Friday, 8 March 2013

Celebrating International Women's Day


India is a country known for its tradition and cultural distinct. It is a nation with rich diversity and heritage and hence is unique. The status and role of women in India have changed over the years. Women have started to come out of their comfort zone and followed their dreams. They have also trodden new path to follow. Today, they are with big ambitions to explore and achieve great things that are considered to be not for them. There is a growing number of women entering in all sectors from defense to corporate. They have made their presence felt in a male dominated society with niche. So in a time when we witness such a transformation from their side, it is equally important that we men and as a nation stand together to support them and pursue their dream with equal rights and opportunities.

A nation that glorifies its values and ethics now seems to be losing all that. By now and then almost every day we hear discrimination and assault against women. This is a great shame to our country where women like Rani Lakshmi Bhai, Sarojini Naidu, Vijaylaksmi Pandit and many more had played a prominent role in our freedom struggle. The fear of being discriminated and subdued makes our women go back to their role of fulfilling others age old wishes. The recent murder of a Delhi college girl has raised millions of protesters who demand for strict law and policies. But since then its really disheartening to hear more news of assault against women instead we should be hearing news about laws that punishes this act seriously. Its high time our government looks into this issue and protect our women by providing them a safe and secure environment apart from just introducing new initiatives for their upliftment. First of all women need a safe place to come out and work. So policies that aim at safety of women is the need of the hour. The true meaning of celebrating women’s day is when they live life of their own with equal freedom, rights and security. Lets all hope that this year the International women’s day brings joys and hopes to all women out there to tread their journey without any social barriers.

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