" I want the women of India to be educated while
retaining their purity and sincerity"
Vivekananda had tremendous affection and respect for women.He was a worshipper of Kali-Goddess of strength.He would always look for the leonine and majestic in women.He sincerely believed that women had the capacity to change society for the better.
Unfortunately,Indian women,swayed by the false glitter of western culture have conveniently interpreted freedom to mean licence.
Perturbed by the neglect of women in India,Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar and others had thoughtfully made suitable provisions in the Constitution to elevate their status in society.However,the successive governments while paying lip service to Article 14,made no efforts at the grass roots level to bring women into the mainstream.Obsessed with electoral politics,women were seen as vote-banks to be suitably manipulated.
Today,India has the highest levels of women and child trafficing,maternal and infant mortality,gender violence,aminocentosis and dowry deaths in the world.
If India is to emerge as a progressive,united and prosperous country,women will have to do some serious soul searching and re-define their role in society.
Vivekananda had tremendous affection and respect for women.He was a worshipper of Kali-Goddess of strength.He would always look for the leonine and majestic in women.He sincerely believed that women had the capacity to change society for the better.
Unfortunately,Indian women,swayed by the false glitter of western culture have conveniently interpreted freedom to mean licence.
Perturbed by the neglect of women in India,Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar and others had thoughtfully made suitable provisions in the Constitution to elevate their status in society.However,the successive governments while paying lip service to Article 14,made no efforts at the grass roots level to bring women into the mainstream.Obsessed with electoral politics,women were seen as vote-banks to be suitably manipulated.
Today,India has the highest levels of women and child trafficing,maternal and infant mortality,gender violence,aminocentosis and dowry deaths in the world.
If India is to emerge as a progressive,united and prosperous country,women will have to do some serious soul searching and re-define their role in society.
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