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It
is a matter of great pride for us that Pratibha
Patil, the UPA presidential nominee, arriving in
Patna appealing to the emotions of Biharis, has
highlighted the glory and significance of Bihar
that gave birth to democracy in India. Well now,
let’s moot over the replacement of the term
“President” for a female in the event of her
gracing the topmost post.
With the Feminist Movement gripping its strong
hold by throwing challenge to patriarchal
society, a radical transformation has come about
in every field. English feminists have already
drawn attention to the fact that male bias is
encoded in our linguistic conventions. A few
such examples include the use of “man” or
“mankind” for human being in general, of
“chairman” and “spokesman” for people of either
sex, of “he” and “his” to refer to God, human
being, child, author, poet etc. It is another
thing that in course of time “chairman” has
become chairperson.
As for the question what Pratibha Patil, if she
becomes India’s first woman President, should be
referred to , I think nether "Rastrapati", "Rashtrapatni"
(?) nor "Rashtra-aunti"(?) is a suitable
substitute of the patriarchal President for a
female. "Rashtramaata” is the only honourable
epithet for a female President.
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Comments: |
What About "Rashtra-Netri" or
Rashtra-Maata" or "Rashtra-Devi" or
"Rashtra-Rani" or "Rashtra-Nayika??
- Ravish Kumar, Sr. Software
Engineer, Hyderabad - July 11, 2007
Rubber-Mohar-Maata. Anyway, no real
qualification or talent is required
for this post (now). Even if she is
a corrupt leader, will not be much
harmful to our country. - Anup
Anand - July 13, 2007
In
the era of ERA, Rashtrapati is o.k.
for both genders. - Satya
- July 13, 2007
Please don't give her any of these
epithets. She does not even deserve
the post. The people have not voted
for her. Just because she gave a
speech (most likely, written by a
speech writer) does not mean that
she cares for Bihar. - Hansa
Sinha - July 16, 2007
We
had heard of puppet-dance,
puppet-art, puppet-show but with the
globalization of everything these
arts are using live human beings.
The outcome is "PUPPET-PRIME
MINISTER", "PUPPET-CHIEF MINISTER",
"PUPPER-PRESIDENT" etc.
The best designation for her would
be "Rashtra-Putli". - Ravish
Kumar, Sr. Software Engineer,
Hyderabad - July 17, 2007 |
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