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The wedding season is soon to come and the mega sale has begun. Yes, ‘ Grooms for Sale’ is the latest market trend. You can even calculate your dowry rate here . Stunned? I know, not so much, because we have become too used to it. We see it in our own families, societies and even among our own friends but do nothing about it; not because we can’t but because we don’t want to. Today, we claim to be in an era of technology, development and free thinking , but is our mind developing? We have outgrown our living standards by evolving with the way of life – smart phones, laptops, and moving with the latest trends, but have we changed our standard of thinking? What is the use of all that knowledge when we don’t know the difference between right and wrong? However tall be our claims – that we have elevated ourselves to greater heights than before on the social front; the truth is that these towering heights are confined to the debating halls, works of pen-paper and the social networ...

Are we really free? What does freedom taste like? This is one question that remains unanswered for every single girl even after 66 years of our country’s independence. Which freedom should we talk about? Leave alone the fundamental rights stated in the constitution, lately in our country there is not even the freedom to dress or walk anywhere one wants. Are you confused about what I am saying? I am speaking about the freedom which we women are still deprived of.  Nelson Mandela said – " Freedom would be meaningless without security at home and in the streets."  So is India’s freedom meaningless? Did we fight for nothing? Women have proved themselves in every field – Sarojini Naidu, Bachendri Pal, Mother Teresa, Kalpana Chawla, Indra Nooyi , Kiran Bedi, Meira Kumar, Sania Nehwal, Lata Mangeshkar – the list is really long. And this is only about India. If I start mentioning global names, you will be astonished to have never even heard their names. Amazed? Not only ...