Inquisitive Soul

A Woman The first thing I do after switching on my computer in the morning is to give a quick glance to online news and then I go on to check my mails and other personal things. Today, one of the headlines caught my attention and I decided to read the full story. It said, “Just marry girls early to stop rapes: Chautala”. Our honorable former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala is backing Khap panchayat who believe that marriageable age for girls should be lowered to 16 to prevent rapes in the state. Who says that only unmarried girls are raped and not married ones? How could they even come to this illogical solution? This is crime against women and punishment is also given to women only. On one hand, social organizations, NGOs and government are working for women’s social and economic development. They are trying to empower women with education so that they could become better informed about each aspect of life. They can become self-independent and can exercise their ...

India is getting modern day-by-day. Rapid urbanization, increasing mall culture and a large no. of English speaking population are the signs of positive development. But……….. ( a but is always there ) Are we really getting modern and advanced? I think, this modernization has stuck mainly to our food, clothes and entertainment activities. I would like to narrate you an interesting example. Mrs. Sharma is a 45 years old housewife, modern and broad-minded ( as she calls herself ). Rohan, her 27 years old son, has recently returned from US. He holds an engineering degree and was working in US. Having lived there for four years, he started feeling lonely and homesick, and therefore, returned to his country. Now, he wants to settle down in life. He left this greatest decision of his life onto his parents and is happily ready to marry the girl his mom selects for him. Well, Mrs. Sharma is on cloud nine and starts looking for a bride for her son. Just a few qualities that she ...