On Female Emancipation

Before I write something let me take some precautions by apologising to the whole creed of die hard feminists whose appetites are fed by inflammatory articles such as this . Feminists are wonderful creatures who have taken upon themselves the onerous task to work for the betterment of their kind (although no one really knows what their kind really is). Most of them the times their arguments commence with female foeticide and ended with females' absolute right to dress whichever way they want to . It is thus quite reluctantly that I have come before the keyboard today , given their well known belligerent and extremely cynical nature.

There are a great many number of N.G.O's working towards female emancipation in this male dominated society but I am quite skeptical when it comes to rating their credibility.

Most of them comprise of the wives of well to do bureaucrats and corporate 1st ladies who need to kill time and consume freebies. All such gatherings are marked by elegance and finesse ....freely flowing beverages and exotic snacks...not to mention the 7 course meals which are served in the best bone china ever manufactured by the enterprise. The nature of these gatherings stands in sharp contrast to the cause for which they have been allegedly convened. For example : A party in Sun n' Sand, Mumbai would be organised to discuss the plight of the destitute. And we'll have Mrs. x seductively sipping on a Hawaiian cocktail while trying to come out with a workable solution for providing clean drinking water for the slum dwellers nearby.

Coming now to the issue of Women's rights...these N.G.O.'s have indeed done remarkable work. All their deliberations are structured keeping in mind the oppressed females of posh localities who feel terribly exploited and oppressed if they are not allowed to have extra marital affairs and sport revealing evening gowns. I sympathise with the male species. Women decorate themselves so that the males should look at them...and when they do those very females feel insecure and in danger of being robbed of their modesty.

All such feminist moves thus originate in the drawing rooms of the elite and are completely exhausted before they can travel beyond the confines of their big mansions. The result is that those who actually need a dose of emancipation don't even come to know of the grand designs which their benefactors and patrons have sketched out sitting in a room 1000 miles away while munching on grapes from Seville and apples from New Zealand.

In class, I often got confused when each and every reference to female emancipation triggered a synchronised sigh and self conscious reaction from my female classmates there. Now the point is that female emancipation is not an issue which concerns those who already are in a super emancipated state .

Female emancipation concerns those who aren't allowed to watch Television and hence can't view those psuedo intellectual debates on feminism. It's about those who don't even know what this feminism is all about.

I shall continue this discourse but write now I need to eat food....