Ok, so rallies do work in times. And they have worked as well in gaining the claimed rights...referring to the parental property rights example! Now, just like you said, if the society's not implementing such revolutionary attempts, the process goes slower~~ else, rallies are fine the way they are.. since a little bit of something is better than having nil on hand?? Don't you think such promptly-gained rights, even get passed, retain within the books of Law? How many women do you know or have heard of, who actually claimed and were granted such properties on their names (since the law got passed) ended up using them up without being hurdled or even manipulated by their own relatives/neighbors/ the whole society? Think about thousands of other societal loopholes. I bet not many citizens residing in our remote villages are till this date, aware of women's property rights. Even if they are, their norms are so well-grinded within, that they themselves cannot hold them right.. and of course society envies.. and repeatedly does, until the overall socio-cultural infrastructure is altered. Lack of education is not necessarily the cause. Nor is the nation's economy. It is just the way it had been set up. Blacks in the western countries are viewed stereotypically. No matter how far the western civilizations have reached, the races are still firmly segregated, and will be so.. may be forever! You see, homogeneity is just not possible. Distinctness always exists. According to the abilities, the "ability-holders" get their respective positions.. however the degree of such positions are determined by the way they are judged (just like women in the third world still being harshly suppressed, versus women in the western countries, still recessive..but yet outheard). And that particular judgemental- infrastructure roots out of the social and cultural values practiced in the given particular locality/region. Like I said in my previous posting, rally attempts to gain rights COULD BE an indirect approach to exposing the recessive ones as the "Activists" showing their deprived existence.. Or may be just an illusion that fills ones head and mind with an impression that he/she (or the representing group) is now BEING HEARD out of the Crowd. Also, just like Nakkali Kanchhi stated "Discrimination is a very sensitive issue and those who are being biased will only understand the gravity of this issue completely.." : May be I am not being able to feel that pain and rather chose to be blabbering here. Still, don't you think it's just a shallow-console accepting the illusioned fact that Fight against the rights directly works? ~@~