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The Time Is Now: Why Women’s Reservation Will Transform Indian Democracy  

While taking my first oath as a Minister of State, I looked around the packed room and made a count. The number of women present in that space could be counted on a single hand. This visual left a mark, not as a personal achievement, but as a clear indication of the long distance that women are yet to traverse in the public sphere.

I belong to a small village near Puttur in coastal Karnataka, a traditionally rich region, where women have always shown their resilience and strength. I know what it meant to channel that strength into public life, to walk a path that few had walked before and how not every woman gets the same chance with that same fire.

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The Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam has already been passed. The Parliament spoke in September 2023; the Constitution was amended but now comes the difficult part: keeping that word.

Democracy That Represents Its People

India is home to 670 million women but for many long years, our lawmakers have represented merely 15% of that population. A democracy which continuously excludes half of its citizens from the process of decision-making cannot be considered as true democracy; it remains a work in progress. The Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam is an important step towards completing this endeavour, but a law on paper holds little value unless it is effectively executed. The census needs to be conducted. Following that, delimitation must occur, and one third of the seats in both Parliament and every state assembly........

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