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World Kidney Day programme
to be inaugurated by
Dr V. Kanagasabai at GH today
COIMBATORE
THURSDAY 8 | MARCH 2012
MAKE OWN DECISIONS
A woman is empowered
when she acquires both
capability and wisdom to
decide for herself.
— Archana
Ramasundaram
ADGP (training), Tamil
Nadu Police Academy
Empowerment is an
ability to do what I want
and to make the decision
that I want.
— Sheela Rani
Chunkath
Chairperson and
Managing director, TN
Handicrafts
Development
Corporation
Empowerment is
recognizing woman as
equal partner in socio,
political, cultural life,
which is free from
poverty and violence.
— U.Vasuki
Central Committee
member CPM
Whatever can provide a
woman a sense of
equality to all other
human beings, which
includes men, can, be
said to empowerment. It
can be education,
economy or any other
factor.
— Gnani
Writer
Women should be
provided proper
sanitation and education.
These two would
empower the women the
most.
— M. Subburaman
Rights activist
Success comes
to enterprising
PRAMILA KRISHNAN | DC
CHENNAI, MARCH 7
SRK tools company in
Ekattuthangal,
Guindy,
has not just two huge CNC
(computer numerical control) machines inside but
also many happy faces and
joyful stories. For Krishna
Radhakrishan, 37, who
owns the firm, the company
is her third child after
Ashwin and Akshai. And
the seven workers, found
always in greasy pants and
sweaty T-shirts, are her
energy
boosters.
Ms
Radhakrishan was just
another housewife two
years ago. But this B.A. history graduate was always
interested in learning new
things. “I wanted to help
others, but I am against the
usual kind of giving donations or providing food. I
understood my calling
when I met WEAT (women
entrepreneurs association
of Tamil Nadu) volunteers,”
recalls
Ms
Radhakrishan. She chose
be an entrepreneur.
“I learnt that CNC programming was a male-dominated job and it would be
tough for a woman to win
in that field.” With the
moral support of her hus-
Krishna Radhakrishnan
band Radhakrishan, a
senior executive in a private firm, and financial
support through WEAT,
she managed to start her
firm in November 2010 with
one CNC machine at an
investment of `25 lakh.
Fluent in Hindi, she provided jobs to five men from
Bihar and two Tamil men.
“I received small orders for
making brake shoe for bus
and other spare parts for
electronic goods through
an outsourcing firm,” she
says. Now she has bought a
second CNC machine for
the firm that operates 24
hours. As the president of
WEAT — Chennai she now
enthuses other women
entrepreneurs.
Ms Rahamat Fathima, 30,
of Tindivanam, over 100 km
from Chennai, helped her
husband earn dignity.
Though her husband, auto
driver Akbar, 30, worked
hard, he couldn’t earn
much. Being an auto driver
was considered a low-profile job in his neighbourhood. It was Ms Fathima
who alerted him about a
course in value addition in
mushroom products by TN
agricultural university.
“With my wife convincing
me, both of us attended the
training classes in 2006 and
earned a diploma in mushroom snack preparation,”
says Mr Akbar. Now he is
confident of providing good
education for his two girl
children — three-year-old
Sumaya and one-year-old
Sharmila.
“We started our bakery,
‘Bismi Foods’, and provided value-added mushroom
snacks like soup, samosa,
cutlet and mushroom pizza.
We are supplying snacks to
companies in Tindivanam
and Vellore. Shortly, we
will expand to Chennai,”
says Ms Fathima, who
earns at least `10,000 a
month.
Be fair, beauty isn’t skin-deep
K. SREEDEVI | DC
CHENNAI, MARCH 7
When 26-year-old Rithika
(name changed) was given
a marriage proposal to marry a handicapped doctor
living in London, she accepted it and she was looking for someone with a good
heart. However, when the
NRI doctor came to India,
he rejected her for being dark-skinned! “Is being darkskinned worse than being a
handicap?” she asks.
Thousands of women in
the country face similar
discrimination owing to
H
Equal property
rights
Judgment on
talaq
■
■
SC judges, justices R.M.
Lodha and Jagdish
Singh Khehar, maintained that under the
Hindu Succession
(Amendment) Act,
2005, daughters are
entitled to equal inheritance rights along with
male siblings.
Women in armed
forces
■
The Delhi HC directed
the Indian Air Force to
allow its women officers
to be eligible for the
permanent commission
status, which means
they can serve till they
turn 60. Justices S.K.
Kaul and M.C. Garg held
that capable women
officers should be granted the status.
WINDS OF CHANGE
A
■
In the interest of the
child, Justice Aftab
Alam and Justice R.M.
Lodha maintained that
in the case of paternity
test, the court should
take extreme caution
while referring a child
for the test.
Live-in
relationship
Maintenance for
second wife
■
■
Notwithstanding its earlier views, the SC, in the
D. Veluswamy Vs D.
Patchiamal case,
declared live-in relationship as a relationship in
the nature of marriage.
Taking a different view
regarding maintenance,
it said a woman in such
a relationship cannot
claim maintenance if the
man abandons her.
cially weak and economically dependent
spouse.
Even in the case of an
illegal second marriage,
a woman is entitled to
maintenance if the husband deserts her.
Justices D.M.
Dharmadhikari and H.K.
Sema observed that a
bigamous marriage may
be declared illegal but it
cannot be said to be
immoral to deny even
the right of alimony or
maintenance to a finan-
Woman can retain
maiden name
■
A woman can retain her
maiden name after marriage, according to a
Bombay HC judgment. It
amended a rule that
compels a woman to file
any marriage-related
proceedings only in her
husband’s surname.
Reproductive
choices
■
A woman has the right
whether or not to opt
for a child. She enjoys
the right to participate
in sexual activity or use
contraceptives.
— Compiled by
Syed Akbar & S.A. Ishaqui
APPY WOMEN'S DAY TO ALL. I
am proud to be a woman.
A young enthusiast Gayathri Om has
always been involvedin the process of
education since her earliest years of
schooling. Married to Om Saravanan,
director, Poppy’s Group, and Correspondent, Vedanta Academy, her aesthetic
sense and natural academic skills have
come to the forefront as they gain expression through the two schools located at
Tirupur and Coimbatore.
“Children these days are smart, inquisitive and have a thunder bolt of a brain.
Every child is unique and is gifted with
potential talent. To identify this potential
and provide these little gems with all the
needed opportunities from across the
globe, is most important for them to excel
head on. I also belive inculcating moral
values and life skills with the roots of
Indian wisdom is definitely important.
All this, I believe, can be achieved only
through schooling,” she says.
“Not only do we get to provide to the
children, but what we learn from them —
these free thinkers, truly are amazing.
Education through freedom of thought
and creativity is what we aim at. To not
confine and draw boundaries to the
thought process of these little people I
believe is very important,” she also adds.
From the unique Kindergarten Activity
Room at Coimbatore to the artistically
designed classrooms, Ms Gayathri Om’s
touch is evident in every nook and cranny — With a vision that is far — seeing
and a mission so close to her heart we
might well expect wonders with the projects.
Kovai woman Be proud of womanhood
fights odds, wins H
COIMBATORE, MARCH 7
For women, from the heart
Firstly, I take this opportunity to honor my
beloved ladies, the principal and teachers
of Anugraha Mandhir School for their dedication, hard work and team spirit; for providing children ‘happy schooling’ experience while they impart wisdom through
knowledge.
We women are truly blessed; beyond
tual she may be, has to be
fair and famous to get recognition in society,” fumes
Ms Kotravai, founder of
Mases, a women’s right
organisation.
To draw attention to the
unjust effects of skin colour
bias and to celebrate the
beauty and diversity of all
skin tones, WoW has unveiled the social awareness
campaign, ‘Dark is Beautiful’.
The campaign has roped
in Tamil actor Anu Hasan
as brand ambassador and
tied up with NGOs cross
the country.
Paternity tests
The Aurangabad bench
of the Bombay HC has
held that a talaq
(divorce), even if it is
oral, should be proved
before court, if the wife
contests it by leading
evidence.
H
J. Jayalalithaa
Screening of cervical Cancer:
Done by pap-smear and also by calposcopy
toast to all the Women in the World!
Happy International Women’s Day!!
During one of its recent
counselling programmes in
Chennai schools, WoW
found that many girls faced
self-confidence issues for
having dark skin. “We have
allowed racism of sorts to
deceive us into believing
that ‘fair’ is more beautiful
than ‘dark’ when, in fact,
more than 50 per cent of our
people are dark-skinned,”
laments Ms Emmanuel.
“The colour of the skin depends on environmental
and genetic factors. But
these racist and male chauvinist ads propagate that a
woman, however intellec-
A life dedicated to little thinkers
where necessary. There are facilities to
take disected biopsy and to treat pre-invasive cancer changes without resorting to
hysterectomy.
Screening for breast cancer:
Women are taught about self examination
of breast probvided with written information.Facilities of screening of breast cancer are available-Ultrasound scan of breast
and mammography
Screening for uterine cancer:
Facilities are avalable in the form of ultrasound scan,sono-hysterogram, pipette
biopsy & hysteroscopy.
Feto-Maternal Medicine: The new center pools the resources of two premier
institutions for the benefit of the patients
and the referral doctors. It functions under
the joint guidance of Dr Suresh (MediScan)
and Dr Mirudhubashini (Womens Center).
The aim is to diagnose and manage various
types of feto maternal and newborn problems. These problems are often complex
and prove to be a major challenge.
Women’s Wellness & Cancer Screening:
Our multidisciplinary team provides a
comprehensive evaluation and advice.
Advice & intervention is provided in an
inter-disciplinary model. Evaluation is
planned by age & risk factors in one of the
following packages — preconception, executive, executive-premier or platinum.
Education about cancer prevention,
screening and early detection of cancer
breast, cervix, uterus and ovaries. The
above done by counselling women who
visit our hospital and speeches in women’s
congregation, creating awareness through
media-talks in radio and writing articles.
society’s skin colour bias,
which is fanned by a series
of fairness product advertisements. While all matrimonial ads invariably call
for ‘fair’ brides, most fairness ads on television show
only fair-skinned women
attaining success. “This constant bias, fed right from
childhood and reinforced
by the media, has started
affecting the self-esteem of
most women and schoolgirls,” says Ms Kavitha Emmanuel, director of women of
worth (WoW), an independent network of women
working for social change.
LANDMARK JUDGMENTS
We care for women’s health
APPY WOMEN'S
DAY TO ALL. I
am proud to be a
woman.
Women’s
Center has been providing the most comprehensive women’s healthcare
needs solution for the
past 28 years. Women’s
Center has opened a new
100-bedded hospital for
women
and
new-born
at
146-B
Mettupalayam Road, Coimbatore 641043.
Our team headed by Dr Mirudubashini
Govindarajan, FRCS-C, comprises more
than 20 full-time globally trained superspeciality consultants, embryologists, allied
health & clinical support personnel. We
are also a full-time training facility for
post-doctoral fellowship students from
National Board, NewDelhi & Tamilnadu
Dr MGR Medical University.
With an annual turnover of 25,000 outpatient consultations and 1,800 inpatients,
our facility is in the process of applying for
NABH accreditation.
ISSUES
HCL head Shiv Nadar presented
`2.5 crore to CM towards
Thane relief on Wednesday
■ The United Nation’s theme for Women’s
Day-2012 is economic empowerment. DC
talks to successful women who have
empowered themselves and society
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everything with immense strength.
Whatever we do, let us do it with joy, from
our hearts. Nothing is impossible as long
as we focus on our goals and move forward
with perseverance. Let us not be harsh on
ourselves; nothing is hard when we learn
to accept things that cannot be changed
and enjoy the silver lining.
Let us unfold the passion within, love
eternally and live a glorious life, embracing the pride of being a woman, by living
womanhood in every moment. We are rich
in our hearts; the more we love and give
the more abundance will fill our hearts
and lives. Let the divine light of womanhood within… flow, heal and uplift the
world around us. Let us celebrate our
blessed womanhood and continue our day
to day service.
Dear Woman… Love yourself, be happy,
feel good and live life!.
Till a few years ago, some
of the backward regions in
western Tamil Nadu practiced female infanticide,
child marriages and perpetrated a variety of other
injustices against women
as they were generally considered a burden which
had to be disposed of as
early as possible.
Things have thankfully
changed due to the intervention of various NGOs
and other interest groups
and this trend is gradually
reversing. Women, who are
considered harbingers of
good luck in business communities, are now seen in a
similar light in agrarian
families too.
In Kovai, however, women are truly liberated. Here
is the success story of a
woman entrepreneur who
made it to the top by creating a record of sorts by
churning an annual turnover of `2.30 crore from a
pump spare parts manufacturing unit. Interestingly,
she did not even know the
basics of running a factory
as she was a home-maker.
Said S. Senthil Vadivu, “I
felt as if life was doomed
when I lost my husband
Shanmugam and my 13year-old son in a road acci-
Senthil Vadivu
started to manage
the affairs at the
factory within 18
days of her
husband’s death
dent near Courtallam on
May 22, 2004.”
However, she put on a
brave face and took over
her husband’s factory. She
was also encouraged by
scores of well-wishers, which enthused her further.
“Initially, I had to learn
the nuances of spare manufacturing for submersible
pumps. My hard work paid
off as I developed the unit
further to raise the turnover from a meagre `30 lakh
in 2004 to `2.30 crore within
a year,” she said with
pride.
It is interesting to note
that Ms Senthil Vadivu started to manage the affairs
at the factory within 18
days of her husband’s death. Before signing off, she
said, “Behind every successful man, there is a woman, but for me it was my
late husband, who was instrumental in my success.”
APPY WOMEN’S DAY TO
ALL. I am proud to be a
woman.
Today women are coming out of
their shells and shedding their shackles. Women have achieved a lot in
the past and the future is something
to be looked forward to. In all the
fields women are setting an example.
In our college we do have a lot of
women lecturers and the ratio of our
girl students is also quite high. Each
year, depending on the marks, we
waive the tution fee for deserving
girl students ( two/year). Girls have
been consistent toppers also. Women
in general are hard workers, be they
office goers or homemakers. They
can don any role and succeed. My
message to women all over on this
wonderful day dedicated to God's
MOST BEAUTIFUL CREATION is Be
proud to be a woman, perserve and
you will succeed.
One-year tree planting project —
one village a month covering 12 villages. The mega free tree sapling plantation was initiated with 5000
saplings as a part of 64,000 saplings
distributed by Thiru E S Kathir,
Founder Chairman, Kathir Group of
Educational
Institutions
on
February 24, 2012, to celebrate the
64th birthday of chief minister of
Tamil Nadu J. Jayalalithaa.
The Kathir Educational Institutions that renders remarkable service in the field of education for the
past four years has taken another
valuable step to motivate the village
people and has planned to provide
free tree saplings per village per
month per annum and distribute
64,000 saplings on account of the
64th birthday of chief minister J.
Jayalalithaa.
In this connection 5,000 free tree
saplings were distributed at Vellanapatti village of Coimbatore district on February 24, 2012.