Do women in India have a loose foot? Or is it bound by the shackles of culture and tradition? How often has she crossed boundaries?
There has been lots of screams about emancipation of women in India. Politically she deserves a right of 33%, when it comes to education and employment. What's the figure of her social rights?
Does that answer put us to shame? Or are we hiding behind the public images of Pratibha Patil and kalpana Chawla? They represent only a small percent of women population in our second largest populous country in the world.
It wasn't a long time back that we had come across a case of dowry death. Media TRP and circulation bask under its heat. Forget the big media stories about mundane people. How about mundane stories in the lives of big people? How about you, me and our next door neighbor?
Have we broken free of that traditional hierarchical set up? Don't try to put your urbanity before truth. Well, does your dad sweat in the kitchen chopping potatoes, while your mom slouches as a couch potato?
These mundane issues reflect our centuries of mental seasoning which looms on us as inhibitions and stigma. For an average Indian woman to have a loose foot, not only the political system, but the entire society has to make a move.
There should be no Ravana to abduct her, when her loose foot crosses social boundaries.
2 comments:
Jst WoW Artcle! I wondr y ya dint go for Journalsm! Considr freelancn :) Oops! Typng Errr! H'ble Presidnt is Smt. Pratibha Patil (Pratibha Patel,wht i saw printed) :)
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Thanks Anupam.
Thanks for pointing out the mistake. It wasn't a typo, rather a carelessness on my part. I consider it a grave mistake not to spell our president's name correctly. Will change it right away.
Coming up with a new post soon.
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