In our country India, where several female Goddesses are revered with a sense of respect and fear, a huge section of the society still continues to be uneducated. A major segment of girls in the rural areas, more than 75% of the total women population in 6 out of 29 states of the subcontinent are denied their basic right to education, mainly in an attempt to hinder their insight to the outer world. Despite various campaigns by Government and Non-Government organizations in the past and present that aimed at social-awareness, the mentality of the rural population of India hasn’t undergone any complete change.
The main reason for this injustice remains to be the open resistance by the old minds in the rural areas, to new ideologies, since any ideology which is not parallel to their mind set is seen as an insult and as an attempt to demean their culture. The spiritual books that are worshiped had not expressed any disapproval to girls being educated, but on the contrary has championed the cause of women education. Hence, it is clear that cultural-barriers should no longer be accepted as an escape-way for girls to be denied their right to education.
One of the best ways to make this happen is to confront them with the true outcomes of women education: the pre-eminent women achievers of the land which would definitely impart the sense of realization in their minds. This move will ensure that every girl in the nation is a learned individual, dawning the entire nation to wisdom and glory.
-Drushti
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