Indira Jaising has forgotten to use the word' alleged' in her column.
Or perhaps she was an eyewitness to this episode as only an eyewitness can write with the cofidence she is writing and describing the alleged happening.
She is obviously no different from our very yellow journalists.
It is quite unfortunate and sad that even at the higher levels of society (highly educated and holding a vey respected job)people carry their inbuilt prejudice and out dated values regarding fellow female professionals.Being a brother of two sisters who are also highly qualified professionals I can understand and emphatise with this case of Ms.Navaratna and I wish your valiant efforts to eradicate sush biases ? Please talk to the Judge's female relatives (Wife ,Sister Daughter etc) and solicit their coopoeration in his education and enlightenment.
I join you in prayer and whole hearted support to work for equality and against male chaunism in work place. It is really sad to note how many men are not free enough to open the eyes and see the worth of women in society and in their lives.It is high time that both hold hand in hand and live our lives more fully than show one's superiority over the other.
RE:letter to Navaratna Chaudhary
by saikat on Feb 14, 2006 07:25 PM Permalink
dear Navaratna
I dont see why you should ask for equality when you are already are more than equal, stop making all these right noises, you know it as well as everyone on this sight does, a typical middle class Indian woman (the kind who frequents this site) have the best of both worlds, they want equality till the points it suits them,then they start clamoring for gender sensitivity.
Since this incident involves a judge, one can only say 'shocking, outrageous...etc'. Never know when one can be cited for contempt of court for giving vent to a response otherwise expected of a gentleman that respects ladies.
Ah, had he not been a judge, then perhaps I could have expressed myself at length.
The only thing I would like to tell is that difficulties in life do not come to destroy us,but to help us realize our hidden potentials.Let difficulties know that WE ARE DIFFICULT.
These type of behavior are not uncommom,where the capabilites of women are seen with raised eyebrows;Howewer,at time like this ,it become our moral responsibilites to face it and also teach them a lesson or two.
Why am i saying that it is our responsibility , because we women who have come out of our houses and are struggling to make our mark in the society serve as an example for many parents who give second thoughts to whether they should educate their daughters or not.
We are educated and our strenght comes from our education which give us awareness about our rights and duties.
So I request her not to give up and give a tough fight to such type of male chauvinist who have still not come out of the dragon age.
Not only sexual but all sorts of harrassment one can think of, goes on in one form or the other,in all spheres of life. There is no respect for a woman in this society. In judicial camp also the male judges have the attitude that a women has no identity of herself-she is only a wife of so & so or a mother or a daughter.If this is the basis of their ethics then one can expect hardly any difference between their dealings with either a lady witness or a lady lawyer.This should be brought to a logical end. All support for yhe cause.
It is so sad that learned Justice S N Dhingra on January 7, 2006,reportedly made statements against a senior learned counsel Navratna Chaudhary in particular and other lady lawyers in general, which is so unmaking of the entire judiciary system. what impression could we gather about the judiciary. I feel the supreme court(or the chief Justice of India) should promptly interfere and set right the wrong doing and restore the dignity and decorum of the honourable courts.
I am shocked to see this blatant and utter disregard for the law of the land by even the Judges of this nation. The upholders of the law must be held to a higher standard and when these laws are violated by them, the punishment meted out must be accordingly severe.
