The Womens Reservation Bill- 8th March 2008, India

This is a picture of a Indian girl child as I captured her somewhere, two years ago. A happy, smiling girl child.

Now fast forward to twenty years later, and think about what she would be doing. And imagine her as a sad, unhappy, person. Because she is denied the basic fundamental right that every Indian woman should have..that of representataion in the Indian Parliament.

Yes,. it is true, all women over 25 can stand for the Lower House of Parliament, the Lok Sabha, and can win a seat as well,....only if they have the means and the resources to do so.

But not every woman can, because she lacks these very same resources.

That is where what we are talking about,  The Womens Reservation Bill, to be tabled in the Indian Parliament on the 8th of March  will give her and others like her hope for the future. For it is only when they have a certainty that will win, that many womem will come out and stand. As they rightfully should.

To speak for themselves and all their sisters too.

14 years and three failed attempts later, all that we can hope for is that this time around, the Womens Reservation Bill comes through. \One in which 33% of seats in the Local, State and National houses will be reserved for women.

So that 8th of March, celebrated universally as Women's Day, might have a whole new meaning for Indian women from that day onwards.....