When I was out on various field ventures, one thing was rather palpable and was crying out loud- how my fellow males owned every public space? The roadside tea shop served tea to a bunch of workers who invariably were male and it is only this counterpart that would stay back with their other male colleague and have a chat of their own. The gathering under a peepal tree in a village had elder male members only. The hotel spaces, the government offices, banks are mostly filled with men in our families who embark upon journeys to fulfil their destiny. The extensive sport grounds of cities hosted mostly young male crowd playing cricket or football. And my recent experience of my office reflects of visitors mostly being male, of being the only women officer most of the times in a room filled with male counterparts. How does one address gender equality then?
We have always lived In a world where visibility mattered. As human being we are social, believing in great civilisations...