Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Are we still under 'Identity Crisis'??

Brenda Barnes, Andrea Jung, Marion Sandler and ofcoz Carly Fiorina and back home Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chanda Kocchar, Lalita D Gupte, Naina Lal Kidwai, Sulajja Firodia Motwani and not to forget our own Sudha Narayanmurthy. These are some of the names that we come across almost everyday.

The reason behind me mentioning the names of the Women CEOs around the world is something that we all need to think about .....
Do women still think that they are admist an 'Identity Crisis'??? Perhaps to this question I would get an answer which would be a strong 'NO' as well as a strong 'YES'. In person I would rather go with 'No as well as an Yes'. Let me tell you why ......

'No' because its simple ..... the names listed down ...... would explain it all ...... Women these dayz have moved far from jus what their place was considered till a few decades ago ..... 'The Kitchen'. Women have reached new heights right from managing a Company to landing on a Space-craft. A revolution has been made from wht was called ' A Man's World' to ' Our World'. A new meaning to womenhood has been discovered which I guess was never brought up or even thought about.

Now ... to the contradictory part ... 'Yes' ..... we first got to accept tht every coin has two sides. We just cannot stick to the notion that women have reached new heights, there still are women/gals who have been deprived of the basic right of being Educated, and this is mainly in the Under-Developed countries or the Developing countries. Lets take the example of our own country 'INDIA'. Women are being competent with men in almost all the fields. We see 'n' number of women working in different fields and in different time-zones, handling diffrent responsibilties and on the contrary you also find gals who get married at the age of 10. What would the future of such gals be?

We still see many well-educated women sitting at home taking care of the family and being content with the life within the 4 walls. Again there are well educated women who are forced to stay back at home to look after the family. Don you think such people are prone to really fall under what is called the 'Identity Crisis'?

All these can be answered only by time .........

A salute to 'WOMANHOOD' .........