Kajol: Men make it difficult for women to live

Bollywood actress Kajol feels it is much easier for a man to survive and succeed nowadays than a woman, given the deteriorating state of the fairer sex in our country.

The 39-year-old actress, who has starred in several hits like 'Baazigar', 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaenge', 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai', said that men often make it difficult for us women to lead our lives liberally and there is an urgent need to change their mindset.

"Every woman goes through a lot of struggle. To struggle and succeed in today's world, especially in India, is much tougher for a woman than for a man... The same men, who invoke the goddesses before every important moment of their lives, go on and kill their daughters or beat up their wives. If we want to empower our women, we will have to change the mindset of men," Kajol said.

The actress, a mother of two, also lamented that the authorities in our country are not women friendly and that is the major reason for several unreported crimes.

"Implementation of laws are necessary, but another important aspect is to see whether local police stations are doing their job. In several occasions, we hear that police are not willing to lodge an FIR and ignore the victim's pleas for help," said Kajol, who was in the capital for the launch of a book by the Vodafone Foundation titled "Women of Pure Wonder". 

Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/kajol-men-make-it-difficult-for-women-to-live/1203584/0

3 crore BPL girls, women may get tablets in Bihar

In a novel experiment to encourage illiterate girls and women to get education, Bihar government on Monday said it was mulling distributing tablets to three crore of them living below poverty line.

State Minister for Information and Technology Shahid Ali Khan told reporters in Patna that a Rs 7000-crore plan had been drawn up for the purpose, which would be taken to Cabinet soon for approval. Ali said he had discussion with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in this regard.

He said the beneficiaries would be chosen from those clearing a small test conducted by Aganwadi and Vasudha kendras after a training programme spanning two months. Ali denied that the proposal to distribute tablets had been inspired by a scheme undertaken by the Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh to provide laptops to girls free of cost. "They gave laptops to school girls while we will provide tablets to girls as well women after they clear a training programme," he explained.

Source: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/3-crore-bpl-girls-women-may-get-tablets-inspired-by-akhileshs-laptop-scheme/437393-3-232.html