Troubles of Women

India, is one of the largest democracies in the world today. We have made lot of economic and social progress. Today we have a woman president, a woman speaker and one of the largest political party is being led by a woman. Good to hear all that aint it. Even after all this progress, are women free? Still we are seeing many atrocities against women. Still we have female infanticide very much prevalent. Our parliament is shouting against an Indian Teleserial ‘ Balika Vadhu’ but do these same people know how many balika vadus are still there in the society around them. The first thing that surprised was to see Sharad Yadav talk against balika vadhu. If my memory is not shadowed up, I think this was the same person who said once upon a time that he would consume poison if the women’s bill is passed. Why don’t our politicians step out of the four walls of pariliament to see on the streets of urban and rural India to see how woman are being treated. If I am not wrong everyday our daily newspapers carry atleast one news article about rape. Everyday girls go missing. Yesterday on TV I saw a news report about how a woman was burnt to death by her husband and mother-in-law. There are so many surveys showing that the crime against women is on the high. Gender disparities, I guess it’s a huge topic on its own. Every profession shows many examples of gender disparities. From the profession of movie directors to the army officers, everywhere the number of women is low. Why because we have a general statement – “women are weak and they cannot be subjected to harsh conditions”.

Have we forgotten the quote of Mahatma here –

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
--Mahatma Gandhi

I think the women of my country have tons of indomitable will.
In Ancient India woman were treated with great honor. She was potrayed as a goddess. But during the medieval time she was pushed down to the level of a slave. She was merely just like a thing. And in modern times, inspite of so much education and advancement in thinking, she is still fighting to be relieved from the clutches. How strange is the journey of woman. But she is undettered in fighting for her rightfull status. Every man should realize that whatever he is today, started with the first teachings of his mother, who is a woman. Hopefully the women’s bill gets passed. And the good things come to us.

My fellow women of India, lets stand by this quote

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
--Mahatma Gandhi

Where is god? Who is god?

Where is god? Who is god? Has anybody seen him/her.. Isnt this the major question which has no answer before the human race. Where is god? Speaking spiritually he is in all of us, he is in every thing around us.
I have heard many arguments about temple, some have deep spiritual sense and some out of sheer ignorance. One such argument is this and this one was definitely interesting, If you look at the structure of a hindu temple, the main deity is situated in the inner quarters. Compare the temple to a human physical form, god resides in the inner quarters of a human. What is the name of the god , it’s the human soul. The human soul is believed to be at its purest form. Its totally untouched by anything. It is totally free. I have heard death feels like a passing phase and its for the first few minutes of leaving the human form, soul struggles to come to terms with the reality that it never belonged to the human physical form it took. It was just a passing phase of its karmic cycle.
I am not an atheist nor a theist because I haven’t found an argument that would completely make me believe that there is no god or also I haven’t found the vice versa. This is an interesting question. I am sure its in many minds. Any thoughts ??