What the hell?

Rajya Sabha passes Women's Reservation Bill. Now clap on your back, all women and men of this wonderful country! Aren't we great? We will now finally have enough women in the legislative bodies to be eye candies. And nothing more.

What the hell is the use of having women's reservation when our Chief Justice says that a woman can marry her rapist if she wants and drop all the charges against him? Everyone knows what will happen if such a practice becomes common. Women will be forced into marriages they do not want once they are raped. This is basically what was or is known as 'Rakshasa marriage'. At least, in earlier times, this was condemned by the society; but now?

Leave that. Everyone knows that most of the women who are going to be elected in the first round will have little or no knowledge of politics initially. Even if they learn something while serving as elected representatives for five years, it is all going to be a waste as they most probably will not get a second chance for the next 10-15 years. What is the use of such a reservation?

Reservation is considered to be a miracle cure for all the ills in this country. We boast of our achievements, which are quite superficial, to be very kind. We dream to be the next superpower when actually more than 60% of the people starve.

Just have a look at this: India's Maternal Mortality Rate(MMR) is 450. Our target is to reduce it to 109 by 2015. I just wonder why Napolean said that 'Impossible' is a word found only in the dictionary of fools. He should have said that 'Possible' is a word found only in the dictionary of the Indian government.

Can any one tell me how on earth is Women's Reservation Bill going to solve the problems of the mangowomen? The policy decision are going to be made by the Cabinet. The government doesn't even take the Parliament into confidence before signing deals with foreign countries. The elected representatives themselves live in ignorance of what transpires; should I say anything about the state of the common man?

We gulp down whatever the media says. If it says the Budget was good, "Oh, it is a terrific budget"; if it says the Budget was bad, "Oh, our economy is going to be affected". The classical case was the n-deal. I am not going to talk about it now.

For now, I will dream that I am in Utopia and that this Bill will solve all the problems of women.