The way we look at women and treat them in our country has always been a paradox. On one hand we venerate them and worship them. Look around us – we see goddesses being worshiped; we call our nation – ‘mother’ India; the sages say, take advice from your ‘mother’; more often than not, when we are in danger, the words on our lips are ‘my mother’; Christians have a special place for Mother Mary. Yet what puzzles me is this – we are not averse to killing those little ones who would have one day grown up to become mothers.
India’s poor deserve better than this
Concerns are being raised about whether the needs of poor and marginalized communities in India are receiving enough attention in current government policies. Observers say
