Poetry

Author: Asma Hamza There needs to be a fine limitation set to self-love. One needs to fully understand the idea and the dire need for the term. The foremost problem existing in our eastern patriarchal society is that there is no requirement of loving one's self nor should there be a desire that many a time comes under the heading of Sin. This is one extreme, in which the victims are not only women but men too. The other extreme is what the western culture has been inspiring us with for some time now doping with the idea that self-love is everything and would fix all the problems. Its effects can be witnessed in quite a negative way--as expected. Influenced deeply by the idea of self-worth and self-love being of pivotal importance, one makes it the primary focus keeping all else at...