Wednesday, December 9, 2020

I AM BACK

 Hello Readers ,

Its been quite sometime that I wrote about something , what started off as a promising hobby , just faded away in a blink of the eye . However , better late than never said someone . Thus I have decided to start again , the journey of writing. Hopefully , this time I will go beyond and put in that extra effort to make things work. My main motive is to reach to as many people as I can and if I can even bring a positive change in anyone's life , that would be it...to just keep me going. Also do let me know in the comment section if you would like me to write about any particular interesting topic. 

Bye,

Asha.

Monday, March 10, 2014

STATUS OF GENDER EQUALITY IN INDIA : My Point of View

The status of gender equality (or rather inequality ) in India today according to The Global Gender Gap Report 2013, introduced by the World Economic Forum is that India is ranked 101 among 136 countries that were assessed for women empowerment on social, economic and political parameters. Technically gender inequality in India has narrowed over the past year, but has the gap really reduced or is it only the narrow picture of things actually happening. This is still a controversial question every citizen of India asks to themselves especially women. Economic opportunities and health facilities for women in the country are still among the poorest in south Asia, according to another new survey. This shows the clearer picture of status of gender equality in India.
No doubt that over the past few years India has improved its ranking in the index , women have been moving forward in every phase of the country from education to corporate to household and politics , but we still live in a country where women are tortured and harassed silently. Women have grabbed each opportunity to improve their quality of life on one hand but on the other hand the same woman is confined to a glass ceiling. Women have been given reservation in various fields but the same woman is being looked down upon in a workplace. The country boasts of a tradition of Ghungat (or veil) over the head where on the other hand women are being molested and murdered.
When the country is striving for a change , what really has to be focused on are the factors of change. Like Swami Vivekananda  once  said “It is impossible to think about the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is improved “ , the same applies to the development of the country also. If the country has to develop , the root causes of setbacks have to be eliminated. One such root cause is gender inequality. For many years women have been neglected and exploited. Since the country is changing for the better , gender inequality has to be stopped.
However even if women are being empowered nowadays, it is not being implemented in all fields. Where women are being provided a reservation quota , education of a girl child has to be equally practiced. According to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India , gender equality and woman empowerment are two sides of the same coin. To improve the status of gender equality in India , the role of women have to be redefined and communicated clearly . Previously when women were neglected , they were misinterpreted as shy and home bound , thus the characteristics women then possessed were not exposed. But as time progressed , the thought process of a nation changed , women are being given an opportunity to showcase their abilities and move forward thus women are recognized for their skill today. This is the basis for redefining a woman’s role in the society. She has been transformed from a shy home-bound person to a confident and wise personality who can manage a home and an office with the perfect balance and blend of wit , logic and emotions.
The society in our nation even today witnesses son preference that deteriorates the sex ratio , gender differences in education , marriage and spouse age differentials , employment , female household headship , access to resources , gender relations , married women and decision making , spousal violence , health , nutrition and demographic outcomes.
It is shocking to find out that in some regions of India , the sex ratio is very low which clearly signifies gender inequality , when women in the cities have developed mentally and physically and have occupied reputed positions like Managing Director , Chief Executive Officers and even President of India, girl child is being aborted in the mother’s womb in the backward regions. Thus in a move to protect the girl child , ultrasonic tests to determine gender have been banned. The people have to understand that its only the women who can take forward the generations of a nation.
Where the women in cities are career oriented , the girl in the backward regions is being forced to drop out of school so that her male sibling is educated better. However school dropouts is also prevalent with the male in backward regions , but less in comparison with women.
Marital age is also a major concern in India specially in the backward regions where girls and boys are married at a tender age when they are not ready for such responsibilities mentally and physically. With child marriages , the women are more affected since this leads to unnecessary pregnancy and abortion . The health of women is deteriorated and life span also reduces as such. It is evident that the girl is not ready physically for such things. Where love marriages and marriages from the same occupation or education pertaining to similar ages is common in urban India , spousal age difference is a major concern in rural India and also some parts of urban India. The spousal difference leads to increase abortions and failed relationships.
In spite of being forward in workplace and home in cities , the women in urban areas take up agriculture as a life to earn a living . Very few women actually are employed in professional work places. Another strange fact is that some women are not even paid in cash for the work they do.
Female household leadership trend has been increasing in the nation .  Household leadership when controlled by men is less economically vulnerable when compared to women because women are more emotional probably. The access to media and surroundings of women is very less compared to men. This shows that in spite of moving forward there exists sections of women in the society who still are confined to limited resources. This also shows that men are given more opportunities to develop when compared to women.
Even today in spite of proving that women can compete on par with men , a majority of men think that decision making in a household can still not be joint and should only be male dominated. The rural woman still doesn't have an authority over her husband’s earning and doesn't have a say in investment matters. Most of the time in spite of the woman being wise in decision making , is not able to utilize her skill or make her family benefit. Also at the professional workplace , women are not given a chance to prove their mettle due to persistent issues like male chauvinism.
Safety of women in the house , on the streets and in the workplace is also a controversial issue now. The law has defined strict rules and regulations regarding safety of women but still crimes such as rape , harassment , molestation are prevalent in the country. The major reason behind this is that very few laws are actually being executed in action.
Health and immunization is also a right to every person of this society and gender inequality should not be practiced in such areas instead care should be given to pregnant women and newly delivered mothers and their babies. But this is hardly practiced in every household of the society. This awareness is being spread drastically and has to be implemented in speed. Many women are deprived of nutrition while  the boy child is privileged with good nutrition. Contraception awareness also has to be spread and executed.
After decades of gender inequality, when India stands at the urge of slow development, a major step should be taken to accelerate the progress of the nation. The root cause of gender inequality should be eradicated such that according to the constitution of India the fact that each and every person is equal in terms of law is practiced wholly. This would only lead to harmony and peace and a better and brighter India.


Sunday, February 12, 2012

MY FIRST MORALS OF LIFE!!

Four years back, in October 2008 I had probably made the most important choice in my life. I chose to take up engineering in graduation with electronics and communication as my specialisation.At that point of time i knew very little about professional courses and career planning, I just wanted to become an engineer for the charm and privilege it carried more than the love for the subject.
                                          My graduation started off on a wrong note, with me meeting with an accident and being advised bed rest with a surgery that followed soon.I had no choice but to stay back at home and sit on my bed n wonder if this was all that I ought to do and experience in a professional course.But time indeed went by.Initially it was slow but it then flew faster and faster with every passing day and today right after four years I'm here sharing my experiences with life.
                                My four years of graduation were the most entertaining and important years in my life.This is not just because of my increase in number of friends but also because of those valuable lessons I have learnt .There are numerous angles to my life story of these four years.This is just one angle of what I am sharing with my readers in this particular article of mine.
                                          After my recovery from my accident and post accident issues, I regained my routine completely and i was finally back to college amongst friends and this time I was wiser than them since I had gone trough physical torture and still managed to be back on track.Not very far away was another rough phase in my life approaching me and I had no clue of it.
                                          My mother fell ill.The illness was prolonged and it was the most difficult time in my life.A mother is an angel who holds the house together and in my case my angel was off her duty.There had been times when I had to fake being brave just to support my dad and sister and not let them lose hope and at other times I would just break down in front of friends.This was the time, my academics went for a toss.And to my worries this was not the end, my mother's illness grew worse day  by day. 
            After days of struggle, there was finally some good news.The doctors had diagnosed the illness and then decided to start the treatment.Within weeks of treatment my mother began to feel better and this was truly heavenly to us.This made me brave and mature and i hadn't realised it.
           After my mother's recovery i had fallen sick and this did effect my academics even more.But that was meant to happen so it was inevitable.But once i got stronger, and out of my health issues i had many unfinished tasks and had to complete them.I had to fix my academics and morale, since at this time I was very low on both of them.There were many sleepless nights I went trough in these rough phases of my life.
               I had to fight back or lose my battle for confidence.I decided to give a fight and not let go of it.This was when I lost my grandfather whom I derive a lot of inspiration from.This was a blow for me but I decided not to be a coward and stood firm in fighting back.
              I fought back right from the bottom of my academics and then suddenly everything began to change.The bad days, the rough times and my opinion about life.I finally did manage to get back on track and academics and soon my confidence and morale boosted as well.This was when I realised and learnt the best lesson in my life.
                      
                          Life teaches you many such things that you would not have ever expected, the lesson you learn from your mistakes is way much important than the number of times you win.
          
                            I have evolved mentally in these crucial years and I'm glad I have managed to do so and I'm willing to learn even better things in future...and I don't regret anything that happened in my life in the last four years since i have fallen in love with my life!!
                
              

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Put In Little Love, Patience And Make It Work..!!

Hie to my lovely readers..
I was just thinking of what to share with you people when it struck to me that in today's world relationship issues are common and its really sad to see that they just tend to break..Im just not talking about a guy and his girlfriend..im talking about any relationship wheter it is a mother and her daugter,a husband and his wife ,a brother and his sister ,a father- daughter or for that matter that between grandparents and grandchildren..or that between friends.

There is an age gap, a generation difference or a difference in opinion that breaks relationships..This is inevitable since it it natural and we are after all human beings..The difference in opinion occurs from person to person and generation to generation..its simple yet complicated..its like we hav a lock and a bunch of keys but dont know which key would open the lock..Opinion is nothing but the way in which you look at a particular thing..
A relationship works only when you understand a person and imagine yourself in their shoes and look at things their way ..Its hard to cut your ego and think about the other person patiently but the only way you can do it is to just show endurance and do it..Every person irrespective of what they are outside are a little kid deep down..they want someone to understand them and show them immense love,care and affection..rude behaviour will only hurt you..So evrybody just try and put in emotion from the bottom of your heart since you got to remember what you expect is what you ought to give..only then will staying together be joyous and life will become a party..remember its not sacrifice and is compromise that will strengthen your relationship no matter with whomsoever..
So the next time your caught in an akward situation where you need to let go of a relationship..just give it a thought if you should actually pay this price for something very valuable in exchange for something you can adjust or compromise for..and ask yourself

"SHOULD I??"

Sunday, April 10, 2011

MY BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES OF TENTH GRADE..

Hie people...a bigger hie to all my batch mates of class ten..Lil angels.. It a very special feeling to share the memorable memories of our tenth grade... Who could ever forget such wonderful memories??i bet none of you would have..Its been 5 years since we have passed out and it was as if yesterday that school reopened for our tenth...School reopened early from summer vacation since it was our tenth and so these were supposed to be called the extra classes..It was burning summer in may but the summer opening was worthwhile..We did not know the value of each day then but gradually as we were approaching our boards we realised the importance of each day in a tenth grade.. Classes started with full swing..we made a fuss to sit in the class in a packed humid vizag summer but we knew we had no other choice but to sit and listen..as days passed by we discovered newer forms of passing time during a boring lecture..any crap that came to mind would be discussed in the class and then would be become the most happening issue of the school...Link ups..goshh was a craze..some girl would be linked up to some guy simply without any reason!! And in a class there are more stars than there are in a tinsel town..each one is a star..with a unique talent..each and every body had the capability to make it to MADAME TUSSAUDS.... And not just the stars of tinsel town, we had great polliticians too..In the middle of the tenth grade we had mock elections with a proper voting ballet system...and the campaigning who could forget that?? The big fat elections came to an end and then more drama followed.. The educational trip to steel plant..it was more of a fun trip than the educational...the excurtion...well i wont be able to say much about this since i did not go..it was really pinching me from inside that i missed something really badly.. The wait for the games hour was a real hardwork..the whole class would fight for the games hour with complete unity.. As the days flew even quicker..remedial classes approached..The actual definition of a remedial class was study of a particular subject frm 8am to 1.30pm in the afternoon and then a complete hour test from 2.15 to 3.15..And guess what we did during those classes.. We discovered a so called sport...a sport that was even important than a national sport..THE RUBBERBAND MANIA!! Evrybody in the class would earn rubberbands with hand made paper bullets...and targetting evrybody and anybody in the class..the teacher would turn towards the board and bullets would keep flying behind her..one or two used to unfortunately target her also.... THis became a craze..somebody entering the class without a rubberband could not defend themselves..Injuries would take place so often but none would get discouraged..they would fight back like superheroes and this made game made us feel even prouder than super heroes!!:) And then at the end of the day evrybody used to copy paste matter frm text books and study materials from their desks on to their answer sheets.. And not just that the craze of slam books..and the crap we used to write in it..was real fun..the hardwork we used to do to hide our slam books and even the rubber bands fearing inspection..:P BUT THE UNDERLINED PART IS NOBODY EVER MISSED THE REMEDIALS.....:) AND they turned out to be the best days of class ten! Amongst all the drama, fun, lectures, culturals,principals long long supposed to be inspiring speeches ,lil fights,funny gossips,all other crazy things the attachment and bonds with each other and our teachers grew stronger n deeper.....and then one day evrything came to an end..the fun the affection the crazy things..and we had to depart..depart from the school from our teachers from each other from all these years of beautiful memories and from our beautiful times of tenth grade...this was a very emotional and touchhy moment of each of us ......and we had no other option left..our tenth grade finally came to an end..but the memories will remain :) All of us pass through this phase..this marks the tenth grade..forget about it being good or bad..its immaterial..memories are memories and they will remain forever in our hearts....and i was lucky to have beautiful happy memories that brought tears in my eyes when i had to depart after my tenth .Its not easy to depart from something you love..but its the philosophy of life..you have to move on...though you have them all cemented in our heart forever and ever... This is to all my friends of class ten... Miss Yu all so muchh....

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

A PROUD INDIA!!


Four years back in March 2007, who would have thought India would lose to a team like Bangladesh and get eliminated from the World Cup in which they were considered Favourites... But things happened for the best..hadn't they lost victory wouldn't have been so sweet..in the following years to come...first the TWENTY TWENTY CHAMPIONS and now the CHAMPIONS in the 50 over format!! From the WORLD CUP debacle in 2007, India evolved as a team..a team that learnt to live together,a team that learnt to play together, a team that rose to the occasion..and then evrything else became unimportant..The best gift a cricket thirsty NATION of a billion could get..a long wait of 28 years finally came to an end..an end that jst began a new and better phase for cricket and pride in INDIA.. INDIA were meant to be the champions because they not just played as champions..they fought together as a nation of billion hopes..To the people and for the people..they brought back the cup home..breaking the jinx of winning the world cup on home soil..The fact that INDIA is the first nation to have won the WORLD CUP on home soil entirely shows the love and passion that INDIANS have for the game of cricket and their support that boosted the team... To them its not a game of cricket..its much more than that..a dream of a billion being fullfilled..made them all proud....AN EMOTIONAL PROUD INDIA!! And this victory will be cherished for years to come and probably forever... SO HERE IS SALUTING THE HEROES OF PROUD INDIA.... KEEP SHINING AND BRINGING INNUMERABLE LAURELS TO OUR NATION... CONGRADULATIONS TO THE MEN IN BLUE.. YOU HAVE CERTIANLY DONE US ALL PROUD.. THE PROUDEST OF ALL THE NATIONS.. A PROUD INDIA!!

Monday, May 3, 2010

Chennai Superkings_deseving champions!!

With the third season of the Indian Premiere League coming to an end with so much fun and frolic...The IPL_3 has found its deserved champions...THE CHENNAI SUPERKINGS...have emerged the winner at the end of season 3.....and they hav been deserving this title for the last few seasons....
From the beginning of season 3 with the form with which the Mumbai Indians sailed trough to the finals...evrybody would have expected them to win the title...but somehow things did not go their way in d big game....it was a day of tought luck that helped Chennai beat Mumbai quite comfortably..without taking away any credit from Chennai i would say Chennai has been the most consistent side in d tournament for 3 seasons now...they they deservingly won..
The huge drama behind the scenes of the league did not take any spotlight off the much hyped tournament...the IPL was this time back in INdIA for the packed stadiums n exciting matches...
After 2 seasons of undisputed hardwork the much deserving Chennai Superkings won the title with a good team effort,great experience,promising youngsters and most important lead by a cool and confident captain....Mahendra Singh Dhoni...
Captain Cool as he is...the INdian Skipper, then skipper of CSK lead the team to a great success of 3 seasons of the IPL winning the third.He did justice to Chennai who bought him for a wopping 6 crores trough bidding..
The bottom statement is that Ipl has been a huge hit in India and we only hope it remains a platform for young talent to shine in the country ....