Gender discrimination will soon become a thing of the past in India, for the Women are fully utilizing the opportunities available to them on all fronts. They have proved their mettle in Education by doing better than boys, not necessarily because the boys are less intelligent but because it is not all-studies and No-plays for the boys. They play games and watch the big events on Television and are left with less time to update their lessons.
In those days, job opportunities were very limited for Women. The rural Women worked in the farms and the urban Women worked as School teachers or as nurses in hospitals. But now, you go anywhere; half of them would be Women. Even in politics they are making their presence felt. The President of India, the speaker of the LokSabha, Leader of the opposition, the Chair person of the ruling front are all women. Then there are a few Chief ministers and Cabinet ministers and so on.
On top of all these things, comes the Women’s reservation bill which has already been passed by the upper house and is awaiting the nod from Loksabha and State assemblies. This, if accepted will ensure one-third of seats in Parliament and State Assemblies. All the Major political parties are in favor of this bill, and those who oppose it want caste-based quota within the seats reserved for women. So far so good. But all the reservations based on castes or religions or gender must come to an end. It cannot go on indefinitely merely because the vested interests would not budge. But who will bell the cat?
