Mr.Modi's speech at FICCI 2013

although possibly unintentional, but his speech was highly patronizing and never once did it budge from the stereotype roles and image of women. why call women 'maa and behene' (mothers and sisters)? do our identities depend solely upon our social/biological role?   i know, i know. many of you will say -ah, that's only a polite way of addressing you people. well, won't you take a woman's opinion into consideration over how she'd like to be addressed? or you alone will decide what the right word is for us? your 'polite' ways have become too hackneyed and come with a lot of prejudice. just call us women,already! (aurate, if you wish) that's short and easy, too!!


we are individuals first. women second. mothers and sisters somewhere down the line, if we are indeed someone's mother and a sister, that is! according to your 'polite' ways of addressing, is an infertile woman still a woman? woh to maa nahi hai?

And why tell women what their gender has done and achieved when your audience happens to be empowered women themselves? however, this is not Mr.Modi's fault. it's the women who invited a man and requested a man to talk about women's empowerment. the choice of topic beats common sense. here, women have stereotyped themselves.

however, looking beyond the words and tone, his speech was not bad. a few good points, occasionally funny. however it sounded too well rehearsed and nothing crackling new on offer. I'm saying this because I expected much more from Mr.Modi.

All in all, a good speech that could and should have been better!