Women's Reservation Bill - why we need it
8th March , Women's Day! It's around the corner and this is a special one, being its 100th anniv. So of course, everybody who is pc inclined , is bringing out the events calendar and filling it with some event to mark it. Even if lip service or symbolic, or a tired reiteration of an annual commemoration, it's still celebration and that marks it as a special day in our calendars. This year, with not many hours left to the date, the various forms of the media is filled with news of the impending Women's Reservation Bill. Whips have been issued by some of the major parties and there is hope that it may be passed . This story however has been repeated so often, without making any progress at all, that a certain cynicism greets this eventuality. How is it that when the Congress, BJP and the communists parties are united in their assertion, the Bill cannot make it through? That this display of muscle power and vociferous opposition by a few members, can stymie all effort...