Bharat will rise despite this and it is becoming increasingly evident in every sphere. Related to your question about women’s safety, just see the other side. During this year’s Republic Day parade, women were portrayed as Shakti. In India, they are beginning to step out in every field, even the most demanding and challenging, from Space travel to flying fighter jets, from the Police commandos to the fighting arms in the Army, from medicine and engineering to sports and athletics, including the recent performance in the Asian Games. Science, commerce, Industry, politics- what is there where the women are not shining? Yes, there are still challenges, probably quite a few. But if you keep in mind the centuries of slavery under the Mughal rule, where women were treated as slaves to the British Raj, where they were treated as pleasure objects, to modern India, where traditionally they have been worshipped as Devi. The scars of our immediate past still chain us, but the signs are clear. A young India will see the woman as Devi again and this will happen despite the obstacles, since no obstacle can eventually stand against the Devi once she has decided. It is for the women of India to decide whether they want to remain housebound like the traditional Islamists or be treated as a pleasure object for advertisement in the Western world, or else to regain and recover the lost glory of Bharat where the women wrote the Vedas, engaged in tapasya, challenged the demons and the gods, managed the kingdom and participated with man as his shakti, sahdharmini.ย
With Her Love and blessings
Affectionately,
Alok da
