As a gift to the Indian women, on International Women's Day, the historic Constitution Amendment Bill, granting one third reservation to women in parliament and state legislature was passed by the Rajya Sabha after frenzied opposition and repeated disruptions by male chauvinist members. How the miscreants had been elected reeked and reflected on Indian politics and the way of life after over sixty years of freedom.
While in Mount Abu, women from all walks of life sans the down trodden, staged a play ' Hell in the Open' conceived by a local activist, perhaps in repentance as many years back he had discarded his wife. The performance, awakened convincingly but temporarily the spectators, mostly well off and modern women,while harping on female foeticide, domestic violence, dowry extortion with killings, human trafficking, child marriages,gender disparity and so on. The play ended with a vail by a visually impaired little girl, imploring her parents to allow the female fetus to survive and be born. The women of Abu said it through a play but did not pledge a rigid implementation of justifiable ideals. However, an over all redemption to women was provided by the Government of Rajasthan, by announcing free travel for them in Government Roadways Buses during the day.
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