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True status
Kalpana Sharma’s “How confident are we?” (February 10) exposes the reality with regard to the status of women. The article focuses our attention on the need for continuing and accentuating efforts to empower women. Despite the unacknowledged domestic work, women are forced to work outside to supplement family income on which, ironically enough, they have little say. Inadequate nutrition and neglect of health problems make women anaemic as well as infirm. The spurt in the incidence of violence against women and dowry-related crimes indicates a disturbing pattern in our approach to women. Until the status of women rises in letter and spirit, the country will remain backward in the real sense of the term, despite the apparent signs of development which are only cosmetic in nature.
N.K.Vijayan,
Kizhakkambalam, Kerala
The Other Half described the true status of Indian women. Women in spite of being educated and employed do not enjoy the privilege of decision making. As a matter of fact, crimes against women are also rising at an alarming rate. It is more astonishing to note that some women are not allowed to decide whom to vote for. This is equivalent to denying them their right to vote. When women are not truly enjoying their rights, how can we call ours a true democracy?
Pallavi,
Coimbatore
After reading the article, I went through the statistics on the NCRB site. It clearly indicated that Andhra Pradesh is also most favorable for the new generation woman. Is this “new confidence” one of the main reasons behind the soaring crime rates in metropolitan cities like Delhi, which is home for many women who have “arrived”. I am a woman and regularly shuttle between two states: Andhra Pradesh (my home) and Uttar Pradesh (my second home). My two homes rank first and second in the survey of “Crime Against Women”. This intimidated me for a while and all I can say is I am fortunate at the moment to be alive and safe.
Rashmitha. N.
IIT Kanpur, U.P.
In a male-dominated society, the news that Indian women have arrived is refreshing. But, taking into account events of the recent past, this can only be partially true since women are still subjected to untold miseries and sufferings. Though girls outperform boys in school and college and women surge ahead in every competitive field, men do not wish to offer additional space to women in society. This has resulted in women’s inability to take decisions even on matters relating to their own affairs. Still worse, in the son-struck society, mothers play an active role in thwarting any attempts to mitigate the sufferings of women. Nothing less than will and determination driven by ethical commitment from all sections of society to accord equal status to women will help improve the situation.
K.R.Srinivasan,
Hyderabad
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