Democracy stands for the equitable representation of all the people including all the minorities.In spite of constituting half of the vast population of the country, women still have a long way to go for achieving an equal status to become the lawmakers. Women don’t even represent a tenth of the members in the parliament. The failure of women to produce genius of the first rank in most of the supreme forms of human effort has been used to block the way of all women of talent and ambition for intellectual achievement in a manner amusingly absurd.If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost, else democracy as a government by the people and for the people would be a vestige of the vox populi.Such a thing as this questions the roots of Indian democracy.
The fight is not for the equality of conditions but for the equality of opportunity.
Unless there is an authoritative expression of the feminine in the legislature the implementation of laws as to empower them socially and economically is unrealizable.
Hmm..Nice one :)And your favourite topic too ;) Just Curious.. can you be more specific about "equality of opportunity". I mean, where do you think women are being denied opportunity??
ReplyDeleteEqual opportunity means equal rights to opportunities in the social,economic and political spheres.It also means giving equal protection to all and securing equal liberties. Do you know how many dalit women suffer from malnutrition? and how many pregnant women and mothers are denied the most basic ameneties? how many girls are stopped from continuing their education just because the school is far away? now there are scores of such issues which are generally ignored or overlooked.The thought that a women would address such problems in a more sensible manner, is mere common sense.I support reservation but do not disrespect meritocracy.
ReplyDeletehey..nicely written!
ReplyDeletei hope the day comes when we see 50 % or more women everywhere, in univs, jobs, governing bodies, everywhere...in proportion to the population..
and even better when we see that without reservation..maybe half a century from now..nothing wrong to dream..what say??!
Exactly that is the whole point!I am sure many girls wouldn't approve of reservation in educational and job sectors even today.Providing reservation is just the first step. But this should however be a short term measure.
ReplyDeleteYes..it better be short term!! Should not get out of hand like the other reservation non-sense!
ReplyDeleteBTW Siri, u do realize who this is ..rt? :)
I got into blogging too, very recently..
hw can i forget my one and only sweetest vadina?? -my name sake! u started bloggng too - nice-oh the st.josephites think alike is it??whats your blig link? love to read it...
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