Who says both genders are equal? Look around you. Are all women given the same educational opportunities as men? Is the status of a woman equal to that of a man in all families? Aren%u2019t a number of female foetuses are aborted every year? Don%u2019t women face glass ceilings in their careers? Isn%u2019t domestic abuse a part of life of many women in India?
As long as there are question marks as above, gender equality will remain a thing of fiction.
And that is precisely the reason why we need to celebrate Women%u2019s Day %u2013 not because both genders are equal, but because it needs to be stressed that gender equality has to be achieved.
