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Educated daughters vs strong daughters: The difference

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Indian government, Indian law, and pro-female organizations in that land talk about increasing education of girls and women. I get very amused at this ineffective and useless propoganda that does nothing great to help the girl child and women. This is because most women even if educated are unable to continue work, career or do entrepreneurship because their parents or in-laws or community will not allow them. So it means educate them for namesake and then make them stagnant to do caring and cooking jobs at home. In short, educate them and again throw them in the same gutter or furnace as before. Education gives them no financial independence, no autonomy, no freedom to decide for self or children. Then what is the role of education for them? Nothing. I pity the parents who think that educating a daughter makes them finish their duty towards her. They continue to rear her as a cow or sheep. The net result is an educated women with no respect or autonomy and no space of her own. This ca...

Alcohol: how it damages the brain and other body organs?

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 Alcohol is a hard drink that adults like to consume and get addicted to due to its euphoric effect and capabilities to make one forget sorrows. But this does not come without its side-effects. The most prominent effect is on the brain and liver. But other organs also suffer problems directly and indirectly.  Alcohol and ill-effects on brain   Alcohol intoxication has an acute negative impact on the brain. After the initial few glasses of this drink, the drinker feels high and euphoric and the person's hidden desires surface. But as the amount of intake increases, more ill effects appear. There is speech slurring, blurring of vision, incoordination of gait and movements, difficulty in walking, delay of response times, and derangement in memory. The drinker experiences blackouts and remembers nothing about the events. In acute cases, these may resolve but in case of chronic drinkers,  these bad  effects remain for long and in many are irreversible.  Longterm...