Lift Karado ?

My trip to the UK was quite a humbling experience in more ways than one. Below is one such incident.


It was 9 in the morning and London was bustling with activity. I took the jubilee line and reached office on time. I was waiting at the entrance for the lift. I operate from the ninth floor so you are left with no other option but to watch people in the lift.

I was shocked to acknowledge that I was the only male in the lift. It was a weird experience in some sense as one cannot expect the same to happen back home. For no reason I was excited.

Jokes apart I had a strange feeling about the experience. On repeated thinking I felt there are more connotations to it. It in some ways signifies the rapid progress women folk have been making in the UK.

I thought some study in this regard would throw more light . The ratio of women work force to male work force in the UK is about 1:2. The same ratio in India ia bout 1:6.This could explain my lift experience.

It doesn’t mean Indian women are far behind their global compatriots. We have women who are Chairpersons of global giants ( Indra Nooyi -Pepsi InC) ,who are consoles of Governments (Sonia Gandhi need I say more) and many more are holding the spirit of Indian women high in the global market .

The progress of the country depends on empowering the Indian women. Women empowerment could be one of the reasons behind the progress made by UK'.

Thus there is an eminent need for the government and the 'AAM AADMI' to empower the 'AAM aurat'.