Widowed women ostracized--I am proud of my culture

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/05/damon.india.widows/index.html



I had read the article on cnn.com. It was telling the world about how women when widowed are ostracized. All they do is lead a misery filled life awaiting death, their only solace.

The ones who are responsible are not their loving husbands. It is their relatives who thought it better to renounce their relations because they had to support them. The children have left their mother to endure pain in solitude apart from enduring the pain of solitude. I think there are three things here. First is the struggle for survival. the second is the solitude resulting out of ostracizing. The third is the fact that no one loves them, not even their offsprings who are what they are because of the woman ostracized.


It hard to not remember 'Water' the gripping masterpiece by Deepa Mehta. It was the one that the Indian government banned. It finally got nominated for the best foriegn language film. We dont even want our people to see or listen to something whose class the world acknowledges.


Here is the agenda-- we the people of India should stop saying that we are the best in the world if we still continue to ostracize women. A society that does not respect women should not even be considered civilized. Is there a differnce between Taliban and this community in view on the aspect of illtreating women?



If women are outrightly discriminated rather than being supported at the time of despair, then it is a clear indicator of the lack in ethical, moral and cultural values.


If anyone from India says that I am proud of my culture when things like this happen, then one is provoked to ask questions as to what the is proud of? Female infanticide, polygamy, ostracizing women and satee?? I am afraid, I am not proud!!! I am not ashamed in admiting that.

If we are really proud, lets start living like ones who deserve being proud. Until then stop being proud for its only fair. What is unfair is the way we treat women.

Los Angeles traffic 405---Pointing fingers pointless

I was driving the busy highway of LA with my friend. It was the peak hour and the traffic with great difficulty was bettering the pace of a snail. My friend who's endurance standards for patience had falled much below the days requirements began compaining about the traffic.

That made me think the wierd way I normally do... Is 'nt traffic a typical case when one blames the problem when you are a part of the problem, a contributor to the cause of the problem.


How many of us have thought that we cause the problem when we contribute to traffic by being there.


Of course solving this problem is totally not ours. May be worth a mention of management concepts refering to problems resulting about a lack of ownership to tasks.