Malaika Arora: For me there is no differentiation in a girl child or a boy child
| Dec 12, 2017, 17:13 IST
Malaika Arora talks about woman empowerment, says that women are their own worst enemies and they can even pull you down. “You know it that woman is your worse enemy, a woman can pull you down, so I think it's important that women should motivate each other. I remember an instance, when after my baby I was going back to be fit again. It was not an easy task for me, it was a challenge. I think every mother has to deal with it, but the good thing was I had people around me to motivate me and push me to do better and I think that really helps."
For Malaika freedom of expression is essential for both men and women and change will happen if women start motivating each other. "Women should motivate each other and that is where change happens when women motivate each other, when women uplift each other, when women stand for each other."
"It is not just about hitting a gym, lifting weights, touching the toes or bending. It is a way of life. It is physical, mental and emotional. Fitness is worship for me purely because it helps my mind, body and soul," she said.
Malaika says we all should stand for our right, we should talk, "There are so many issues that we women daily deal with on a regular basis. I think it's important to stand up for your rights, fight for your rights, to speak your mind because somewhere I feel a large part of us tends to be suppressed. We don't speak out, we don't say, and I sometimes even say that about myself, 'let it be, forget about it' because what's the point but that's wrong. We have to change that attitude as we cannot sit back and say forget it, what's going to come out of it, we will deal with it at a later point. We need to deal with it in that moment and far more real and everyday basis.”
The actress continued saying, "It is something which is our right, its fundamental right that we have and luckily, I have been brought up in a household where we have always been taught and encouraged to express ourselves, very freely. We have never ever felt suppressed or felt like not say something that will hurt somebody. It's always been to speak your mind as that's the only way that people will know what we want to say, and I am glad that we have had that kind of upbringing.”
Malaika says how her mother has been vocal about her opinions, "My mother is someone who speaks her mind, she doesn't think twice, and she is all for woman and woman power and I am again really glad that I have had that kind of an environment and I do have a son and, yet I do tell him to speak his mind and if I would have a daughter I have said the same. For me there is no differentiation in a girl child or a boy child. I am grateful that in today's day and age, thankfully most of us are like that. Thanks to the education and the upbringing that we have got and there is no differentiation."
For Malaika freedom of expression is essential for both men and women and change will happen if women start motivating each other. "Women should motivate each other and that is where change happens when women motivate each other, when women uplift each other, when women stand for each other."
"It is not just about hitting a gym, lifting weights, touching the toes or bending. It is a way of life. It is physical, mental and emotional. Fitness is worship for me purely because it helps my mind, body and soul," she said.
Malaika says we all should stand for our right, we should talk, "There are so many issues that we women daily deal with on a regular basis. I think it's important to stand up for your rights, fight for your rights, to speak your mind because somewhere I feel a large part of us tends to be suppressed. We don't speak out, we don't say, and I sometimes even say that about myself, 'let it be, forget about it' because what's the point but that's wrong. We have to change that attitude as we cannot sit back and say forget it, what's going to come out of it, we will deal with it at a later point. We need to deal with it in that moment and far more real and everyday basis.”
The actress continued saying, "It is something which is our right, its fundamental right that we have and luckily, I have been brought up in a household where we have always been taught and encouraged to express ourselves, very freely. We have never ever felt suppressed or felt like not say something that will hurt somebody. It's always been to speak your mind as that's the only way that people will know what we want to say, and I am glad that we have had that kind of upbringing.”
Malaika says how her mother has been vocal about her opinions, "My mother is someone who speaks her mind, she doesn't think twice, and she is all for woman and woman power and I am again really glad that I have had that kind of an environment and I do have a son and, yet I do tell him to speak his mind and if I would have a daughter I have said the same. For me there is no differentiation in a girl child or a boy child. I am grateful that in today's day and age, thankfully most of us are like that. Thanks to the education and the upbringing that we have got and there is no differentiation."