No techs please, we’re British
I had a read of this article, rather several reads of this article in order to understand the purport of the author’s words and intentions.
Although i must admit, the cause of this article is very noble but i would cadge to differ on the way the message has been conveyed. It just doesn’t come across as anything convincing or inspirational.
The fact that the author criticises her teachers and labels them as “idiots” is rather callous and puerile.
What is obviously reflected through such descriptions and poor vocabulary is the author’s own distrait, her anger at her own self, the fact the she was cozened to take up a career she was never interested in.
It is a sure frustration!
The point made about huge women participation in India in the said field and the reasons governing them, in the article, are stated as follows:
- Money
- Safety
- Reassurance for parents
While i do agree that these are the necessities of life, but; are, and should , these be the reasons to take up science and technology as career choices?
Men take up these fields because they love it. It is something very innate of them; and then there are men who are the epitome of Art and Culture.
My point is, rather than trying to create a whirlpool of capitalists by citing money as the motives to take up various career options, what must be encouraged is the genuine interest and love for the subject, which is science, in this case.
The lady mentioned here, Priya Chandran’s taking up of this field has much to do with the milieu she has been brought up in, because of which her interest and love for the field are honest and genuine.
There are scores of households in India where children are forced to take up the various career options as dictated to them because of social status and prestige for the family.
By doing this you are not only killing the very spirit of an individual, but also, you are encouraging genocide. Why do you think suicide rate among the indian students is so high?
I am sure, for a person of priya’s stature,money is Not the only motivating factor because at the end of the day what keeps you going is your interest and mental food!
I would like to make a humble plea to all the people and especially the women (in reference to this article);
Please do not take up science and technology because there are a lot of men there and we have to prove our might there, rather take up the field because you love it and are an avid enthusiast!
Women have undergone a lot of hardships to gain what they have gained today and i am very fortunate to have been born and brought up in the 21st century. Hence, let us not kill the very spirit of women by making them think that they need to do a certain thing because men are surpassing them.
Please do not kill the very soul of a person(male/female) by making these comparative gender studies, etc.
These practices execute the very soul of a person and there is no prosthetic for an amputated spirit!
We must educate women in the right spirit, with the correct perspectives and a sense of self-worth, only then we can claim to be truly empowered.
Lets not give in to torpors. Lets defenestrate such thoughts. Lets discover our true worth and be the best of our-selves!
Just so everyone knows, this is Tanu’s first blog post
sweetheart you’ve articulated your position very clearly. I really like the way that you insist that women (and people in general) should not do something because it’s ‘equal’ to someone else, but because they *love* it. It’s also nice to see someone appreciating that women *have* made a lot of gains! Most of the time all us men get to hear is how hard-done-by women are, and how we discriminate against them, even though many of us bend over backwards to be good and non-discriminatory.