I and you make ‘we’. But the question arises
is------Is it the ‘hypothetical we’ or ‘phenomenal we’? The phenomenal ‘we’ is
the integration part of you and me, then there is unity and oneness. If it is
the other way the oneness is lost leading to disintegration. That is what happening
in our social arena. As a women’s forum it is very demanding to open up our
mindset to the problem of natural integration.
The national
integration day is being celebrated on November 14th to commemorate
the birthday of the first lady Prime Minister of India Ms Indira Gandhi. A
National Integration Council is also being functioning since 2nd
June 1962 to rectify the diversities in view of the problems of communalism,
casteism and regionalism. Much water has flown through the Ganges since then.
It is very sad to say that still we are in the hypothetical ‘we’ and not for
consolidating the unity to progress. Take the example of disparagement for
selecting women for the legislative assemblies and parliaments. Men are
reigning in great majority in almost all spheres even though they are arguing
that women must be given opportunities but the bill for representation at both
the houses of the parliament remains at large.
National
integration is not a literary verbosity; it is a functional climax with the
proper mindset for unity, harmony and development. We have been talking about
decade after decades but the political socio cultural systems are becoming more
and more rigid leading to decaying of values and hence unrest of the nation.
People who
are patriotic can only bring integration in the nation. The divisive forces
consider personal interest over national interest. The rapacity towards wealth,
power and status is driving people to sabotage the national character of the
state. Greed and corruption, under valuing humanity over religion, allegiance
to castes to form vote banks, criminalisation of politics, corruption in
education, disobeyance of constitutional rights, discrimination against women,
vested interests of religions, fraudulence of bank loans, forced abortion of
girl child etc. create a feeling of antipathy to the present state of affairs
which in turn leads a negative outlook towards the bureaucracy and derange the
integrity of our nation. Gradual frustration among the public may cause havoc.
A good constitutional
structure with strict adherence to civic right and civic sense is essential
which keep the interest of the nation above everything thereby bringing national
integration. To achieve it empowerment of the masses especially women is a
must. Women empowerment and social development are interrelated. Mother is the
first teacher of the child. Values and virtues are to be inculcated in the
early stages of the child development through the educated mother. So
empowering and educating the womanhood is a pre requisite to the task and hence
the role of AIWC is beyond doubt, very essential to get involved for achieving
national integration.
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