Saturday, September 20, 2008

Devil or Deep blue sea?

Bid Goodbye to that dream job of your life or every morning, play (?) hide-but-no-seek-until-back-from-office-game to handover the crying kid to the maid's supervision?

Tough decisions, ain't it? Devil or Deep blue sea? Who should decide, mother or baby?


Majority of the working women, married or yet-to-be, mothers or yet-to-be, have in them the worry or fear of failing to effectively fulfil the duties of being a mother. As a consequence, some quit careers to devote all of their time and interests towards their home, some manage to seek help from the world to deal with things to the best possible extent. Well, it's a personal choice if one wants to quit, but for demands of the situation if one has to quit, that's not doing justice to the knowledge acquired over the years or the potential of the person.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Govt_staffers_can_take_up_to_3_yrs_child_care_leave/articleshow/3487022.cms
A ruling, most welcome, has indeed come as a boon to the women working for public sector. Which mother wouldn't thank God if she gets a 6-month maternity leave and 2 years of Child-care leave ? Awesome ruling in the favor of women, family and hence, nation.


As of now, to the working ladies in the private sector, it is still devil or deep blue sea. Hopefully, in the near future, God, unlike most of the Bangalorean auto-drivers who get demanding with the folks of private sector assuming that they are 'extra'-terrestrials, bestows the same privilege to the latter community too.

In any case, kudos and a zillion thanks to the minds of people who thought that there was a need to accomodate a supreme ruling. Now, it's like giving women running the career-oriented race , a fair chance.

5 comments:

Monika said...

its a great intiative but alas i dont see it coming to people like us... the maternity leave was made 4.5 months by the govt long long ago and 6 months sometime back but for us its still the same 3 months for us :(

Anonymous said...

Looks a good rule.I guess there should also be awareness programs so that people become aware of their rights, so these rules don't just stay as rules

Anonymous said...

Rash is bak:)

~Pushpa

Anonymous said...

@pushpa you have a firm grasp of the obvious ;)

Rashmi Kantharaja said...

@monika,
Hope to see some light at the end of the tunnel :)

@ram,
I certainly agree with you.
@ram for ram@pushpa,
:D Truly!

@Pushpa,
:). Hope to continue