Women’s Liberation: Are We Liberated?
We all talk about women’s education. We all talk about women’s liberation. But how far are we from the real truth? We preach a lot. But do we practice it? Today the world moves at a very fast pace. Women are getting ahead of men in all spheres of life.
Academics: Whether it’s the historian Romila Thapar, the prominent scholar Nabanita Deb Sen, or the writer Shobha De, women are everywhere.
Politics: From Mrs. Indira Gandhi to Mrs. Hillary Clinton, politics is always best handled by a lady.
Journalism: Each and every major media house is run by a lady.
Acting: From India to the United States, women are the best and the highest paid today.
Corporate World: From banker Chanda Kochhar to Biocon boss Kiran Majumdar Shaw, many leading corporate institutions have been run by women.
Malala Yousafjai: The whole discussion will be incomplete if we don’t talk about this girl. Coming from a humble background, he broke all stereotypes to become a Nobel Prize winner. He broke all the stereotypes that surrounded the Islamic religion.
Mary Kom: India’s own Mary Kom is today the highest rated female boxer in the world. She is a mother, a dedicated wife and a champion boxer. How many women can achieve that?
Kiran Bedi: A discussion of women will be incomplete if we don’t talk about Kiran Bedi. Perhaps India’s most decorated and celebrated IPS officer. From lawyer Meenakshi Arora to astronaut Kalpana Chawla, the list is endless. The number of child beggars in India is increasing every day. The rate of girls being trafficked out of India is increasing every day. In India, Madhyapradesh has the highest rape rate in India.
India is the land of academic women. Be it Khana, Gargi or Maitrayee. Can’t we provide basic services to women like sanitation, education, hygiene, etc.?
Right to basic education: That every girl has the right to basic education.
Right to basic hygiene: That all girls have the right to basic hygiene.
Marriage at a suitable age: That all girls marry at a suitable age. That all girls marry after they reach adulthood and only after they have received a proper education.
Prevention of marital rapes: India is a land with the highest number of marital rapes.
A man is born from the womb of a woman. Behind every successful man there is a lady. Can’t we change the rule and try and prove that the opposite is also possible?
But we are still far from the real truth. Women are tortured to this day. India worships the supreme form of the female deity in the form of Mother Durga. We must never forget that. Even Mother Mary is worshiped before Jesus Christ.
Marital rape exists. We do not treat our wives, mothers or girlfriends with the same dignity. We fail to practice what we preach. At least I do. I hope you don’t make the same mistake.
That behind every successful woman there is a man: Behind every successful man there is a woman. It’s time for us to show that behind every successful woman there is a man. Let’s take a step forward. It’s time to try that. There is no shame in it.