Happy New Year, folks, and hope this bright new season will add cheers and sparkle to your lives. I am writing on Write Tribe 100 Words on Saturday-2014-1 on the prompt, ‘My Little Sister’. Since it is the first edition for season 2014, how can I stay far behind? For starters, I don’t have a sister and can’t tell how I miss having one. In my imaginary world, I keep speaking to my ‘sister’ that I never had and keep scripting conversation in my dream world. Now, enough of the drama and let’s jump straight to the prompt.
This Week’s Prompt is: My Little Sister
Dear lil’ Sister,
You are the apple of my eyes. It is natural to dote on you as my lil’ sister in our relationship but you are a friend first. I shall let you be who you are and will never stifle your free spirit through society’s classification of how you should behave, wear or think as a woman. I shall respect you as an individual and let you be rather than view you as a daughter, sister or someone’s wife. You are an individual first and it is important for you to bloom and grow as a free-thinker with a strong persona.
Concluding Note:
I don’t have a sister and this how I want my ‘imaginary’ sister to be. I know it is very utopian in a world dominated by patriarchy and fucktards but this how I wanna my sister to grow at a time when women are born and bred in a difficult situation. It is a sad fact how women are exploited and in many families, rich or poor, the girl-child is unwanted and treated like second class citizens. It pains the heart on how women are treated as inferior. I dedicate this prompt to women whose lives are clouded and belied by old-age patriarchal traditions in obscure villages and, mind you, rich families.
With Love
V
Vishal Bhidu 
I have a little sister (2 years younger than me) and she comes second to me after my kids. Or third as my kids are equal first so that takes care of second 😉
Having a little sister was hard sometimes whilst growing up, but as we got older, and now we are both in our 40s, I would do almost anything to help and she would do the same for me.
hey dude, u have such a beautiful relationship with ur sisters..don’t they say that the lil siblings…sisters/brothers are like our kids. Hehe! I never had the joy of growing up with a sister..sadly so..Thanks, AL:)
You’re welcome 🙂 There are times I wanted to murder her though lol
Haha.normal sibling relationship….hehe
Yep, that’s the one. 😀
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Lovely post Vishal. Wish you had a sister.
Thanks a ton Geeta and m too……
Yes sisters truly are the apple of ones eyes!
Indeed, they do and blessed are those souls whose sisters are the apple of their eyes. Mine is in the mind:) Thanks, Nabanita:)
adored your real thoughts for a sister and how she should be living and growing up. Your feelings always reflect in your words,Vishal. Iam glad to read this.
Thanks a ton, Soumya and I’m soo happy uve liked it. It means a lot to me:)
How sweet Vishal. Its nice that you feel so highly of women. By the way, even I don’t have a sister so an imaginary one seems good to me too 🙂
I think it’s an amazing prompt and guess, I am fighting a battle along with few good men against a mindset. The imaginary prompt is doing lotsa good to us. Btw, wrote a column on Nitbhaya..check out http://www.theindiantrumpet.com ..special women issue:) Thanks.
That’s a lovely message to any woman…and I especially liked the bit about respecting her as an individual. 🙂 Nice post…shame you didn’t get the chance to experience this for real…sounds like you would have a made a good older brother. 🙂
Thanks a ton, Psych Blabber..I mean it’s so true and the very fact of being called sister, mom, wife or daughter and expect her to fulfill patriarchal duties is so conservative.
Hi Vishal,
What a lovely post. I can totally relate to it. And it’s so organic that I would like to dedicate it to my own Lil sister. She is more than a sister to me. A friend, a confidant and my partner in crime :D. Great work, as always :).
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Please go ahead and dedicate to her. Thanks, Garima and it’s lovely to have siblings as partners in crime:)
ditto to your thoughts… imaginary letter to imaginary sis… liked it….
Thanks a zillion, Pratikshya:)
Well Vishal, if you had one, she would have been one lucky sister 🙂
Thank u so much, Jyotsna. I wld’ve been the lucky 1 to see her bloom..haha
A very happy new year to you Vishal. Your thoughts are beautiful. Lovely post! 🙂
Thanks, Payal and Happy New. I’m glad u liked it:)
Now thats a brother anyone would love to have… I cant agree more with you on the point of being a free spirit..I have always felt that a family is not to make boundaries but a shield… You go wherever you want and we will be there with you kinds!
Thanks a ton, Shiva. Unfortunately, many families create such boundaries and I’ve seen it among many of my close relatives. That’s why I have decided to break-free to grow as a person:) It’s a sad fact when they think they own you.
Touching!!!
Thanks a ton for reading and liking it:)
I dont have a real sister but I have got so many now… thanks to the blogging world I barely missing one of my own now. They all remind me how it feels to be a Dee 😀
Me too..I miss having a sister but been fortunate to have not one but three Raakhi sisters. Unfortunately, I’m not really in touch with two of them and my wishes always with them:)
Vishal this a lovely tribute to an imaginary sister! How fortunate she would have been for having such a caring brother!
Thanks a ton. I wish every father, husband, brother and son view the woman as a unique individual with her own needs and who must grow as a unique entity:)
lovely and heart warming Vishal! 🙂
Thanks a zillion, Sharmi. Happy Sunday:)
hope you had a great one!
Thanks Sharmi. What matters is how we lead our lives and not be bogged down by others’ classifications.
I too do not have a sister ,Vishal , but do not miss having one as I considered some of them who entered in my life as friends , colleagues etc to share the space. nice to read your post.
We share the same feeling, Kalpana and I met such kind souls in college who entered my life as sisters. Thanks a ton:)
That was such an emotional post ! Loved it… 🙂 The world needs more people like you 🙂
Keep blogging…
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Thank u so much and welcome here. Will check ur blog in coming days:)
Absolutely right… let’s count it as one more step towards CHANGE… practical thought and effective message…
Happy New Year!
Thanks a ton Shellymona and I’m pitching for change, the time to make change happen..start working towards it in all the sense-love,life and work:)
I also dont have a sister…
Nice one…
Loved this concept of imaginary letter!
Thanks a ton and I think it’s quite an imaginative challenger for sisterless beings like us:)
loved the concluding note 🙂
Thanks a ton and welcome here, Aayesha:)
Hoe sweet, Vishal! Your sister would had been one lucky woman 🙂
Thanks a zillion, Shilpa and feel humbled:) I wish all women view themselves as an individual first rather than let them be defined by society’s standards, though it’s tough in the face of religious conservative stupidity.
A heartwarming post Vishal. Your sister would have been a blessed one to have a brother like you 🙂
Thanks a ton, Sunita for the lovely words:)
Wish more people, men specially, thought like you. I have a sister and it’s been great growing up with her.
Thanks a ton, Tullika:) We need to pitch for change in our attitudes and I’m happy you enjoyed every moment in life with your sister. Cherished memories:)
This one is really lovely…
And the message is very progressive…
I wish that everyone start thinking in the same lines!
hey, Loco mente thanks a ton. You know the best thing about Write Tribe and other such challenges is how we can use our blog as a medium to not only voice our opinion but pitch for change, raise awareness on issues and contribute towards social change. How I wish many of us would do change our attitudes and I’m dead against patriarchy.