Women Reservation : A Boon or Bane

Women reservation: A Boon or Bane

     “The story of women’s struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all  who care about human rights”- Gloria Steinem.

 Ever since creation, women, have been the victim of all misfortunes. Our society from the age old days has been a male dominated one. Women have suffered enough from the rituals and ordeals like sati, dowry, infanticide and many. The position and status of women have changed in the new scenario; today women are no less than men. They have in all respects earned them the name, “super human.” These sprouting changes still is failing to get them the taste of power. Power is reserved to an area of people or a society; patriarchal or the male dominated sections.  Abraham Lincoln, the greatest President of America, who saved the nation from clutches of slavery, said thus:

“To know the character of a person give him power.”

Women should be given power equal to men to foster a better tomorrow. Reservation is like the highlighted agenda of any political party these days. Women reservation has always been a topic of debate. In 1993 constitutional amendment was passed for a random one third of village council leader or Pradhan positions, in Grama Panchayat to be reserved for women. This enabled women to display their capacities and capabilities. The successful implementation of the constitutional amendment paved the way for women reservation bill that proposes to amend the constitution of India to reserve 33% of all seats in the lower house of parliament. Rajya Sabha passed the bill on March 2010; the Lok Sabha has not yet voted the bill. This a strong evidence to prove the inequality or under reservation; the women is undergoing in the society.

     On the brighter side providing reservation to women means to make them equally strong like men. Even though the country is developing in almost all fields, the ratio of women when compared to men is feeble and pathetic. Reservation can promote more and more women to limelight and provide them with a better economic, social, political and personal life. Country is getting advanced in all levels and there is in need for a proportionate rate of effort from the part of the men and women to create a better balance. Women become more confident and secure when they are given power or reservation to cater their problems.

     Reservation in a sense is not going to provide women the ease of equality but could arise a feeling of inferiority in women because even if they are granted 33% they are made the marginalized section by denying 50% of rights. Reservation for women will be a positive move from the part of society; which would enable them to unleash and unveil their talent and open before gates of opportunities. Thus she could gather the power of mind to destroy all locks, all gates and all bolts that is set upon her freedom.

Let the words of Brigham Young speak volumes:

“You educate a man: You educate a man

You educate a woman; you educate a generation.”

     Women ever since been the creator of anything and everything are deprived of her standards, her confidence, her freedom, her voice, her valour to describe in a word of everything. Now it’s time for a change; a change that must come in the name of reservation which could restore her with freedom, confidence, value, voice, standard and far of them all respect.  It’s hard time for the society to remove their clutches and let her be free; free to do what she wanted; what she longed for and make this world a better place for her too to survive and live.

In the words of D.H.Lawrence:

“A woman has to live her life or live to repent not having lived it.” No women should be left to repent for not having lived her life, each and every one should be made proud that she has lived her life. Reservation for women should be a mission to foster equal rights for men and women which could lead to the vision of a bright future. Reservation should be like the one in which both male and female could proportionately and equally benefit to the welfare and development of the country.