Do we need to marry?!!!!

The other day i was reading the mumbai edition of "Times of India". An article in page 2 caught my interest. It was bout a Miss Manju Rajpal who is the collector of one of the districts in Rajasthan. The article also had her photograph...and I found her to be extremely beautiful without any makeup whatsoever! I went on to read the article which highlighted her achievements as a DC *district collector for those who are not aware*. The article said that she helped over 1.5 lakh people from remote villages of Rajasthan to find jobs thru a National Job Guarantee Scheme! She ventured into nook and corner of her district where no other DC ventured hitherto. And guess what!! all this was not for publicity! She did it as she felt it was her duty. btw she is from a very modest background and hails from a village herself. And for all her beauty, youth and her position, she decided to remain a spinster! She adopted three girls and is happy serving her district.

I thot this to be a very inspiring story. And at some corner of my heart I feel proud that she is a woman *no I'm not a feminist*.

After reading this article I was wondering - what is the essence of our lives? As women are we only supposed to get married and produce children? Shudnt we all make our lives more meaningful by doing something worthwhile?