I have a master’s degree and a NET and I still need to learn to cook and clean. No, let me back it up, I have a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree and NET and yet, I still need to cook and clean. Mind you, it is not as uptight and vague as it sounds, sure I sound lazy but here it goes, the standard of learning to cook and clean is different for men and women in a Mizo society. To be precisely deep, when a boy learns to cook and clean, he is learning to be independent and capable enough to handle himself and his resources in a society that shall help him to be a reliable man and companion. When a girl learns to cook and clean, it is not for herself but for the woman she is becoming to be. When a girl learns to cook and clean, she is doing it for her family and for the sanctity of being the good and ideal daughter, she is still needed to perform traditional duties because getting good marks isn’t enough for her to be a good child within the society, traditional values that is f...