"Am Mr.X Representing INDIA Sir"

I Just Like to start my new post with 2 Quotes: 

"Goal of Team India at the Olympics: Rio jao. Selfies lo. Khaali haat wapas aao. What a waste of money and opportunity."

This Quote & Shobhaa De , a well-known columnist, author, and socialite, with 7.7 lakh followers on Twitter are trending on social sites.

Now an another Quote:
“I feel like a beggar asking for such things” 

This Quote won't be so popular as the earlier one, as Shobhaa De like Indians wishes to discuss & create Controversies than finding a little time to share some realities. These words came from the mouth of a sprinter from Odisha called Dutee Chand, who had to run from pillar to post, not for a ticket to Rio but to get running shoes. Until June, her concern was the lack of spike shoes as the ones she used had worn out. 

Being an Indian, Shobhaaji has the right to express what he think. We can't blame for that. There are many other Indians too who express their disappointment through different  trolls and all. One of my favourite trolls was " Olympics is an event created for the other nations just to  insult India once in every 4 years". We can't blame them too. Blindly when we hear such things we would also laugh because it's a reality. Its so sad to hear that Since 1900 India has only won 26 medals (out of which the bronze that Saina Nehwal won in London 2012 was a gift from her opponent who withdrew from finals after sustaining a calf injury) which reveal the fact that our athletes don't perform well when it matters the most.
But Being a Small Sportsman, a hardcore Sports Addict, I won't Blame our Athletes for their Performance and I would be there with them in my prayers, especially in the bad patch.

Its like claiming a gold ,When the Athletes like Dutee Chand and all participates. That's how Our Olympians are living in this world before Olympics starts. Unlike other countries We just discuss these Olympians only during Olympics or Asian Games. That attitude has to be changed. When we treat an athlete like an engineer,a doctor or as any other professional the things would change. The money given to the medalists after winning should be given 3-4 years before when they start practicing to achieve their goal.

Through Shobhaaji's  tweet, she simply meant that Indians are fools to invest Athletes like our Hockey skipper Sreejesh, a farmer's son from Kerala, who took to sports at the age of six to realise his Olympics dream in Rio.I just mentioned his name as She tweeted on the day our Indian Hockey Lost to Germany in the last seconds. We all know that even though India have a great past in Hockey, our team didn't qualify for the Beijing Olympics,was last in the London Olympics and Germany,our opponents,the 4-time Olympic Gold Medalist won their 4th gold in London. Still, the side and the skipper,who started from zero didn't give up, they tried their level best, but unfortunately an extra time goal changed the things against their favour. In Games these things are common, the only thing we could do is just curse yourself for being unlucky. Yesterday the Same Indian Side beat Argentina. Not just Gold defines glory, we have to appreciate the hard work too.
When we blame our Olympians one thing keep in mind   burden of carrying the hopes of a billion plus Indians are on their shoulders. You and I, mere wordsmiths, won't comprehend it. Let us not even try. 

The Indian woman's national field hockey team has  qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics for the first time since the 1980 Summer Olympics and they lost to giants like Australia and Britain cheaply. What we audience watch is "they lost", they forgot "they qualified since 1980". Kabir Khan and all happens in movies only, in real life we have to wait for miracles and hopefully God will do such miracles in some hardworking athletes in coming days.  Many such stories! Dipa Karmakar the first Gymnast from India to qualify for the games.  Can we Imagine an Indian attempting  extremely risky Produnova?  When the whole world appreciates her, a well known Indian is insulting our athletes.

There is a joke in our country, now we call it as the troll: " How will we become athletes When our SCIENCE -MATHS teachers borrow the P.T. PERIOD( OR GAMES HOUR)!" This is a joke, but its a reality in many of our schools. Unlike China and all, we Indians are not giving importance to Games as we give to other professions. How many parents in this country wish their child to become a sportsman? In states like Kerala Media and all have time to celebrate a Politician's Resignation from a party, but don't have time to discuss their Olympians when the medal tally is ZERO.Unlike other nations, Our Athletes don't have money, enough infrastructure, still, they perform to make our nation proud, improves day by day! LEAVE ALL THAT. TRANSFORMING AN INDIAN TO AN OLYMPIAN IS AN ANOTHER BIG TOPIC TO DISCUSS,BUT NOT FOR NOW.

 "I am sure, with our support, things will change. I, for sure, am going to be with our athletes, especially when the chips are down.” The amount  of confidence that the Indian Contingent gets from these words said by Great Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is something we can't even imagine . So Shobha De, Please don't discourage our athletes by making such comments, especially in between the games. You don't know the impact of a "good wish" especially when the  Indian Contingent is down. Let us follow the words of Sachin, the greatest ambassador of sport in our country.

The first half hasn’t gone according to our plan, our expectations. But still,  there are many Sainas and Tintus to Participate. So as SACHIN Said, "Be with them, be behind them". 

Did PARIS Said "“Khaali haat wapas aao. What a waste of money and opportunity” in French? "  After the agonising fall of French gymnast, Samir Ait Said when he broke his left leg ???


"AM Mr.X REPRESENTING INDIA SIR"
BE PROUD & SAY IT LOUD!


courtsey; TS SUDHIR, A SENIOR JOURNALIST
-RJ :)

Is India really developing?:A take on Indian mentality

No one can argue about India's developmental status; India is well and truly a developing country well on it's way to becoming a world leader in almost every sector. The world's take and outlook on in India is changing for the better with every passing day. But what of the Indian mentality? How much have we improved from the dark days of sati?

India had almost every single social evil ruining it up until the late 19th and early 20th century. Even the  Father of the nation and the current PM of India were victims of child marriage. The earlier 'untouchables' were given a newfound sense of freedom during India's struggle for Independence. Women too have come a long way, culminating in a Female leader of the Nation. (Prathibha Patil from 2007-12) But we should ask ourselves the question, have we come forward enough? The answer to that would be a profound no, at least in my opinion.

Where is the point in curbing child marriage if one's parent is still going to decide who their child will marry?

What's the point in giving education to girls if her father is to decide what she is going to learn? What is the point in abolishing the caste system if one is not going to be willing to marry outside of his /her caste?

What is the point of electing a Govt. if they are not even having the minimum knowledge to represent the country? What is the point in talking up development if you still are going to cast your vote for the party you support?

It is high time we really rethink what we are actually doing. Before one arranges a groom for his/her daughter, ask yourself the question shouldn't she be the one to decide who she lives with for the rest of her life? For all those who argue that the same was done to them, just recollect how you felt when you were denied a say in what should really have been your choice.

I have had friends who have argued about how they could choose the groom, only if he is to be from her own community. Let me tell you, that is bonkers. Where is your freedom if they are restricting your choices into a limited few? Think of the time you may have to reject a boy whom you really like, just because your parents won't approve. Ask yourself whether your parents really love you if they deny you the chance to be with someone, because of his/her social status. Where is the sense of empowerment that you demand if you can't even stand up against your own parents?

One can definitely question an average Indian boy's mentality as well. We have boys questioning a girl's dressing all the while enjoying watching them. What is the point in acting innocent? Be honest, not just with others but yourself as well.

There is no point in criticizing a girl when it is your mind that is to be cleansed. I have met people who say they support intercaste and inter-religion marriages but aren't willing to marry an opposing caste member themselves. I can't think of a better term other than hypocrite to describe you all. One is being a hypocrite when he is ashamed of a girl who uses expletives, he's bound to have friends who cuss a million times more.

Every time one visits a temple we find people neglecting the needy who beg outside the temples and depositing tens and thousands for the temple. People spend liters of milk for puja and render them useless, while million die through malnutrition every year. There may be mafias acting behind those beggars but do realize that there are genuinely needy among them too.
What is the point of faith if you are going to forget the humanity in the process? If one is still going to neglect the needy and waste your money on his own faith, I don't think his own god would want to save his soul.

For all those who raise their voice for gender equality and feminism. Let me ask you something are you discriminated by the Constitution in any way? No.
Then why behold? Raise your voice against those who oppress you, against those who deny you your Constitutional rights, shame those who try to harass you. In this age of social media, one can come with a million ways to act against them. If someone teases you, put up his photo on social media as a shameless coward. If you can't consider yourself equal to any male and act accordingly, no amount of empowerment programs are going to help you. There is no point in shouting about feminism on facebook if you are going to cry when you face an angry teacher. The sense of empowerment should arise from within. If one is denied her chance, she should create their own. Do remember that there wasn't any program to support Amelia Earhart or Helen Keller when they grew up.

Indian's action on social media too should be questioned as well. Everyone was ready to tear into Maria Sharapova when she remarked, "who is Sachin?".Perhaps one could ask Kohli or Dhoni who 'Andre Arshavin' is and then react.
Had Keralite's taken up the recent rape case of Jisha in the same vein as #pomonemodi , she would probably have had justice by now. One should ask himself how educated they really are when they share pictures of humanity and environmentalism but refuse to act upon it. One could question their own morality when they refuse to take part in a beneficial program just because it was proposed by an opposing faction.

Finally, If you don't agree with what I am pointing out here, let me tell you this, I don't give a damn, this is just a young Indian exercising his right of freedom of thought and expression.

-GT

The True Face of Reservation- My words on Reservation Policy in India!

First of all, Am not belonging to any reserved Caste or religion(you could check my Identity),Am just Expressing my views. I know its difficult to accept for many, but please excuse me. Its Just My opinion,lol :)

In India there was a time, the time dominated By Pure Brahmins and some big castes. In A country,particulary in a Democratic country, each and every citizen should have equal rights to everything in the country,wheather the right to study,work or express their views. That is why Independent India's first PM Showed his class, asking a Dalit-Legend Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar to write the Constitution of India. First of all Saluting the greatness of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

Before Speaking completely against this policy try to Understand some facts:

First let us Understand what is this reseravtion policy:
Wikipedia says "Reservation in India is the process of facilitating a person in education, scholarship, jobs, and in promotion who has category certificates. Reservation is a form of quota-based affirmative action. Reservation is governed by constitutional laws, statutory laws, and local rules and regulations. Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC), and in some states Backward Classes among Muslims under a category called BC(M), are the primary beneficiaries of the reservation policies under the Constitution – with the object of ensuring a level playing field." Simply we can say "A Constitutional agreement to meet almost every basic need of the minor group in India".

A common form of caste discrimination in India was the practice of untouchability. Scheduled Castes (SCs) were the primary targets of the practice, which is outlawed by the Constitution of India.The primary stated objective of the Indian reservation system is to increase the opportunities for enhanced social and educational status of the underprivileged communities and thus uplift their lifestyle to have their place in the mainstream of Indian society. The reservation system exists to provide opportunities for the members of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribess to increase their political representation in theState Legislatures, the Executive Organ of the Union (Centre) and States, the labour force, schools, colleges, and other public institutions.
The Constitution of India states in article 16(4): "Nothing in [article 16] or in clause (2) of article 29 shall prevent the State from making any special provision for the advancement of any socially and educationally backward classes of citizens or for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes." Article 46 of the Constitution states that "The State shall promote with special care the educational and economic interests of the weaker sections of the people, and, in particular, of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, and shall protect them from social injustice and all forms of exploitation."

Ministry of Education (now Ministry of Human Resource Development) for the first time addressed letter on 23-11-1954 to the Chief Secretaries of all the State Governments suggesting that 20% seats should be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in educational institutions with a provision of 5% relaxation in minimum qualifying marks for admission wherever required.In 1982, it was specified 15% and 7.5% of vacancies in public sector and government-aided educational institutes as a quota reserved for the SC and ST candidates respectively .[12]  The Supreme Court of India ruled that reservations could not exceed 50% (which it judged would violate equal access guaranteed by the Constitution) and put a cap on reservations.[13]

To know more about the origin and all, you could refer Mandal Commission or any reports regarding reservation, am not here to expalin " WHAT IT IS?", but "WHY IT IS?"

Now Coming to the point:

Category as per Government of India	Reservation Percentage as per Government of India
Scheduled Tribes (ST)	7.5%
Scheduled Castes (SC)	15%
Other Backward Classes (OBC)	27%
Total constitutional reservation percentage	49.5%

This how India's Reservation Structure Looklike. You have to agree to a fact that still "Only few among the reserved is going to work in Govt.Sectors or anyother sectors". Just try to find the answer for it. Here by the term Reserved I mean mainly the SC's & ST's. We would have a big debate later on the other Categories. Let us consider SC's & ST's.

To all Who bark against this system I have a lot of questions to ask :

 You all claim they are develope like you and have to stop this policy,ok,agreed!
Being a Malayalee,for joke am asking you all, "Eventhough they are developed still why we call  words like "POLAYA","POLAYADI" and all ABUSING! It's a caste name like yours, and you are not using your caste name as ABUSING WORDS. Don't take it serious, its just a FUN-FACT!

First of all, please don't group all SC's and ST's developed, refering to one or 2  individual. If we take
cases In states like Bihar, the condition of those 'Reserved' people is worser than what we imagine. What happens is "There would be a neighbour or a classmate,he may be rich by exploiting this Reservation policy, and what we people do is we will group the entire community to be rich. If we go deeper to place like Wayanad in Kerala and all, still we will find people searching for food and all.If they are Developed Why they still stands high in the poverty percentage of India?One/ two doesn't mean Majority. Still Major communities and other backward communites are  far developed than these men,eventhough there is no discrimination.


Next,'' get low marks but still get a chance'' , this is a common phrase used against SC-ST Students. Reservation should be given to talent regardless of who the student is, Agreed!  But just think one thing An Achievement is achieved when our Talent comes

 along with certain other factors like the way we live,way we survive. Therefore for example the SC/ST who got 40 in an entrance would have the same talent as the general one who got 75. The Living structure of Most SC/ST Students in our country is far behind the general(I Mean majority) So the difference of 35 marks is due to reflection of the way the SC/ST lives.Education is the right which they have been denied for many generations. An educated person is valued more for his skill-sets and is supposed to to contribute to the social and economic progress of the country. Giving them education , forcing the privileged upper-castes to study with them , gives the the platform where their community is represented in the circle originally dominated by upper-castes.

Main problem is that the benefits are confined to only roughly(30%) of a sample pool of 2 lakh people. If that figure must rise up to 70%( which is proportional to representation of backward castes) then the remaining larger population( especially in the poorer parts of the country) must be aware of such schemes. Education about the evils of caste-ism will help school-kids understand the unfair practices which continue even today.

Since reservations are about uplifting the socio-economic status of the backward classes by providing them education,we can examine certain parameters and the penetration of backward classes into those parameters to tell how effective this system is in today's world. Some of them as outlined below:

Case study:

Enrollment rates of SC/STs: Just 6% in past 7 years

Source: Page on mhrd.gov.in

Lack of learning abilities- Roughly 80% students in our village cannot learn basic math

Reference: ASER  2014 Report on asercentre.org

How can one expect them to cope up with the demanding JEE syllabus and even more challenging IIT syllabus?.

Penetration of backward castes into academic professions

This is another way to examine how far the backward castes have penetrated into the field of academic professions( teaching professions in technical institutions), which was originally meant for forward castes.

Occupational profiles:

The occupational profiles are heavily skewed against the lower castes. Nearly 48% Grade D and blue collar jobs are occupied by lower castes..

Reference: Distribution of Different Communities in Various Professions in India

Lower the socio-economic status, lower is the inclination to learn:

More studies reveal that lower the socio-economic status, lower is the inclination to learn. A child from a higher socio-economic background where he is encouraged by his family members to aspire for greater heights, where the family has got access to enough resources to financially support their child in availing education, that child has got a tendency to learn quickly.

Standard of living of lower caste and villages:

Greater the socio-economic status, greater is the standard of living. Reservation was meant to provide a decent standard of living for the socially-backward communities.

Standard of living is generally measured by access to basic amenities, the presence of the Holy Trinity needed for a man to survive: Food, Shelter, Clothes.

Data shows that more than 70% of villages in TN do not have a proper roof over their houses. More than 73% of village houses do not access to toilets.

Source: Page on tn.gov.in

Access to sanitation: 9% of Dalit households have it

Dropout rates of SC/ST: 47% of kids drop out from school:

Reference: Page on idsn.org

Now taking you to an ARTICLE WRITTEN IN "TIMES OF INDIA" NEWSPAPER!

SCs/STs form half of India's poor: Survey

 DELHI: Scheduled Castes and Tribes constitute half of the total "poor, deprived households", a pilot survey to identify the Below Poverty Line population has found.

The survey found that SCs/STs were a mere 25% of the "non-poor households" who showed deprivation on some of the parameters -- ranging from housing to illiteracy to homelessness and destitution.

The findings reiterate the long-held hypothesis that dalits are the most-underprivileged sections of population and the easiest marker of poverty.

The pilot survey is significant given that results have come from the representative sample of 166 villages across 22 states. It will form the basis for the full-fledged survey to be conducted soon to identify the poor.

Vivek Kumar, sociologist with Jawaharlal Nehru University, said the findings proved that caste and class identities in the country overlapped and the social identity of dalits led to cumulative deprivation cutting across parameters for identification of poor. "Economic deprivation depends on social identity," he said, summing up the inferences from the pilot survey.

That 22% of the population (SC/ST) forms half of the country's rural poor is in line with known facts about poverty statistics but it is startling that the theory continues to hold good. After the pilot survey, the anticipated household exercise to identify the poor - with methodology refined by Planning Commission member Mihir Shah for the Union rural development ministry - would show where the final figures stand for the country.

While dalits and tribals form the bulk of poor households, their share drops to 25% among the non-poor households with deprivation, a fact which underlines the relationship between SC/STs and economic status. The communities are not just poor but also score high on kuchcha housing, illiteracy among adults, homelessness, destitution, landlessness with agricultural wages as their main source of income.

The BPL survey is crucial because the identified families would form the target group of government's subsidy-based welfare schemes. According to observers, the BPL survey is crucial to the fate of dalits because they form the bulk of beneficiaries of targeted welfare.

Vivek Kumar concurred with the findings of the pilot survey, saying, "YB Damle in 1970s had shown that social identity has an impact on the economic performance of people."

The coming BPL survey would see a change in the methodology from previous years. The analysis of pilot survey by Planning Commission has shown that earlier BPL surveys could have been off the mark by as high as 50%

BY THIS BLOG I HOPE YOU UNDERSTOOD BRIEFLY ABOUT THE ECONOMIC AND EDUCATION STATUS OF SC-ST's. STILL YOU DIDN'T GET THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION "WHY STILL RESERVATION?" YOU MAY HAVE A HARD HEART! LAST BUT LEAST REQUESTING YOU ALL, "PLEASE DON'T ANALYSE ANYTHING WITH JUST ONE OR TWO CASES, ALWAYS FOLLOW THE MAJORITY,THE SUPREME POWER IN DEMOCRACY!!!"

lol :)
-rj

"How to Play with Indian Football":-SOLUTION FOR INDIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE SITUATION

Now Time for Little bit Sports and Introducing our New Author GT <3 :)

“ India are sleeping giants of football”-Sepp blatter.


It has been almost 8 years since the then fifa president made that quote on his maiden trip to India.Since then if at all anything has hapened india has went backwards.The countries domestic league system went from a developing professional one into being a league with sub standard telecast and not even a regular 2nd division.

The most successful chapter in these years has been the ISL.The franchise based tournament set new standards in Indian football.Be it the playing standards or the broadcasting or even the glamour of the tournament it brought back the 'beautiful game ' in to public domain.But even then the fact remains that such a system with 2 premier tournaments will prove unsustainable in the long run.

To tackle this problem  a merger of the two leagues has been proposed.Will it succeed?Only time will tell.Untill the actual merger takes place a variety of solutions have been suggested...like promoting the best two teams from the i league for the formation of a 10 team first division and the remaing teams from the i league constituting the 2nd division.But then the franchise cannot be relegated under their contract atleast for the initial few years.It would thus take away one most important and exciting attributes of foreign league which maintains intrest even after the title is decided.The league would become one dimensional with all teams gunning for the title.This I think would be unhealthy.Hence I feel it would be better for the AIFF to  go for a complete merger among the two league and split them into two conferences like the NBA.It would be beneficial to the teams as well considering the large size of the country.It would also give more people access to football as well;ie. more players get to play and for teams like Banglore fc which are sole representatives from Karnataka, provide each region with a team to support and cheer.But it would require establishing a similar system in at least the second division as well which would require considerable financial support as well considering that the second division is organised as small tournaments in India.So this is what I am suggesting

1.Create a 16 team 1st division with north and south conferences (8+8). There will still be problems like 3 teams which are bound to be from one city, kolkata,(Atletico,Mohan Bagan and East Bengal)which would be unsustainable.The only solution would be for the current franchise to buy one of the old clubs,which is the closest indians will ever get to having classic derby of our own.I guess I can assume that 2 clubs would be sustainable in pockets like Kerala, Goa, Kolkata and the North East.The first divison can be run in similar way to ISL then and champions from a 8 team playoff could get an AFC cup berth which would be added incentive that the ISL cannot boast off.The bottom team from each conference should ideally be relegated but for attracting better business interest the league could offer a reprimand in the form of a playoff with the the champions of corresponding conference in the 2nd division.

2.Establish second and lower leagues in the same format albeit without the playoffs.

3.Establish u 17 and u 20 league with a similar format as well for promoting youngsters.

4.Promotion of such aformat could result in a short season,so for a year round offering the Durand or the Federation cup could follow a longer champions league like format extending for 3 or so months with matches during weekends to maintain interest of the public.

5.Along with these there should be  reforms for helping devolopment of stadiums. (The clubs could be offered ownership following long tenancy period which would result  in better maintenance of the stadiums.)Similarly players should be encouraged to sign longer contracts so that the clubs can take part in player trading,which rakes in a chunk of the revenue for foreign clubs.And care should be taken to ensure that clubs does have a marquee player to attract public interest at least during initial years.
And prime time broadcast of the league would be fundamental to its success.The tv revenue should be then shared among the clubs in a similar format to the English league, which allows a percent of income to its lower divisions.

6.A high profile friendly tournament could be organised featuring the best Indian and some European teams to promote commercial interest.(The top 4 indian teams could be the qualifiers,in that way there would be an added incentive for teams to finish at the top,since such friendlies can generate larger incomes which could be split among the involved teams based on performance.)
This is my idea towards improving Indian football.I believe such a merger would be essential in the growth of a competitive footballing team for India.

LOL :)
-GK

Debate: Kanhaiya Kumar ,JNU & India

This is not a post! It's a Platform providing to you to Open your Mouth on JNU Issues and Kanhaiya Kumar. Please Post your views in an Indian's Point of View,not as a Politician!

SPEAK UP FRIENDS!

Gender Equality: An Issue to be discussed!

For one man,one woman- Its the law of nature! What would happen if the God created only Adam, no Eve? Where we would go for the next Generation? Is it possible just by a one  creature- wheather it be  man or the oppossite? No! This differentiation of gender was created for the balance in nature, and no one can deny it.  If the nature can follow this 'Equality', why can't we, humans follow it?

Gender discrimination continues to be an enormous problem within Indian society. Gender inequality in India persists despite high rates of economic growth, and is particularly apparent among marginalized groups Traditional patriarchal norms have relegated women to secondary status within the household and workplace. This drastically affects women's health, financial status, education, and political involvement. Women are commonly married young, quickly become mothers, and are then burdened by stringent domestic and financial responsibilities. They are frequently malnourished since women typically are the last member of a household to eat and the last to receive medical attention. Women receive little schooling, and suffer from unfair and biased inheritance and divorce laws. These laws prevent women from accumulating substantial financial assets, making it difficult for women to establish their own security and autonomy.

Case is worst if we consider the Third Gender.

For last one year, we are coming across various issues about Transgender. Latest being K Prithika Yashini,India's First Transgender Sub-Inspector who recieved the appointment order few days back. Still Why can't we accept them in the society? The reason we says is Transgender people experience a mismatch between their gender identity or gender expression and their assigned sex. Is it their fault? What is there if they belongs to that category? Actually we are destroying the hopes and dreams of such people for no reason. Just imagine if we were born in other planet along with creatures who belongs to that world and what would happen? They would enjoy every facilities,we will have to find places even to urinate & excrete?how difficult it would be? That is  what happening with  Third Gender here. So its high time to treat them as normal Humans. We can't threaten them for the reason they are not responsible for.

Eventhough India have an improved sex ratio over last 10  years, India ranks 130 out of 155 countries in the Gender Inequality Index (GII) for 2014, way behind Bangladesh and Pakistan that rank 111 and 121 respectively, according to data in the United National Development Programme’s latest Human Development Report (HDR) 2015.Among South Asian countries, India fares better than only Afghanistan which is at 152.The index captures inequalities in gender-specific indicators: reproductive health measured by maternal mortality ratio and adolescent birth rates, empowerment quantified by share of parliamentary seats and attainment in education, and economic activity measured by labour market participation rate.

Pakistan and Bangladesh have a lower Human Development Index (HDI) than India and yet perform better on gender equality as measured by GII. India is placed 130 out of 188 on the Human Development Index (HDI) with Bangladesh at 142 and Pakistan at 147.

But with respect to each parameter on the gender index, India lags behind both its neighbours. Consider this:Merely 12.2 per cent of parliamentary seats are held by women in India as against 19.7 in Pakistan and 20 in Bangladesh.India is also beset with a high maternal mortality rate of 190 deaths per 100,000 live births as compared to 170 pregnancy-related deaths per 100,000 births in both Bangladesh and Pakistan.In percentage of women receiving secondary education, Bangladesh at 34 per cent far outperforms India at 27 per cent.On labour force participation rate for women, Bangladesh is at 57 per cent, India is at 27 per cent.

 In all the above indexes, India’s performance is way below the South Asian average.

The only parameter where India fares slightly better is the adolescent birth rate, which is the number of births per 1000 women aged 15 to 19 years. A lower adolescent birth rate indicates a female population that is more in control of its choices when it comes to marrying and conceiving late.

On this scale, India’s figures are much better than that of Bangladesh as well as the South Asian average, though Pakistan’s record is marginally better than India’

As per the McKinsey report Pushing gender equality can deliver a sizeable additional economic growth and could add Rs. 46 lakh crore (USD 700 billion) to India's GDP in 2025

According to the new report by McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) titled 'The Power of Parity: Advancing Women's Equality in India', bridging the gender gap will have a huge economic impact and the boost could translate into 1.4 per cent per year incremental GDP growth for India.According to them  Advancing gender equality can deliver sizeable additional economic growth and broad-based prosperity to the world -- nowhere more so than in India. India's share of women's contribution to GDP is at 17 per cent, much lower than the global average of 37 per cent, and the lowest among all 10 regions in the world analysed by MGI. About 70 per cent of the increase would come from raising India's female labour-force participation rate to 41 per cent in 2025, from 31 per cent at present. This would bring 68 million more women into the economy over this period.

Interestingly, 26 countries in McKinsey's dataset of 95 have a lower per capita GDP and human development index than India. However, many of these have higher levels of gender parity.
The Indian economy will obviously gain if we bridge the gender gap in the workplace, but this gap cannot be plugged if we do not consider gender equality in society and change our social attitudes and unconscious bias towards women

But How?

India has the potential to lead the world in creating just and equitable societies.Ban any movie, TV show, writing or any form of media that openly portrays violence, persecution, sexual offence, general treatment against women. If a male child is allowed to do something at home, the female child should also be. If you don't want the female child to do something for safety or tradition, the male child should also not be allowed to do it. A sense of equality starts at home, from parents and siblings.There should ONLY be co-education schools. Boys and girls should be allowed to go through awkward adolescence. A boys school or a girls school effectively reduces the awkwardness that can be slowly, over time, eliminated inside a closed environment so when they get out into the world, they have already met and interacted with enough members of the opposite sex.Husbands should not be allowed to beat their wives and vice-versa.If a parent notices a boy treating a girl any different than his boy friends he should be taught that both are equal. Sex education at home and school. Parents should explain to their kids the different sexual changes that happen as they grow up and be approachable with any doubts. Friendship between opposite genders should not be discouraged. In fact, it should be encouraged.

Strengthen opportunities for postprimary  education for girls while meeting commitments to universal primary education.Invest in infrastructure to reduce women’s and girls’ time burdens. Guarantee women’s and girls’ property and inheritance rights. Eliminate gender inequality in employment by decreasing women’s reliance on informal employment, closing gender gaps in earnings, and reducing occupational segregation. Increase women’s share of seats in national parliaments and local government bodies. These are some which has to be practiced in home as well as in our country

Above all, the women should take this matter into their hands and from where we can see it, only a woman can help another woman. If you see someone troubling a female, intervene. Your actions will be reciprocated by someone else. Don't expect a man to come for your help because most of them are not men enough. You can be the eyes and ears for another woman.

“ MAN OF QUALITY RESPECT’S WOMEN’s EQUALITY”- Practice the saying and make India democratic in all sense!