Reader's Quotient:Transforming the DNA of Society

Role of Women in our Society. We have been reading through the history of past many centuries,how ,in many societies,women and girls have been discriminated against. Right from the beginning of birth of a girl in a family ,a lot of discrimination was observed. There used to be a vast difference in the attitude of parents themselves towards the girl child and the male child. I was very upset to see that even the mother ,in many cases, gave differential treatment. This might have been due to the social atmosphere prevailing during that period. Women were deprived of many rights which men enjoyed .Males did not seek or listen to their advice on matters of importance for the family. Women were considered as goods or objects  of sex-gratification. They were  kept under purdah (veil) or confined to the four walls of the house. Exceptions,of course, were there but very few and those too in high class families. I have seen that they were even denounced in some books on religion/holy books.

This is a poem that I wrote while I was getting bored in a 4 hour long training. I updated this on my blog on 14th Apr 2009: http://pradipz.blogspot.com/2009/04/chosen-one.html

Here I sit in the training class,
Like a blonde learning finance
They are talking about architecture and design
Seems like everyone’s plotting to make me resign.
They are talking Verification, Validation, Designing and Planning’s
Oh God!! Why are they using Greek, French and Latin wordings?
Sitting in a corner keeping my fingers crossed
Hoping to go invisible before questions are asked
Surrounded by Smarty’s in their late 30’s
I feel like a kiddo still in his chaddis
Wishing a small unharmed earthquake
Or at least a fire without any life at stake
Anything, to make the training stop
I SMSed the almighty back to back Non-Stop
Before the SMS reached the Intended Lord
Trainer caught me totally off-guard
He started bombarding with questions
To embarrass me, being his sole intention
Miraculously, answers poured out of me
Everyone was taken aback, including me
That question woke me up far and wide
While the trainer proceeded to his next slide
I was awake for the rest of the class
And tried to participate with the mass
After 4 long hours the training was done
With little “Gyaan” I got, I felt I am “The Chosen One”

Since independence, the politicians of our country are playing with the reservation policy. The main idea behind the reservation is to provide the privilege to the under privileged people of our country, who are discriminated on the basis of caste, creed, sex etc. which is prevailing in our country from centuries. After the independence it was decided that this reservation would cease to exist after some years.  But now it’s become a part of the vote bank politics of avaricious politicians of our country. Reservations for other backward classes, reservations for gujjars, for meenas etc. In fact every politician plays the card of reservation without knowing the fact that he would get his votes in short term but in the long term he is sowing the seeds of disgust among the other communities, which act as a catalyst and next time other politician would take advantage of that scenario and in this way with the aim of decreasing the disparity we are increasing the hatred of one community against the other. Its finest example is the gujjar agitation in Rajasthan for the schedule tribe reservation which is opposed by meenas who has this privilege.   

To reduce the social disparity in our country the reservation is must, as the people of backward classes would socially able to stand if they are economically sound. The economy is related to education as a well educated person would have status in society and is in a position to bring out his family out of the social disgrace which they have to face.  So is the reservation policy is right for the future of our country. In fact the under privileged don’t know even about that and its benefit is taken by the people who are already benefitted out of that. Should caste and not the economic background of a person is the basis for the reservation?  The answer is no, as the reservation is the means to reduce the social disparity. So what sort of reservation structure would be there?   

I realize that you are the most beautiful flower that I have ever seen in this alien territory. I was drawn in just for you. Your incessant smile is pouring hopes and dreams in my weary life.

I can see the iron fencing that separates us in this dingy path. The sight of you swaying along in this gentle breeze makes me desperate and draws me ever closer to you. But the fact remains I can never have you and this makes my legs stutter.

I know I can break these iron fencing by myself. Such an endeavor will leave me bruised and bleeding. But I will accept that pain with all my heart and never ending pleasure