Equality Must Enter the Bedroom Before It Can Rule the Boardroom
Another woman killed by her husband and in-laws in UP.
Another breaking news ticker.
Another panel discussion.
Another outrage.
And tomorrow… nothing.
We’ll scroll to the next meme, the next cricket score, the next “India is shining” propaganda.
But here’s the truth nobody wants to hear:
This isn’t just one murder. This is the systematic murder of equality in Indian homes – happening daily. Not always of the body. Often of dignity, of freedom, of choice.
The Big Scam Called Marriage
Society sells us marriage as this holy grail – stability, love, companionship.
Reality check? It’s an antiquated contract written centuries ago when women were treated as property and men as landlords.
And shocker – the terms haven’t really changed:
- A girl is raised as an equal till her wedding day.
- Post-wedding? Boom! Her “equality license” gets revoked.
- Parents, relatives, the caste panchayat, the WhatsApp uncles – everyone but her decides who she marries.From that day onwards, she doesn’t live life. She serves a sentence.
Superwoman Syndrome (a.k.a. Institutional Slavery)
Doesn’t matter if she’s an engineer, CEO, or astronaut – she’s still crowned Chief Caregiver at home.
Works a full-time job? Great.
Still must cook.
Must raise kids.
Must manage in-laws.
Must run the household circus.
Meanwhile, the man gets praised for babysitting once in six months or heating food in the microwave. “Wow, such a supportive husband!”
And the irony? Parents who raise their daughters like queens often treat their daughters-in-law like maids.
In fact, women themselves enforce patriarchy.
Bahu vs Beti = the oldest soap opera in India.
Equality Outside is Instagrammable. Equality Inside is Taboo.
We scream #NariShakti in offices, parliaments, schools.
But at home? The woman who “sacrifices it all” is worshipped as Devi.
The woman who says “No, I won’t do it all” is labelled selfish, difficult, or “bad wife.”
No wonder homes turn into silent crime scenes.
Sometimes the crime is murder. Sometimes abuse. Most times, it’s quiet suffocation.
KG’s Unpopular Opinion
Marriage as an institution is broken. Period.
It was designed for survival in a world without freedom, technology, or individuality.
In 2025, we still pretend it’s sacred while using it as a license for control, abuse, and slavery.
Why should love need a contract?
Why should companionship need a legal stamp?
Why should anyone – man or woman – need to sign up for a lifetime subscription of servitude?
Marriage is not love. Marriage is compliance.
Marriage is not companionship. Marriage is compromise.
Marriage is not sacred. Marriage is outdated.
The Real Revolution
Stop glorifying sacrifice.
Start demanding equality at home.
If you can clap for a woman CEO, clap harder when she says, “I won’t cook tonight, you do it.”
If you can post hashtags about women’s safety, start making homes safe – emotionally, physically, mentally.
If you can celebrate women’s empowerment in offices, stop making them servants in their own bedrooms.
Because until equality enters the house, nothing changes.
Not your feminism hashtags.
Not your “Beti Bachao” billboards.
Not your outrage panels.
And until then…
Every time the news reads “Woman murdered by husband and in-laws” – don’t act shocked.
It isn’t breaking news. It’s just India’s daily obituary of equality.
