope!” (Pope Francis)

Sr. Bindu Antony

Director, Loyola Women’s Hostel

By the time you read this, I will be out to pasture and a new editor will be tending The Hostel Magazine. When I became the

editor  this  year  (2014),  the  magazine  was  just  one  year  old. A decade later, it will be still very young compared to other magazines. We have tried very hard to make progress with each one. Certainly, we have plenty to tell you. The teamwork was much fun and are honoured that we initiated the Hostel magazine. We hope that you will like the magazine.

So many stories. So little time. Such good memories.

I am absolutely certain that we made our best to make this magazine dream come true. I hope that the following year magazine  will  be  more  updated  and  we  are  glad  to  bring up  WE  LIGHT  2014.  I  am  happy  to  have  been  involved  in laying the groundwork and I cannot wait to see what comes next.

It’s no secret: Editing the Hostel magazine is a great job. I know how lucky I have been to spend the best years of my life doing what I love at a truly extraordinary place.

…and the girls- as you can see- have done a great job. Thank you very much!

Aneetta Antony (II MA English) Vimal Johney (I MA English)

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