A Salute to Fathers
Yes, we did it again!! A hurray for women power. Take a bow men, we can do all that you can and maybe more. Social media is replete with messages of how the women have save the day for India at Rio. There are jokes of how women have to do everything, right from fetching the grocery to getting the medals. It makes you smile and as a woman, proud, that finally women in India have come out and shown the nation what they are capable of, in spite of everything. Something else though passed on as a joke, caught my eye. The clichéd “Behind every successful man is a woman” was jest fully being replaced by “behind every successful woman is a man.” This was mostly directed at their hard working, all sacrificing coaches. While this is wholly and emphatically true and will be totally endorsed by the players themselves, there are other unsung heroes behind the success of these girls. Namely their fathers. Manish Sisodia, Delhi’s deputy chief minister, while announcing a reward of one cror...