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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...

The epidemic of mental health issues is rising along with the coronavirus pandemic!

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 There is a rising epidemic of loneliness and mental health problems behind the shadow of the current coronavirus pandemic. It is hiding now but ready to explode anytime in the future.  Loneliness and mental health issues epidemic with coronavirus pandemic The coronavirus pandemic started in December 2019 in Wuhan in China. Since then, it has engulfed the world and led to more than 70 million infections and 1.58 million deaths. The toll of infections and deaths is continuing with no respite. The lockdowns and reemergence of the infection in the second wave and re-lockdowns has restricted people mobility now for over a year. The personal interactions and engagements of people have been cut drastically leading to a feeling of isolation and solitude in them.  Mental Health epidemic -recognition and management [Source: WHO/Europe] Elderly people, children, and young are feeling the pinch of it more. Classes are affected and employments are gone. Economic downfall has taken pl...