What happens to bright young female achievers?

1 min readMay 22, 2015

An article written by Namita Bhandare forwarded by Kapil Joshi set me thinking.

Even today more than 85% households in India still believe that a male child is preferable.
So called Reservation in education takes care of everything including girls, but where is there a followup.
Politicians appointed as HRD ministers have no clue about what to do? Yes, talk about IIM/IIT & remain in the news is right there on their agenda.
Yup Girls schools, colleges, are great photo op, after which we meet next year.
Earnings, Savings are decided by the father & later husband even though they may have no clue of finances.
They need to constantly thank their father, brother, husband…..is this a trade off to allow them to study? work? In which case why not their mothers, sisters, daughters??
Can we not portray girl with her mother in advertisements that are relevant & not cosmetic.
And to top it all, the regressive serials that enjoy high TRP

Expecting Manmohan Singh to do something about it is pathetic. It has to be initiated from every home, every individual for it to gather momentum.

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Having worked 80% of my life with lady bosses and enjoyed working with them; superbly supportive wife & daughter (who always join forces to keep me in control) I can say that the first couple of times it is difficult, then it becomes a way of life.

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