As I Hear the Bell Tolls

Abdullah earned a PhD degree in economics from Georgia State University and an MBA degree from Western Kentucky University. He travelled places in Europe, the Carribean, and the USA. His doctoral dissertation title was 'Impact of globalization on micro-determinants of industrial agglomeration: The case of U.S. manufactruing industries, 1988-2003'. His blogging interest includes current events analysis, globalization and its impact on sustainable development in regions and countries.

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

8th March World Women's Day: A Tribute to Two Mothers





Today is not mothers' day. It is world women's day. Then why I am writing only on mothers, and, not on other women? In fact, these mothers, like any other mothers, represent all the aspects a girl must go through. Pre-natal, neo-natal, post-natal, girlhood, adolosence, youth, and, life of a mature woman. My mother gave birth of five kids. Mother Teressa was mother of millions around the world, specially to thousands of those who needed a mother most-the street-urchins, the lepers, the slum dwellers. My mother mostly spent her life in a middle-class family environment. Mother Teressa took covenant in her young age, and, never tasted the mainstream family life so to speak.
Mother Teressa sacrificed a lot, my mother endured a lot. As a wife, as a mother (raising five kids back to back is no joke, guys!). Teressa knew a lot, had faith in the eternal goodwill of mankind. My mom always maintained her naive, astonished humility to the world around her. On this world women's day, I pay tribute to all women via writing about these two women touched my life in various ways.

5 Comments:

  • At 12:51 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Your comparison and contrast between these 2 women is interesting. I like how you have expanded the definition of motherhood to a non-biological one. These 2 women are similar in their nurturing, yet chose to deliver it in different ways. Your developmental description of the female life span was nice to read. Nikki

     
  • At 7:37 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    ami Bangladesh mohila porisoder ekjon sokriyo kormi. tai bissho nari dibosh niye likha khub e valo laglo. ami mugddho. oneeek suveccha.

     
  • At 7:50 PM, Blogger Abdullah M. Khan said…

    Thanks a lot. Porar jonney dhonnobad.

     
  • At 4:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Wounderful.....I am not a writer....so I don't have enough word to explain....all I can say it touched my heart.....please keep writting......

     
  • At 7:12 PM, Blogger Azeem said…

    Beautiful, you have such an awesome talent of writing. Great comparision between these two wonderful women, both of them in there own way took the women highest level in giving, caring & nurturing. I have great deal of respects for both of this women, mother Teressa is my all time favorite (when I passed 7th grade my dad's gift for me was mother Teressa's picutre) and my respects for your mother is for the great person you are today and I m sure your siblings as well are..! School starts for baby from mother lap & finally thanx for sharing this with me...!

     

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