Saksar Sawasth Aur secular Haryana
The real issues of people - men and women are poverty, illiteracy, ill health etc., cannot be resolved within the framework of the present society as per totay. As we know there is no equality, nor can there be, of oppressed and oppressor, exploited and exploiter. There is no real freedom, nor can there be, so long as women are handicapped by men's legal privileges, so long as there is no freedom for the worker from the yoke of capital, no freedom for the labouring peasant from the yoke of the capitalist, land owner and merchant. Real emancipation of women will only be possible in a society where the basis of exploitation is removed.For basic changes in the present social order a social reform movement is on and this is called Naya NAVJAGRAN. We should Join it and work to reform the society at large.
R.S.Dahiya
Saturday, March 15, 2008
WORKING WOMEN --ERA OF GLOBALISATION
Saksar Sawasth Aur secular Haryana
In the era of globalisation, successive governments at the centre have been adopting policies, which promoted amassing of profits by the employers at the expense of the workers and their basic rights. Workingwomen bear the brunt of these policies. Despite the hype generated on the increasing job opportunities for women, the fact remains that the maximum increase in women?s employment in the urban areas has been as domestic workers. Women constitute 90 per cent of the total marginal workers; despite the existence of the equal remuneration act since the last more than 30 years, they get 30 per cent lower wages than men; according to a survey, 85 per cent women earn only 50 per cent of the official poverty level income. The government itself directly exploits women by calling hundreds of thousands women appointed under its Integrated Child Development Services, National Rural Health Mission etc., as ?social workers?, ?community workers?, ?accredited activists? etc., and denies them minimum wages and social security.
R.S.Dahiya
In the era of globalisation, successive governments at the centre have been adopting policies, which promoted amassing of profits by the employers at the expense of the workers and their basic rights. Workingwomen bear the brunt of these policies. Despite the hype generated on the increasing job opportunities for women, the fact remains that the maximum increase in women?s employment in the urban areas has been as domestic workers. Women constitute 90 per cent of the total marginal workers; despite the existence of the equal remuneration act since the last more than 30 years, they get 30 per cent lower wages than men; according to a survey, 85 per cent women earn only 50 per cent of the official poverty level income. The government itself directly exploits women by calling hundreds of thousands women appointed under its Integrated Child Development Services, National Rural Health Mission etc., as ?social workers?, ?community workers?, ?accredited activists? etc., and denies them minimum wages and social security.
R.S.Dahiya
CRIME AGAINST WOMEN IN INDIA
Saksar Sawasth Aur secular Haryana
Rape is the fastest growing crime in the country; a rape is being reported every 30 minutes, an alarming increase of nearly 700 per cent since 1971; every hour, 18 women become victims of crime directed specifically at them -- rape, kidnapping and abduction, dowry-related crimes, molestation, sexual harassment, eve-teasing, etc. 40 per cent of married women are victims of domestic violence. The increasing violence against women shown in television and films, and their vulgar portrayal as objectives of sex are important contributing factors in the escalating violence against women. But no serious efforts are made to rectify the weaknesses in dealing with the crimes against women and the conviction rate remains abysmally low.
R.S.Dahiya
Rape is the fastest growing crime in the country; a rape is being reported every 30 minutes, an alarming increase of nearly 700 per cent since 1971; every hour, 18 women become victims of crime directed specifically at them -- rape, kidnapping and abduction, dowry-related crimes, molestation, sexual harassment, eve-teasing, etc. 40 per cent of married women are victims of domestic violence. The increasing violence against women shown in television and films, and their vulgar portrayal as objectives of sex are important contributing factors in the escalating violence against women. But no serious efforts are made to rectify the weaknesses in dealing with the crimes against women and the conviction rate remains abysmally low.
R.S.Dahiya
PROCESS OF COMODIFICATION
Saksar Sawasth Aur secular Haryana
IN a capitalist society, not only goods and services, but everything and anything including ideas, art, culture, sports and sportspersons, love, god and religion, and human beings and their organs are converted into commodities to be traded. Profit is the driving force and nothing is sacred, to be spared from the clutches of the market if it can yield profits. Occasions are created, promoted and utilised to mint money. This tendency inherent in the capitalist system has multiplied in the era of globalisation. Even historical occasions to commemorate working class struggles like May Day and International Working Women?s Day are sought to be ripped off their class content and trivialised and vulgarised.
R.S.Dahiya
IN a capitalist society, not only goods and services, but everything and anything including ideas, art, culture, sports and sportspersons, love, god and religion, and human beings and their organs are converted into commodities to be traded. Profit is the driving force and nothing is sacred, to be spared from the clutches of the market if it can yield profits. Occasions are created, promoted and utilised to mint money. This tendency inherent in the capitalist system has multiplied in the era of globalisation. Even historical occasions to commemorate working class struggles like May Day and International Working Women?s Day are sought to be ripped off their class content and trivialised and vulgarised.
R.S.Dahiya
Friday, March 14, 2008
WHAT SORTS OF DEVELOPMENT
Saksar Sawasth Aur secular Haryana
What short of development?
Given that India is a very poor country with enormous diversity in terms of religion, language, and ethnicity, the gradual maturing of Indian democracy has been remarkable achievement, almost unparalleled in political history. But this remarkable achievement has also been fatally flawed by our unforgivable failure to deal in an effective manner with mass poverty and illiteracy and various forms of religious, social and gender discrimination and irreparable environmental degradation. Any vision of development is not worth accepting unless it shows how to eliminate rapidly mass poverty and illiteracy, and overcome simultaneously various social barriers arising from caste, religion and gender prejudices .Two experiences are with us: One is market oriented high growth in a globalised world and the other is bureaucratic state intervention with centralized planning. But these models have not stood the test of time. How we can have sustainable development with dignity and without threatening the environment and the planet earth itself.
R.S.Dahiya
What short of development?
Given that India is a very poor country with enormous diversity in terms of religion, language, and ethnicity, the gradual maturing of Indian democracy has been remarkable achievement, almost unparalleled in political history. But this remarkable achievement has also been fatally flawed by our unforgivable failure to deal in an effective manner with mass poverty and illiteracy and various forms of religious, social and gender discrimination and irreparable environmental degradation. Any vision of development is not worth accepting unless it shows how to eliminate rapidly mass poverty and illiteracy, and overcome simultaneously various social barriers arising from caste, religion and gender prejudices .Two experiences are with us: One is market oriented high growth in a globalised world and the other is bureaucratic state intervention with centralized planning. But these models have not stood the test of time. How we can have sustainable development with dignity and without threatening the environment and the planet earth itself.
R.S.Dahiya
S C's in HARYANA
Saksar Sawasth Aur secular Haryana
Economic development influences social relation and dynamics including inter caste relations. But mere economic development without addressing caste hierarchical social order and varna mind set ,social discrimination continues to exist keeping some communities lag behind others in the process of empowerment and overall development. In terms of social development and social justice there are road blocks. The SC’s in Haryana are moving away from their traditional occupations. 47 % in urban areas and 40% in rural areas were employed in non agricultural sector. Migrant labour has been substantial in agriculture in recent years. New occupations have given S C’s better life and income but not the social equality as yet. The real question is how to develop a more humane Haryana where marginalized sections like SC’s, other marginalized sections, women and youth have a respectable place.
R.S.Dahiya
Economic development influences social relation and dynamics including inter caste relations. But mere economic development without addressing caste hierarchical social order and varna mind set ,social discrimination continues to exist keeping some communities lag behind others in the process of empowerment and overall development. In terms of social development and social justice there are road blocks. The SC’s in Haryana are moving away from their traditional occupations. 47 % in urban areas and 40% in rural areas were employed in non agricultural sector. Migrant labour has been substantial in agriculture in recent years. New occupations have given S C’s better life and income but not the social equality as yet. The real question is how to develop a more humane Haryana where marginalized sections like SC’s, other marginalized sections, women and youth have a respectable place.
R.S.Dahiya
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