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BREAKING THE BARRIER-
THE INDIAN WOMEN
LITERACY AND Women in India were deprived of many basic &
equal rights. Orthodox society created biased &
STEREOTYPES un-favourable atmosphere for them to live in. For
centuries they were restricted & discriminated
on the basis of gender. The situation was more
“Breaking the Glass Ceiling” literally means or less same around the world, be it France,
removing all the stereotypes from our thinking Germany or U.S, women were living under
and letting the women and minorities progress miserable conditions. Social activists fought hard
in different fields. Do you really want our country to get women the same platform as men enjoyed.
to be a developed country? Don’t you want all the After independence our constitution provided
Indians to be literate? them equal rights. With time, political & economic
India is still called a developing country, not reforms empowered them to new heights.
developed because still some people do not Needless to remind from Sharmila Arom to
allow their daughters to read and write. People Sunita Viliams, from Ashwariya Rai to Mithali Raj,
allow their daughters to study till 12th standard Indra Nooyi, Chandra Kochar, Lata Mangashker,
and stop them from pursuing higher education. Shobhana Narayan are only few pearls to choose
They get them married as soon as they are 18. from the long list. Indian women have brought
If all the parents would have thought like that laurels to India in all fields. They have always stood
we wouldn’t have got women like Bachendri Pal, for the rights & true values of the society. Time &
Kalpana Chawla, Mithali Raj and Sushmita Sen again they have proved that they are no less than
who are equally passionate as men. Government their counter parts. They challenged orthodox
is trying to solve these problems by introducing approach & displayed extra ordinary courage
certain schemes and laws like promoting girl child to achieve new goals. Education has played an
education, reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs, mid- important role in women empowerment. This in
day meal program in government school. There turn has helped in the economic growth of the
are certain laws like “Right to freedom”. (Right country. India is shining because of the women
to practice any profession, occupation, religion, who are leading in all sectors including armed
speech) & commandos forces. If we see the past records
they have always outnumbered boys when it
In India 80% of men are literate and in comparison comes to board results. They are more sincere &
to that there are only 64% women who are literate. dedicated in their approach. Dr. Emmanuel, the
We people are called educated but we act like the great Educator & Social activists has rightly said
uneducated. We should not always depend on the “If you educate a man you educate an individual
government, we should do something on our own but if you educate a woman, you empower her
too. & educate the whole nation.” So let us salute &
“Promote girls and minorities, think out of the box.” respect women power.
Vannya Garg, VIII-B Shobhit, XI-B
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