Indian society and Women

Indian Society and Women A society runs on two wheels. For any society to run efficiently both of these two wheels must be equally strong for a smooth run. So are you still on the weaker and the inefficient side of that wheel which still runs for girl infanticides, harassment of women and other extreme social taboos which life of woman no less than hell! It is depressing to acknowledge the fact that even after 62 years of independence and advancement in all fields of life we are still fighting with social taboos from where our great leaders had started. Although legally and theoretically women is now recognized as a social equal of man but why are we still hearing about dowry, women harassment, girl infanticide; why does the prevailing value system still surcharge on women due to the spirit of male dominance. It is very clear that we are still at the same place as 200 years before. You might be thinking well then about the success stories of women and their prominence in each field. However, can you go a bit below the level of your thinking towards the small-scale factor of that! It is very true that women have become prominent in the present scenario but people tend to forget that still maximum population of our country resides in villages. If we further think about those small villages, which just exist for namesake, then we will understand that even today people living over there do not have complete knowledge about their rights and prominence of women. Can you very well answer these questions if you think that such cases are a very few? Is every one completely educated enough to understand the present scenario? Women suicide cases are increasing day by day; does anyone try to find out why? Talking about the suicide cases, it is a shame for whole country that even today Indian women still commit ritual suicides! The Lancet medical journal, researchers give the first picture of suicide among young people in India. In a region near Vellore in southern India, more than twice as many young women aged 10 to 19 committed suicide as men in the same age group. The study found the average suicide rate for women in that age group was 148 per 100,000, compared with 58 suicides per 100,000 men. The study looked at a community of 108,000 people in Vellore in southern India over a period of 10 years, from 1992-2001. During that time, there were 122 suicides among the community’s roughly 20,000 10- to 19-year-olds. Forty of the suicides were committed by men and eighty-two by women. Bride burning is other major prevailing issue though it is not that well prominent but still exists! The bride burning very well conjures up images of a cruel husband and his family members dousing a young woman in kerosene, flinging a lighted matchstick on her and gloating as the hapless bride goes up in flames. Are we so cruel that we do not understand the humanity? Looking into present scenario i.e. on a smaller scale rather if we are to compare with whole country: “The hand that rocks the cradle, rules the world” Pratibha Patil is a prominent example for above quotation. However, people fail to understand but it is true that the very revolutionary energy, which can turn this world into a paradise, is hidden among women. With features like multifaceted ness, benevolence, tolerance, adjustability and integrity women is one of the ever-magnificent creations of God! Though role of women is, a measuring rod and a true index of civilization then why is this role offered only to those have access to facilities and knowledge. People say that the ever long existing myth has been broken- “higher fields are meant only for men” so do we still see equal number of women with men? Can every woman fight these social norms in order to succeed? Answer is no of course, some of them do fight these social norms but not everyone can afford it at stake of their lives! As Rabindranath Tagore has said: “Woman is a builder and molder of nations’ destiny. Though delicate and soft as lily, she has a heart far strong and bolder than that of a man. She is the supreme inspiration of any man’s onward march”