It’s great to see Indians march to demand justice for the young Indian female doctor being brutally raped and murdered.
Over the last decades, India has made significant progress in science and technology, from developing nuclear oms to landing on the moon. However, technological progress alone does not address the deep-rooted societal problem of disrespect for women in India.
Discrimination against women is a major issue globally, with India being one of the hardest-hit due to its patriarchal culture and practices like sati, etc. It requires a cultural and policy shake-up to improve gender equality and give hope for a better future.
I entirely oppose the CCP’s totalitarianism and Chairman Mao’s extreme leftist ideology of complete rejection of traditional Chinese culture, which has largely destroyed it. However, its slogan of “WOMEN CAN HOLD UP HALF THE SKY” did liberate Chinese women and elevated their status. It has significantly changed women’s societal roles, to the extent that even Mao’s wife had a nickname: Empress Jiang, the Head of the Cultural Revolution Leading Group.
The counterculture movement of the 1960s in the West had a profound impact on modernizing traditional Western culture and helped pave the way for the feminist movement and the fight for gender equality. Today, there is an implicit expectation in Australia that women will hold a certain proportion of leadership positions in every institution. This somewhat formality and bureaucratic, yet solid commitment to gender equality, should reassure and instil confidence in a modern society.
The Gangi River culture has been nurturing Indians for thousands of years; it will never disappear, even after a cultural revolution to modernize India’s culture. We wish India would achieve gender equality, a crucial element for a harmonious modern society and humanity’s healthy development
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