After the horrific, barbaric and inhuman incidence of Delhi, that shook the nation leading to a wide ranged protest, a dialogue has started in our society against gender discrimination at all levels. In a patriarchal society like ours it is very difficult to achieve gender equality. A continuous and tirelessly efforts are to be put to change the mindset of the people and a nation wide agitation is needed to protect the right of women and to curb domestic violence as well as atrocities and heinous crimes being committed against them.
I was born and brought up in a rural area and I am a regular visitor to my native where illiteracy, unawareness and backwardness still prevail among vast population especially among women of all cast, creed and class. Although they are working together in their day to day life with men, they are never part of decision taking body of their family. We can rather say that they are considered as second grade citizen of family. Picture is not very different in urban India as well up to a large extent. Gender discrimination does not start with the female child after her birth, but before it, when she is a female foeticide in the ovary of her mother. That itself explains what mind set we have in this patriarchal society. The sex selective abortion has caused falling of female sex ratio drastically in 7 states of India as commented by Honorable Supreme Court of India recently.
Although we are the first nation where all adults, regardless of class, education, property and gender were given the right to elect their political representative in the very first election held under the Indian constitution. Though we have not been able to eliminate gender discrimination from our society and still needs massive transformation of such minds and hearts to treat women with honor and dignity. That is why some pseudo intellectuals say that marriage is a contract where wife is to look after home and children and in return of that husband is responsible to feed and protect her. And some religious preachers ask women to address the person, who comes to rape them, as brother and beg for their life and dignity.
Many laws have been passed to stop domestic violence and harassment of female workers at their working place, but scene has not changed. So, I think that time has come to pass the women reservation bill at the earliest so that at least 181 female M.P.s should be elected in Lok Sabha to secure the rights of women and empower them in the society. In this context I dont think that it is difficult because the chairperson of congress, Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, C.M. of states and supremo of 3 political parties ( AIADMK, TMC, AND BSP) and speaker of Lok Sabha are all women who all must surely wish to have a greater representation of women in parliament. The left parties have already indicated their support for this progressive legislation.
At the last I think this will be the true tribute to the brave heart who has been raped and killed in Delhi in the month of December last year
I was born and brought up in a rural area and I am a regular visitor to my native where illiteracy, unawareness and backwardness still prevail among vast population especially among women of all cast, creed and class. Although they are working together in their day to day life with men, they are never part of decision taking body of their family. We can rather say that they are considered as second grade citizen of family. Picture is not very different in urban India as well up to a large extent. Gender discrimination does not start with the female child after her birth, but before it, when she is a female foeticide in the ovary of her mother. That itself explains what mind set we have in this patriarchal society. The sex selective abortion has caused falling of female sex ratio drastically in 7 states of India as commented by Honorable Supreme Court of India recently.
Although we are the first nation where all adults, regardless of class, education, property and gender were given the right to elect their political representative in the very first election held under the Indian constitution. Though we have not been able to eliminate gender discrimination from our society and still needs massive transformation of such minds and hearts to treat women with honor and dignity. That is why some pseudo intellectuals say that marriage is a contract where wife is to look after home and children and in return of that husband is responsible to feed and protect her. And some religious preachers ask women to address the person, who comes to rape them, as brother and beg for their life and dignity.
Many laws have been passed to stop domestic violence and harassment of female workers at their working place, but scene has not changed. So, I think that time has come to pass the women reservation bill at the earliest so that at least 181 female M.P.s should be elected in Lok Sabha to secure the rights of women and empower them in the society. In this context I dont think that it is difficult because the chairperson of congress, Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, C.M. of states and supremo of 3 political parties ( AIADMK, TMC, AND BSP) and speaker of Lok Sabha are all women who all must surely wish to have a greater representation of women in parliament. The left parties have already indicated their support for this progressive legislation.
At the last I think this will be the true tribute to the brave heart who has been raped and killed in Delhi in the month of December last year
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