Year 2009 seems to be pretty good for me so far.
Actually, not only for me but for everything I stand for.
The latest bit of good news coming in the form of the highest number of women representatives in the Indian Parliament since Indian Independence in 1947. A lovely and promising first step.
However, there is something which is, at least in my opinion, significantly more important than the number. That something is how serious will these ladies be taken. Would their opinion be respected?
The reason of my saying so are reports (unfortunately I have no proof of validity of the reports) which state that more often than not many men push their respective wife to the forefront and use them as puppets to do what they wish to do.I wish I could confidently believe this to be false.
I would personally call it a victory even if there is only one woman representative in the parliament but that one woman is respected for her views, her standing and for her being a woman.
All I can do now is wait and watch if the Parliament would actually behave in a parliamentary fashion.
