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Patriarchy continues to dominate our world as we continue to see injustices committed against women which are perpetrated by society.
Buy me or mortgage me Because im your property Sell me or divide me Because i have no autonomy Character assassination what fate had in store for me Because i am born in captivity There is only pain and no gain for me Because i am circled in patriarchy
This is not a tale of mythology Nor is it a fable of queen draupadi It signifies the lives of you and me
It has various shades and has one for everybody I am a daughter, a mother, a sister, a wife But for myself, i am nobody Even in the 21st century you must stick to femininity, Any deviance shall be met with terrible catastrophe You may be a doctor, a lawyer or a CEO But your roti at the end should only be gol They expect you to be clad with modernity But what is modernity remains to be defined by the society Wanted a fair, good looking, well eductaed bride they say Wanted a trophy that they can display is what they do not say ‘X’ decides ‘Y’ implements to whose house ‘You’ will be sent You are an object which can be bought, sold, damaged or lent From Draupadi to Laxmi to Nirbhaya, there is no end.
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Children should be taught to aspire to be successful, but success doesn't have to mean an IIT admission only!
Imagine studying for 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 whole years for the JEE exam only to find out that there’s only a very, very slim chance of getting into an IIT. It is a fact widely acknowledged that the IIT-JEE is one of the toughest exams not just in India but in the whole world. Apart from IITs, the NITs and IIITs of India also accept the JEE scores for admission. There are said to be a total of 23 IITs, 31 NITs and 25 IIITs across the country.
Now, let’s first get a few facts about the IITs right. First, according to the NIRF rankings of 2023, only 17 IITs rank in the top 50 engineering colleges of India and only a few (around 5) IITs are in the list of the world’s top 100 engineering colleges. Second, the dropout rate of IIT-qualifying students stands at least at 20%, with reasons being cited ranging from academic pressure and unmanageable workload to caste discrimination and high levels of competition within the IIT.
So, it’s quite clear that the journey of making it through IIT is as challenging as the journey of getting into an IIT. Third and most important of all, the acceptance rate or the odds of getting into an IIT are below 3% which is a lot lower than the acceptance rate of highly and very highly ranked US universities. Four, getting into an IIT of one’s choice doesn’t mean one will also get into a branch of one’s preference at that IIT.
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