VP: Follow Indian tradition, treat women with respect
ALLAHABAD : At a time when #MeToo movement is bringing to fore the harassment being faced by women in social and professional spheres in India, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has reminded countrymen, especially the youngsters, of India’s tradition of honouring women and treating them with respect. Driving home his point, Naidu also said how all prominent rivers of the nation like the Ganga, the Yamuna, the mythical Saraswati and the Godawari have feminine names and how names of goddesses always come before those of gods like Sita-Ram and RadheKrishna indicating our sense of respect towards women.
ALLAHABAD : At a time when #MeToo movement is bringing to fore the harassment being faced by women in social and professional spheres in India, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has reminded countrymen, especially the youngsters, of India’s age-old tradition of honouring women and treating them with respect.
Driving home his point, Naidu also said how all prominent rivers of the nation like the Ganga, the Yamuna, the mythical Saraswati and the Godawari have feminine names and how names of goddesses always come before those of gods like Sita-Ram and Radhe-Krishna indicating our sense of respect towards women.
Naidu also said how goddesses like Saraswati, Lakshmi and Durga have been accorded great respect and are worshipped to get their blessings of knowledge, wealth and power.
“Girls and women should get opportunities to prove their mettle and we need to give sometime to these opportunities to impact their lives and help them contribute to the nation’s progress,” he added.
He said there was a need for ensuring equal opportunities for the fairer sex in all spheres.
The vice president was speaking at a function organised at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT-A) to mark the start of its two-year celebration ’Beyond Twenty by 2020’ on the occasion of 20th anniversary of the institute on Saturday.
Addressing students, he said the global landscape was changing fast. “So is the educational system. A number of curricular and pedagogical innovations are taking shape across the nation. Students are learning by doing, experimenting and finding solutions to contemporary problems. Students are focusing on multidisciplinary application of knowledge. New domains are emerging such as big-data analytics and artificial intelligence,” Naidu said.
“We need to enhance access to services like education, quality health care, timely, authentic and relevant information, access to government services and e-governance initiatives,” he added. Uttar Pradesh governor Ram Naik, chief minister Yogi Adityanath and chairman of IIIT-A board of governors Ravi Kant were prominent among those present on the occasion.