Woow...what has this thread come to, women's right?

After the death of Benejir Bhutto in Pakistan, the power was literally given to her teenage son. In those parts of the world, anything is possible. All you need is a powerful name with a legacy like "Bhutto" and "Gandhi". Let us not go too far, do you think our Girija's grand son/daughter will not become a prime minister of Nepal someday, I bet he/she will. It is not like India had a feminine movement among the working class women and they elected through sheer power of women. She happened to be a "Gandi" literally. They will elect their dog with that name if they have to. It was NOT even symbolic of women's right, it was all power of a particular political "name" aka "Gandhi", a legacy of their independence. Had they elected an untouchable woman from the slums of Bombay, it would have be a different story. So to brag about it to the West is a bit childish esp among those who has studied Eastern history. There's a difference between "politics" and "women's right".

And about women being worshipped, it is even worse to make that an bragging point. Let us just take a look at Nepal itself. There is a day during the festival of Tihar where we literally worship dogs. Stray dogs are rounded up and put garland around their neck and chanted prayer. So do we really care dog as much as the people in the US. Not even close. It is nothing but a symbolic celebration of a religion. Mixing religion with practical life will not make any sense especially in South East Asia. Yes, you worship women with deities like Sararaswati, Laxmi, what is the practical implication of that. Does that literally mean you treat women better than the West? No way Jose.

Yes, America has problems too but it is nothing primitive like in Nepal, just minuscule. You can argue logically or mix-mash everything and make no sense. You choose.

 

Issac,

You are very right about those countries. Those people from a patriarchal society are changing slowly with better education and influences from the world. Yes, some do come to America and never learn or change, probably Ajay was on one them. I'm not surprised how her mother re-acted. It's run in their blood in those culture. I can tell about Nepal, things in the city with women are much better than it used to be. If I'm not wrong, women are entitled to the father's will in equal amount as the son, they are getting jobs, driving and entering professional jobs. Last time I checked the attitude of having a daughter and not being happy is slowly changing, women are bringing more income than the men these days. Of course, I do accept things are NOT that great in the rural parts, which literally needs economic and educational improvement and can change over time. We are far better than some of the neighbour, some are even more powerful than us.