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'Good work remove all biases': Shammi Abidi
Submitted by admin on 16 May 2007 - 9:53am.
Editor of TwoCircles.net spoke to Shammi Abidi, ranked 16th for Civil Service Examination of 2006. Important quotes from the interview:
Post graduate in Economics from Lucknow University in 2002.
I want to become an honest and efficient administrator.
Marriage is an important part of one's life but girls are groomed through the years just for that. it is just a part of life and should be taken that way.
I don't feel there is any communal bias; I think good work remove all biases even if they prevail some way or another.
Muslims are most marginalized section of the society; opportunities should be given to them.
Blaming Muslims is not correct, the government need to adopt more programmes and and provide opportunities to marginalized sections of the society.
Ulema can play an important role by giving currency to progressive ways.
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Good thoughts
I agree with Shammi's point of view on marriage. Girl child right from the beginning is taught that marriage is the ultimate fate and thereby sealing the future of girl child prematurely. When a marriage turns bad, a girl child feels helpless not because she is helpless but society over a period of time has created a mindset of that sort.
There are very few strong women in the society who have dared to break free from this mindset and their biggest opposition actually came from society itself. There is definitely a need of empowering women, changing the way we operate in the society and the way we look at things. Not differentiating between a girl and a boy sounds like the first step in that direction.
Like any other age old superstition, getting out of this mindset and changing the perspective of people is a herculean task and people from different caste, creed, color and religion need to collectively own this effort.
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