Honesty Thy Name Is Woman

By PNK

THE world over is seeing remarkable transformations in every sphere. Talk of violence, terrorism, conflicts and so on there have been escalations. But, one thing is for certain that the women have also joined hands in hand in every activity of their male counterparts.

"Empowerment of women. Equal rights to be guaranteed to be granted to them. No discrimination against women of any sort." These are some of the areas that have become hot topics. The males alone don't have the sole monopoly in every activity as in the past.

Come to criminal activities, there also the role played by women is evident. There are some who even become what we usually refer to as 'dons'. After all women are equal to men in almost every respect. Whether it be any profession or career, the presence of women is there. Talk of boxing or wrestling, the women can do it and make name and fame for themselves.

To talk of women as the 'fair sex' or the 'weaker sex' has become a crime. The situation in our country may be somewhat different but when it comes to asserting their rights, there is no fitter place than Kathmandu to take out protest programmes or demonstration demanding their right be recognised or some grievance be addressed to. It's the same tactics as done by political parties or other organisations.

However, it's sad that no political party has a woman as its chief. Isn't this a paradox. At the village level, there had been women VDC chairmen but it represented only a smalll percentage or rather negligible.

Doctors there are plenty. So are engineers and in other professions. Herein, I would not like to come to the human trafficking or prostitution scenario.

But in the field of crime, the number of women involved is very few here as compared to some other parts of the world. Is that a minus for us? Of course not. The sense of abiding by the law is very high among the women here. This is mentioned in light of a recent newspaper report that a senior female member of a certain mafia group was arrested and is awaiting trial in Vietnam. Does it make any difference to us. It makes no difference, but the main fact is that here in our beloved country, toiling all day long in monotonous affairs seems to be the lot of the women folk. To think of indulging in illegal activities just doesn't cross their mind. So, it's a clean affair.

This just shows that it's the men who get the idea of making quick money through unfair means or illegal activities. To prove this point, has any woman who has held public posts been ever accused of minting money through the abuse of their authority. All the cases that are filed with CIAA name only the 'gentlemen'.

We're lucky that women have held the morale high of their group. That this should prove a role model for the men to emulate. However, an underlying truth or what is often call the open truth is that the family demands make men go for activities that are prohibited by the law of the land. It's all for the sake of money and more money. Such people's excuse (of course, not expressed in the public): I'm doing it for you, my dear wife, my children, my family.

The case is clear for everyone to comprehend. It's no puzzle at all!

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