2018. Are Women free or empowered?
We recently celebrated 72 years of Independent India, as a nation, we have come a long way. There has been tremendous progress on many accounts but when it comes to women, a lot still needs to done. Are women of our country truly free? Do they have the rig ht to choose, or freedom of thought, freedom of speech? Are they able to walk, talk or dress as they wish without being judged or trolled? Women are not free as they fear being judged at every step in life .The whole world seems to decide what is right f or a woman. She more often than not lacks the simple freedom of making her own decisions. So much talk about equality and women emancipation, but at the heart of it all it is the same. Till today, we hear of honor killings, acid attacks, rapes , molestation. T oo many ills plague women even today, like dowry system, illiteracy, sexual harassment, inequality, female infanticide, domestic violence child abuse, rape, pros titution, illegal trafficking. Pr ejudice runs de