The Women's bill

The SP and the RJD are up in arms against the womens bill being passed in the Rajya Sabha.(Surprisingly both the parties are not ruling their states currently. But their fair share of seats in their states and political weightage at the center cannot be ignored) Around 50% of the population constitutes of women and they cannot bear only 33% of the seats being reserved for them?? On a very harsh note, they are just scared that the parliament might get a bit more sophisticated(that is the only word that came to my mind after seeing yesterday's hooliganism) as mainly Tier1 Tier2 cities (pardon me if I ignore any area due to lack of knowledge) have a mind open enough to see their women going on a traditionally man's job of running the country. I see little chance that women from these states are going to be allowed to break the barriers of the kitchen and come out to lead the country. These leaders just don't know from where 33% women legislators will come in their state legislatures. May be that is why they are protesting!!! They are just feeling completely helpless if such a situation arises in the future.

The Congress is up for the Women's bill. Seeing an opportunity to break the ties between SP and Congress the BJP and Left are telling the Congress to act tough. Congress has the BSP support but cannot trust it(Mayawatiji ki jai). I think the Congress should indeed be strong in their stand for the bill to be passed. They will only win the hearts of women if they make this good move.

The problem in most states of India is that women have been long suppressed in the confines of their house and today if a 33% reservation bill is passed for all legislatures there is a dearth of women who have had a certain kind of an exposure to do such kind of jobs. But if they are still left unexposed then the situation will never improve. We talk about women empowerment and equality. How empowered is the woman in today's India??? I agree that in urban areas women might be considered to be at par with men or may be even ahead but are we people in the city open enough to accept a woman leader amongst us?? It is a frank question which we need to ask within us. I personally think there is a bias against woman leadership all over India. Passing this bill will facilitate the process of involving women in politics on a large scale which has never happened before, but it is necessary that such a thing happens.

But I am against over-empowerment of either sex. Just as an example. You ban any sex from facebook today, I guarantee you a month later facebook will not be as successful as it is today, or may be it may even close down. A particular sex might enjoy having private talk on the site, but for how long, they'll eventually get bored. My only point is, a particular thing is a huge success if both the sex's have equal participation in it. And I don't think it is any different for running a country. I am up in arms for the Women's bill being passed today.

PS: Ignore the example if it doesn't make sense. Bas meri bhavnao ko samjho :))