India, Aug. 19 -- "Robust and artless, such is her allure

Glistening the magic, Like a nymph in an empyrean"

Growing up as a woman in India is still no easy task. Woman, isn't she a human? She is made of the same flesh and bones like a man and if injured physically or mentally, she feels pain. The worth of a civilisation can be judged from the position that it gives to a woman. Still, gender-based discrimination against a female is pervasive across the world.

This is the 21st century. Still, the fight for equality is mulling upon us. 'Gender equality is still the unfinished business of this century.' Social and legal discrimination against women remains a major obstacle to economic development in emerging and developing countries. Cert...