Living in 2007 is also like living in 1800

SHAKTI-THE POWER
By Kamiya Duseja

The word “Shakti” itself defines the meaning of the word. Shakti is the symbol of a women i.e. power of the women. Life in 21st century is also not advanced. We try to imitate and follow the western culture but we are still not advanced. Just by wearing short clothes, Denims, Eating Low-cal food does not prove us to be advanced. We have to increase our mental level.
Living in 2007 is also like living in 1800. We may have advanced in scientific and information technology but there are still so many places where India is lagging behind.
In India, where one side women are considered to be godess, on the other side they are being killed at the time of birth and burnt for dowry. The situation has become so worse that the ratio between girls and boys have come down at a very lower level.
Because of Abortions of girl child, Ratio of Girl: Boys has reached 827 : 1000 i.e. there are 827 girls per 1000 boys. Cities like Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Gujrat are the most culprit cities under the list.
Delhi being the metropolitan city is also a part of this crime. The consequences of this situation are going to be very bad. As girls are decreasing in comparison to boys, crime rate will increase; more of rape attempts will be made. So the only solution to this problem is to spread awareness amongst the girl children. They should be taught about their rights and freedom. They should be made aware that they are no less than boys. So to empower the strength of a girl child Gurumaa ji has started a new programme. This program has been given the name 'Shakti- The empowerment of a girl child'.
This programme has been designed specially for girls education. This programme is responsible for providing education to those poor girl children whose parents died under some war circumstances or who do not have parents or if alive cannot afford to provide education.
They are provided education from Nursery class to 12th class. They are also being made aware about computer courses, internet courses etc. So that they do not have to wait for long to get a basic job and can become a earning pillar of the house and break the myth of the parents that only boy child can serve his parents in old age, due to which they prefer to have a boy child than a girl child.
We are really obliged that Gurumaa came up with such a wonderful idea of providing education to the neglected part of the society and now its our turn to make contribution in this programme. Either we can donate some money in the name of “Vidya Nidhi Kosh”, or buy T- Shirts designed specially for this purpose with motivating captions written on them and wear them in our work places or other surroundings or teach little poor girls ourself around our society and make a contribution in the programme directly.