https://mainstreamweekly.net/ Mainstream Weekly ISSN (Mainstream Online) : 2582-7316 Author Submission Guidelines Mainstream's Privacy Policy Donate to Support Mainstream Weekly en SPIP - www.spip.net https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH42/siteon0-5599c.jpg?1780229567 https://mainstreamweekly.net/ 42 144 https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article1516.html https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article1516.html 2009-07-18T09:58:01Z text/html en Malini Bhattacharjee <p>A die-hard feminist at heart, I find the recent controversy revolving around the Women's Reservation Bill disturbing. At a time and age when it has been established over and again that women are equal, if not better than men in terms of their capability, intellect and maturity, why is there a need for reservation suddenly? A staunch adherent of meritocracy, I have never been convinced by anybody to see the logic behind reservation of any kind, especially in present-day India. In a society (…)</p> - <a href="https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/rubrique102.html" rel="directory">July 2009</a>