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Eve teasing is a ridiculous form of enjoyment for men and a physical as well as mental torment for
women. This is one of the daily problems women in Indian society face. Of all the forms that violence
against women can assume, eve teasing is the most ubiquitous and insidious because it is considered
normal behaviour and not an assault to females.
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Uplifting the Female without dumping her status

Among the most intensely discussed issues of today is the upliftment of women. The issue has attracted attention from all walks of life, creating both controversies and emotional response. The basic problem facing this is the absence of an exact solution. Due to cultural variations in different parts of the world, each society requires a unique treatment of uplifting its womenfolk.

From time immemorial, women have been subdued in one form or other by the society dominated by men. The Roman law, which was model for many modern European nations, gave woman no right in property. ‘In the year 586 of the Christian era, a conference was called in Europe to decide whether a woman possessed a soul or not. The conference, however, decided in a too liberal spirit that woman was a portion of humanity and as such possessed a soul. But her sole duty was to serve man’.

In accordance with the victory of materialism, woman of the present is also utilized by the male-dominated world as an object of material gains only. As a person, she has not received the attention she deserves.

To add to this problem, the modern media has contributed to her identity crisis. She is forced to take up the profession as dictated by the society. In the fight for equality, she has become close to man in independence with respect to income and living. But psychologically, she is still ruled by the dictates of a patriarchal world.

Thus the issue of upliftment of women has taken serious turns, some of which that were never expected even by the feminist movement. The important question is whether the upliftment of women should be done regardless of her psycho-physiological nature or without any such considerations.

Some countries provide special reservations to women in job opportunities. They also enjoy a certain provision in political institutions of the country. But despite such concessions, ladies produce little results. They are not actively involved in the decision making process, whether at home or office.

Although women have maintained a better career track record in the West, very few top companies have female executives. This indirectly exposes the real nature of modern civilization. And in spite of the hue and cry about women’s rights, the harassment at workplaces is on the rise.

Therefore upliftment should not be a mere legislative exercise. It is in fact to teach ‘Her’ the real value of her own self as an individual. She herself has to discover her own position and honor. From the land of whims and fancies, she has to migrate to the land of action and spiritual awakening. Her upliftment lies inside her, not in the hands of governments and media. She should rise above the status of a mere ‘object of desire’ to a respected and honored individual. Material upliftment alone is not sufficient for this. A purified heart also plays a crucial role.

This article was written on Aug 19 2001.

Women Upliftment in India
Today is the era of modernization, development and change. And everything we can witness in our country also. Some use to say, the changes are slow in pace in comparison of developed countries. But we cant ignore India is second developing country.

India is always rich in culture and tradition .We have as many as 18 major spoken language in our country. We claim us as a first civilization. We are having rich historical heritage . But always in our country, man gets more importance then woman.

It start with the birth of a girl and end up with her death. In a typical Indian family it is festival kind of atmosphere if a boy gets birth but if girl gets birth there will not be the same atmosphere you can witness. Many social rituals are making women condition worse. One of the biggest evil is known as" DOWRY" ,even now the ghost " DOWRY" taking thousands of life.

But really as it is era of change, condition of woman in India also changing, perhaps it is not rapid as we want but still improvement is there. If we want rapid pace in growth of women, all society should be united for uplift of women.

There is a famous saying" behind every successful man there is woman". Why that woman is not come in front? always why woman will be behind?But slowly its changing Leadership in India. It basically started with Rani Lakshmi Bhai followed by Annie Besant, Sarojni Naidu and Powerful character Indira Gandhi.

As prime minister of India Indira had supported for women leadership in India. She was not only is the prime minister, but emerge as people favorite prime minister. She did wonders in changing the social status of women in India.

Who can forget legendary women Mother Teresa as Indira postured powerful image of Indian women in world. Mother Teresa came up with her kind and helping and working for poor image. She become first servant women leader in India.

And other then political and social field now Indian women leadership is growing in Business field also Indira Nooyi CEO of Pepsico, Chanda Kochar CEO of ICICI bank, Kiran Majumdar CEO of biacon are some of them.

But is this enough to uplift women in India? If we really want to uplift, then we have to take a com-pain step to socially empower women. And has to start from every home and every individual .Government can provide reservation to women but that will not help to empower them in society. But if we want to uplift women in our country we have to start with our self with our own family