Women's Reservation Bill all set to become a reality

It had to happen and it did. 9th March 2010,14 years after the process for the Bill was first initiated in the Indian Parlaiment, the Bill s now all set to become a reality. Today it was finally passed in the Rajya Sabha( the Upper house of Parliament) with 186 "for" and 1 "against" it.

The rest of the process will take some more time, and so it well might. For the Bill to become a reality, it will have to go to the Lok Sabha, and only once it has been passed there that it can become a Law.

So is there any reason to feel euphoric?
In my mind, there is indeed.

For as I had mentioned in my earlier Blog post on this subject, it is little girls like these who will now be assured of a more secure future.For they will now  grow up with their mothers teaching them that they finally have an assured "Share of Voice" in the Governance of their country. 33% is a good number.

I simply look at it this way. We now definitely  have hope for the future.