Women Empowerment

'Women' ; a desideratum for men.

'Women' ; without whom life is unsurmountable (or out of question).

“A BETTER HALF OF THE SOCIETY”

Women have always remained a very trivial figure in the Indian Society. 61 years of independence has beget a hybrid of achievements and failures. But, the most humiliating of all is the failure in the emancipation of women. Irony is India being a puritanical society still deems women as male dominated. Men are the ones who determine the conditions governing the terms of relationship between the two sexes.

But great and powerful women like, Kiran Bedi, Kalpana Chawla, Indira Gandhi have revolutionized the whole concept.

In the present scenario, this 21^st century, women have emerged out victorious in all the fields, be it, politics, sciences, management, sports or anything. They have taken up herculean tasks like swimming across English channel or flying above Atlantic. Their efforts are worth appreciating. They have proved that they are in no way inferior to men. But in some parts of India women are still deprived of their rights and privileges. Their lives are controlled by (their) men & so they are not been able to direct themselves by making successful achievements. Men, there, still possess conservative minds. They have failed to understand that the 'VIRTUOUS WOMEN ARE CROWN TO THEIR HUSBAND'. So, women shouldn't be pressurized.

Women will seek a more active role in grooming and molding the children rather than the current role in cooking food & providing them emotional sustenance with their unconditional love, affection and care.

Women have to face a lot of obligations and there are loads of thorns in their way of success. They have to face mishap, loot, kidnapping, misbehavior, extortion calls & the most disgusting of all these, they are sexually assaulted. But in spite of all these they have never looked back in the past & are stepping forward for a better course for future.

They can be seen taking an active part in the affairs of the state & have been able to exercise an influence on the course of history. Some of the most famous women of the past have not been queens in their own right but either as wives or mothers, they've been the power behind the throne.

Empowerment of women aims at giving women the autonomy over their lives, their destiny. They will refuse to submit the conventions that binds them to the four walls of their houses. Achievements made by the women should be widely published so that it becomes an inspiration for others and they are encouraged to come forward and join hands to work for a better future.

Their practical sense, aesthetic base & capacity to love must be appreciated.

Wide opportunities should be made open to them as they are the future of the nation.

[contributed by: Ankita, IT 1^st year]

(written keeping in mind the rural/backward areas of India)