Celebrate- Indian Women get their due ...Finally
Today I came across this interesing piece in the Hindu newspaper:
http://www.hindu.com/mag/2005/09/25/stories/2005092500050100.htm
My Comments
We live in that part of the world where there are different laws for a different people. Some one once said "Show me the man and I will show you the rule" and I am sure he had the Indian legal system in mind. Burdoned by old antiquated laws and a corrupt and incompetent executive it just trudges on, delaying justice and at times even denying it.
In such a scenario it is refreshing to note that the laws of the land are being revamped, albeit slowly and anamolies of the past are being done away with. This article details the landmark legislation amending the Hindu Succession Act to provide women greater equality in matters of property and inheritence. Most notable is the right of married women to their parental property and an equal right on agricultural land. These are path breaking steps specially for the rural women who have at times nothing more than a piece of land to earn their livelihood, but even that is snatched away from them since the laws are heavily male dominated.
It also recognises the woman as the "karta" and it bestowes on her the role of the bread winner of the family. This legal recognition will dramatically improve the way the contribution of women is percieved specially in rural India. One more interesting observation was the finding in Kerela that women are less likely to face violence from their spouces if they own land or assets. Thus this landmark amendment also in a way paves the way for the protection of women from marital abuse.
On the whole this development is worth taking note of and emulating in other areas where women are being discriminated against simply because someone many years ago inked a few lines without recognising their rights and their place in the society.
PS: Regarding the Kerala finding...have men degenerated into mere gold diggers? Is it not disturbing a trend that it is a women's material worth that determines her marital security?
Your comments are welcome.
posted by Donnie Brasco at 10:06 PM
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I'm a male in USA and hope any woman in India or elsewhere never lets anyone tell her she cannot be smarter than Albert Einstein. Science and human knowledge has been crippled for millenia because smart, gifted women were shut out of society. We have all lost from this stupidity: women, men and children. My sincere hope is that that this will never happen again.
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