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lthough every one of us knows that education shapes
someone’s life, thought, attitude, it at times fails to do so. People forget
the importance of education and lose their weight. Sometimes I feel glad to
read about the developmental activities and progress of the country. Literacy rate
of the country is improving which has really brought great changes in some
areas of the country. In spite of these positive results of education, I ask
myself why people don’t get their attitude changed. Does education not have
that power to change the attitude of people?
The
people who live in the Kathmandu valley have access to advanced technologies, a
wide range of things. Nevertheless, they are narrow-minded. Let me narrate a
minute nasty happening which often occur in the first floor of my rented house
in Kathmandu. A family which consists of
four members lives just under my room. Both husband and wife are well-educated
and I find them quarreling. As far as I am concerned about the wife, she is a
perfect housewife. The husband is an electrician whereas the wife is running a
stationery shop. The husband beats his wife mercilessly. Their offspring are
studying at third standard and fifth standard at a nearby boarding school. What
effect their fight may have on those innocent children. Should he be instilled
that women are weaker than men in terms of physicality.
At
present, people talk much of gender equality, right to equality and two sides
of a coin. There are many couples who exercise sexual or gender discrimination
though they have a very understanding regarding such issues. They are living in the advanced area but they
are practicing ill tradition. Did these husbands swear to beat their wives
whilst marrying? Or is their hearts made of stone? People say those who are
really asleep can be woken up but those who are under pretence of sleeping
cannot be woken up. If someone tries to wake up, it will be nothing other than
a futility. There are a number of mushrooming NGOs and INGOs which are working
in the area of literacy, women empowerment and gender equality by launching
different forms of program in rural and remote areas across the country.
The irony is that these organizations have to launch such programs in
the Capital instead of underdeveloped areas.
As a male, I sometimes ponder over such social problems. A woman is not
only a woman but also a mother. Powerful male fellows should bear this thing in
their minds that all the males and females are born by a mother (female). Since
human existence may not be possible, males are supposed to show positive
attitude towards their wives or females. There should not be any prejudice
between male and female. There should be a strong law for the males who
dominate their wives and exploit physically. One’s effort to make a country
where there gender equality prevails will be impossible. So, let’s work hand in
hand to eliminate such long standing social evil.
Amar Sherma (Limbu)
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