The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh News : Change priorities

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Monday, Jan 29, 2007
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Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Change priorities

Change priorities

A junior doctor who received her first earnings by working as a house surgeon in the general hospital attached to the Government Medical College in Anantapur has donated the full amount to the Indian Red Cross Society for augmenting its resources.

The have-nots need many such gestures to help them live a meaningful life.

The designated authorities on their own cannot be expected to do all that is expected of them for reducing the gap between rich and poor.

What is needed is a classless society aimed at giving all the opportunities to every ward for contributing his or her might for the nation's development.

Some of the outdated priorities need a re-look.

The changed socio-economic conditions need a transparent, progressive and result-oriented equation. Redrafting the set parameters for forming a just and orderly society is a must. In the final analysis our cherished motto of `tamasoma jyothirgamaya' will see the light of the day if we set things right.

G.L. Panchashrit Reddy,

Nizamabad

Marginalised lot

The problem of politics today is that it is dominated by men. Political participation of men and women is a natural human activity, a basic human right. However, the women of India are the most powerless, marginalised and unrepresented sections in the present political system. Their representation has never gone beyond 8 per cent in Parliament.

All political parties have thrived on lip service to the cause of women. None of them are genuinely interested in changing the situation.

Women constitute 50 per cent of our population and they are one of the most valuable human resources of the country.

Perhaps one of the biggest lacunae in our development has been leaving women out of the mainstream of development.

The fate of the women's reservation bill seems uncertain and it hangs in the hands of the male Members of Parliament who have an overwhelming majority in both the Houses.

The Government and the Election Commission should indeed consider ways to enhance female representation in legislative bodies by taking measures that compel political parties to give more tickets to women candidates.

The time has come to give women their due in politics and decision-making. It now remains to make a political resolve in order to advance from words to action.

M. Satyanarayana Rao,

Hanamkonda

Nizamabad

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