Prof. Jitender Sharma,
Librarian, NIILM CMS writes...
The author can be contacted at: jsharma@niilm.com, jitendersharmaji@gmail.com
International Women's Day,
celebrated on 8th March every year, is a small recognition and appreciation
for the significant role that any woman plays not only to an individual life
but to society as a whole.
Women
are the perfect and best creation of God. Human existence and life is
incomplete without women. They are the creators in themselves. Our ancient
culture has always regarded and accorded highest status to our women in terms
of goddesses. A woman is considered to be “Graha Laxmi’. A girl child is
considered to be incarnation of Goddess “Durga”. God has blessed women with
extraordinary senses, power and abilities. A woman can bear all sorts of
pressures and pains and can still stand firm irrespective of all adverse
circumstances.
Our world order, that follows the patriarchal
system, has, however, always discriminated against women. A girl child was
never accorded same privileges and facilities that were extended to a male
child from the same family. They were always considered born to do home tasks
and to extend the family line. Their education, health and other
socio-economical developments were never given importance. They face all sorts
of curbs and discriminations on their freedom to express themselves, be it in their
lifestyle, education, choosing their career, or even free movement. After
years of agitations and many movements, women in some parts of the world have got equal rights as men, but it is not universal. There are still many countries
and cultures where women are discriminated against.
Although, the modern world has
witnessed a significant change and attitudinal shift in both women’s and societies
thoughts about women’s equality and emancipation, a lot more has to be done.
Women still are not present in equal numbers in business or politics, and
globally women’s education, health and the violence against them is worse than
that of men.
Women have proved themselves in
every discipline of life. They have not only reached the highest levels in
governing any country but also reached up to the space. In fact very recently Sunita
Williams, a NASA astronaut from our own country has established the world
record of spending longest period in space. Women have established and proved
themselves in armed forces including in battlefields. Women have left their
imprints in achieving success in business world too. Indira Nooyi, CEO - PepsiCo
is another example of women breaking the glass ceiling even in the corporate
world. The list is long. There are countless examples to prove that a woman is
no way inferior to a man and in fact, given proper space and chance to flourish,
can perform better than her male counterparts.
Women play very pivotal role in
human development. Their roles as a mother, friend, wife, sister, or daughter
are very significant in a man’s life. Only a woman makes a man realize or feel
important. A man may not be there when a woman needs him but a woman will
always be standing firm the men in her life despite all odds. Only a woman can have the courage to leave
her parents and her home and join a new family & adopt and adjust to a new
life style silently. No man can dare do this. It is rightly said that if
you educate a man, you educate a single person but if you educate a woman, you
educate a generation. The world would be a terrible place without women.
Hence all of us, irrespective of race,
gender, caste or class we belong to, should pledge on this Women’s Day that we
shall provide a suitable place and comfort to women in all aspects of their
life and ensure a bright, equal, safe and rewarding future for them. We shall
never allow any discrimination or atrocities against those who have blessed us with
this life. Respecting a woman is synonymous to respecting God.
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