Euphoria has been the blessing of mankind to womanhood.Man is born and made ,from the umbilical cord of life to the end of a domineering stint on earth.
No woman on the face of the planet has ever been a truly blessed being -be it as a child,a sibling,a daughter,a mother, a spouse ,a granny or just a companion or co-worker at the work-station.
I am not being pessimistic nor castigating the ilk of chauvnists who persistently look down upon womenfolk.It is high time the ebb turned a full wave and Women are truly permitted to bask in the glory they deserve and seem to seek [albeit through the activist groups that have been espousing equal rights campaigns].
It is not a centenary of celebration of womanhood as an annual tribute nor is it a paen of praise for the motherhood of al mankind which prompts yours truly to put things in perspective after witnessing all the hullabulla of 14-years in the Indian Parliamentary corridors.
Fourteen years was the span of the great Mahabharata war.It is also the time-period of epoch-making Rama’s exile and trysts with demonic forces.While analysing the fracas and histronics put up in the august upper house of the country ,it is but essential to observe that not one of those macho men who seemingy want to be credited with the ‘passage’ of the bill for 33% quota of women[The bill seeks to reserve for women 181 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha and 1,370 out of a total of 4,109 seats in the 28 State Assemblies]has ever debated nor spoken up for the cause of the poor womenfolk who get ‘fined’ under the SITA[Suppression of Immoral Trafficking in Women Act]or for those who brides who got burnt for ‘dowry’ nor of those pityiably hapless women who get moested in public viewing on charges of black-magicand sorcery].Not one has the moral courage to vacate his seat in the legisature and offer it to a servant-maid of a neighbour or the washer-woman of the village,either!
It ought to be viewed in its true picture.Constitution of India provides for a bill proposing such an amendment to be passed by a 2/3rd majority also in the lower house[Lok Sabha]when it is piloted in the other house and ‘passed’,as was the case yesterday.
Watching the charade and parade of several vested interests and chauvunistic elements occupying important seats of ‘power’,it is wel nigh impossible to have the law reach the statue books after ultimate Presidential approval,eventually.There is many a slip between the cup and the lip - as every housewife and girl-chid in the nation knows.
What is the meaning of such an imaginary reservation for women when compared with the actual census-figures of female population in the vastly over-populated nation?
This alone will hold the key to all remedial laws in our democracy.How ese would one explain the false bravado being exhibited by those claiming credit for the show in the Rajya Sabha as also the exhibitionist showmanship of those who had to be bodiy lifted out of the upper house ?
‘Bharat Matha ki Jai’ !
Jai Hind!!
HAIL THE WOMAN often martyred from birth,betrayed by marriage and revered after all…!!!
1 comment:
What about the 99% women, their basic needs, their rights , their freedom...does budget really affect the basic needs? Education and health of women should always be focussed while planning the budget. Good blog sir!
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