Comments on: BJP etc reject woman ‘president’: the real problem http://regenerationayk.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/bjp-etc-reject-woman-president-and-the-real-problem/ ...silent no longer... Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:49:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Amrita http://regenerationayk.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/bjp-etc-reject-woman-president-and-the-real-problem/#comment-2802 Amrita Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:38:29 +0000 http://regenerationayk.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/bjp-etc-reject-woman-president-and-the-real-problem/#comment-2802 Hey NayK - thanks for linking! :) You've hit the nail on the head here. The BJP is now apparently looking for its own female candidate and with that bit of information my cup of joy truly runneth over. But this is not new - I remember when Kalam was initially proposed, there was some talk about Najma Heptullah's double whammy: a woman AND a Muslim! Break out the champagne bottles. Now people are taking her name again and I hope it's in vain. It's unbelievable that nobody sees how insulting this whole thing is. And one thing I don't understand is when people keep saying how this is a push forward for the Women's Reservation Bill. How? Do they expect Patil to override parliament and sign it? What are these people thinking? Hey NayK - thanks for linking! :)
You’ve hit the nail on the head here. The BJP is now apparently looking for its own female candidate and with that bit of information my cup of joy truly runneth over. But this is not new - I remember when Kalam was initially proposed, there was some talk about Najma Heptullah’s double whammy: a woman AND a Muslim! Break out the champagne bottles. Now people are taking her name again and I hope it’s in vain.

It’s unbelievable that nobody sees how insulting this whole thing is. And one thing I don’t understand is when people keep saying how this is a push forward for the Women’s Reservation Bill. How? Do they expect Patil to override parliament and sign it? What are these people thinking?

]]> By: Are we going to have a first woman president? | Writing Cave http://regenerationayk.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/bjp-etc-reject-woman-president-and-the-real-problem/#comment-2801 Are we going to have a first woman president? | Writing Cave Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:06:26 +0000 http://regenerationayk.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/bjp-etc-reject-woman-president-and-the-real-problem/#comment-2801 [...] BJP etc reject woman ‘president’: the real problem [...] [...] BJP etc reject woman ‘president’: the real problem [...]

]]> By: Mixed Bag » So, Pratibha Patil for President of India just because she’s a woman? http://regenerationayk.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/bjp-etc-reject-woman-president-and-the-real-problem/#comment-2797 Mixed Bag » So, Pratibha Patil for President of India just because she’s a woman? Sat, 16 Jun 2007 05:39:46 +0000 http://regenerationayk.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/bjp-etc-reject-woman-president-and-the-real-problem/#comment-2797 [...] From NAyk: “So what am I trying to say? Let us see the sham that this nomination of a woman president really is. Like Kalam earlier, it’s a political move that is meant to pay divides for the party stock (even today BJP claims credit for appointing Kalam as a ‘good’ president). And in India, where politics is linked to identity of the candidate, the President is the ultimate symbol of a parties vote aspirations (trying to woo a section of people) while following it’s own agenda within closed-doors without actual desire for the upliftment of the people they are claiming to care about.” Read: BJP etc reject woman ‘president’: the real problem [...] [...] From NAyk: “So what am I trying to say? Let us see the sham that this nomination of a woman president really is. Like Kalam earlier, it’s a political move that is meant to pay divides for the party stock (even today BJP claims credit for appointing Kalam as a ‘good’ president). And in India, where politics is linked to identity of the candidate, the President is the ultimate symbol of a parties vote aspirations (trying to woo a section of people) while following it’s own agenda within closed-doors without actual desire for the upliftment of the people they are claiming to care about.” Read: BJP etc reject woman ‘president’: the real problem [...]

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