Women Reservation; Letters to the Editor; The Assam Tribune;

Sir,
We always talk about women liberation and empowerment of women. But in this male dominated society of ours, total liberation of women is a far cry.
The Women Reservation Bill , for instance is ample example. The Bill which seeks 33% reservation for women in Parliament and State Assemblies has not been passed till date. This issue has always been a topic of heated arguments in the sessions of parliament. This Bill was first introduced in the Lok Sabha in the year 1996. A decade is almost over and no steps have been taken so far to pass the Bill. Though the political parties insist that they are very much concerned about the empowerment of Indian women, in reality the feeling of gender bias always exists in their mind.
Women have excelled in various fields and have proved that they are no less than their male counterparts. Then why this discrimination regarding reservation of seats?
Once the Bill is passed, one-third of total seats available in the Parliament would be reserved for women in National as well as State as well as local governments. But many political parties oppose the Bill.
We are living in a democratic country which believes in gender equality.But the delay in passing the Women Reservation Bill reveals that in reality, the male dominated society of ours, still tends to supress the women folk.

Yours etc.,
Monalisa Biswas
Soledevanahalli
Bangalore