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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...

What is Work-life balance? Why is it important? What should be done to achieve it?

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 Work-life balance is essential for a good life: alone or family. It provides quality of life and happiness. But how many people think of it? Some who do think of it feel that it is an impossible feat.  Work-life balance and today The good old days of the past have gone. This is especially true of people residing in the cities of the world. Whether it is service or business, long hours at work are becoming the norm. The world has gone competitive and people get concerned about losing their job if employed or losing their clients if in a business. This pushes people to overwork. But they forget no one can prolong the 24 hours of one day. So the net result is the work time encroaches on your social and personal time.  Harvard Business School did a survey and found that 94% of professionals were working more than 50 hours in a week. And nearly 50% were working for more than 65 hours per week. The recommended comfortable working hours per week should not be over 48 hours per ...