Reservation is a bad word in the intelligent man's dictionary. It means that his intellectual incap...
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Reservation is a bad word in the intelligent man's dictionary. It means that his intellectual incapacity is accepted as a genetic factor so that allowance of concessional treatment is made at the cost of more "intelligent" people.
Can gender based reservation be counted as some kind of debility, of the mental kind? Nowhere in the world are women given reservation in politics. The urban intelligensia dubs this phenomenon as wooing the public in favour of the ruling party that passes the bill, turning the track of women's vote bank and so on. There are women who oppose these bills as they have been used to voicing opinions against the reservation policy and now they cannot go back on a "policy matter" by saying, let us allow women's bill and the 33.3% reservation. So the pseudo feminist says- All are equal,see we have shown you time and again that we are no less than men. Look at Mayawati, Jayalalitha, Sonia Gandi, Indira Gandhi. If they can come up, why on earth can't we?Down with the women's bill. It means nothing to us!!
Okay,if that is what you say, let us go ahead and take stock of the background of these so called successful women politicians. How many have come sheerly out of their inclination, unaided by any male support? It was either a boyfriend, a husband,a father or some well wishers already in their husband's party, who had roped in these females and later, of course, they are on their own. On the other hand,if lesser mortals like you and me become independent candidates, with no body to lobby for us, what would happen? Think for a moment of the physical attacks, rape, acid throwing, deaths, beatings or any kind of attack by the "opposing" party candidates or even the other candidates of "our" party? After all this, if we survive, well and good, we can rule (or get overruled).
Just consider the plight of an average woman interested in politics and deeply desirous of serving the nation. What are her chances of even being able to join a party, given the fact that she has family-a husband, children and in laws to serve and take care? When they are not in the political field, what are her chances of support at home? How long can discouragements keep up her spirit and what are the other possible immediate benefits that woman gets besides break ups, cut ups, separation, divorce, suspicions of conjugal infedility?Wouldn' it take toll on the emotional health of the woman, whose sole desire is to do something? Who will provide her with the financial backing, when the husband himself is likely to object to her ambitions? Taking all this into consideration,a capable and intelligent woman with a willingness to contribute her mite towards nation building, would step back hesitantly. She would consider herself a lesser mortal and hand over the baton to women who are able to hook a boyfriend from among the possibly successful "partymen". After his death of course, she would become his protege.
If this condition has to change for the better and the homebird should be able to perch on the treetops of political power, what better resolutions can be taken other than giving a nod to the women's bill?
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Yes, I fully support reservations for women . Women are as capable as men but some how there is a bias against women not only in India but also out side. Thanks. DMR Sekhar.
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hi Geekunnel and D sampath,
Thank u for those words.
regards
scribbly
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dear scribbling pad.
that was passionate
logical
spirited
amazingly lucid writing...
spoken for the ordinary
women in the home
very rarely this point
of view is discussed...
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lets welcome the bill!!!
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u can still try ur luck,jatin!
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oh great news for bandits. now they'v got their representative too. ....
if dont clear iims this year....may be i can get into smuggling and then into politics. hey but m ill suited..and m an engineer too. now what will i do. i cant even get into politics. huh!!
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Hi Jsavita,
Sounds good. Women will espouse women's causes like road side rape, sex harassment at work place, dowry problem, wife beating and so on. The voices of destitute women/forsaken women across the country will be heard.
Even if the others are minimal, rape is one thing, that has traumatised women and is inflicted on her not so much as a result of an inebriated male's lustful excess but as some consicous communal vendetta.
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it would lead to gender equality in Parliament, resulting in the empowerment of women as a whole.
women are deprived in India. Increased political participation of women will help them fight the abuse, discrimination, and inequality they suffer from.
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hi jatin,
We will one day reach a stage where both men and women will look badly corrupt, like Orwells Anima farm- men and pigs are no different.yeah!
Only men and women with heightened national interest should ever join politics. sounds idealistic. but how do u scour them? Sure...there maybe quiet and efficient people who won't come out, it is immaterial whether they are male or female and . we need to encourage them just as we should undermine these thugs and treasury-pilferers though some other resolution! looks like the future will any way be bleak without a bill squashing the entry of bandits and their wives(BTW, the sandlewood fame Veerappan's wife's got a DMK ticket)
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But the problem is here alos, u"ll find that big shots pushing their women for an unfair representation. Otherewise u r right women must be given an opportunity.
Best wishes,
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