{"id":91,"date":"2013-03-18T17:55:57","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T12:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kapilgupta.in\/blog\/?p=91"},"modified":"2024-11-18T15:44:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T10:14:46","slug":"mens-day-2013-i-want-it-now-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kapilgupta.in\/blog\/mens-day-2013-i-want-it-now-period\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Day 2013. I want it now. Period."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>I just want to receive wishes. Gifts wouldn\u2019t hurt.<\/h3>\n<p>I want an International Men\u2019s Day. There, I said it.<\/p>\n<p>I am just envious of the attention that women seem to enjoy at virtual all these \u201cdays\u201d. There\u2019s Raksha Bandhan, Bhaiya Dooj, Mother\u2019s Day and Women\u2019s Day. Father\u2019s Day, you said?<\/p>\n<p>It is me, the Man who is NOT in a power of position in this day and age.<\/p>\n<p>I once had a chance to be a part of a \u201cmulti-cultural\u201d seminar in USA.\u00a0 The purpose of the seminar was to bring together people from various cultures. Attending the event were Asians, Indians, African-Americans, Europeans, Hispanics and only one white American male.<\/p>\n<p>He stood up at the time and expressed confusion and wonderment at how he had come to be a minority.<\/p>\n<p>I sympathized with him then. I empathize with him now.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been more than a week since we all celebrated the International Women\u2019s Day in all its (marketing) glory!<\/p>\n<p>A group of girls asked me to treat them to lunch on the day.<\/p>\n<p>I said it then and I will say it today: \u201cif it is <i>your<\/i> day, dear women, isn\u2019t it incumbent upon <i>you<\/i> to treat me to lunch if you are really in power\u201d[1]. Silence. We moved on.[2]<a title=\"\" href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/Pinky\/Downloads\/Men's%20Day%20-%20Kapil's%20Blog%20(Updated).docx#_ftn2\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But I will not move on today.<\/p>\n<p>I declare a Men\u2019s Day. UN says, it celebrates their \u201cMen\u2019s Day\u201d on 19<sup>th<\/sup> November. That\u2019s too far for me to wait.<\/p>\n<p>Running a social media agency, I sincerely believe in \u201cinstant gratification\u201d and as she put it very elegantly:<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kapilgupta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kapilgupta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/image-240x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-92\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kapilgupta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/image-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.kapilgupta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/image.png 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you too feel for it too, share this article, tweet about it, blog about it and let\u2019s make it happen!<\/p>\n<p>Our one line mission statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>We don\u2019t want any emancipation. All we want is your attention. Gifts wouldn\u2019t hurt.<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" width=\"33%\" \/>\n<div>\n<p>[1] I may be a \u201cGupta\u201d, but I meant this one. No, seriously.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>[2] Some people will tell you a different version of this story. Don\u2019t believe them. It\u2019s my story, ok? \u00a0Thanks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just want to receive wishes. Gifts wouldn\u2019t hurt. I want an International Men\u2019s Day. There, I said it. I am just envious of the attention that women seem to enjoy at virtual all these \u201cdays\u201d. There\u2019s Raksha Bandhan, Bhaiya Dooj, Mother\u2019s Day and Women\u2019s Day. Father\u2019s Day, you said? 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