Lieux et formes de pourvoir - Oral

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It is this tradition that is the cause of all these murders and suicides and so of the "gendercide".

Despite these inequalities, there has been an evolution in Indian society. Indeed, the article “Farewell to an Indian I Hardly Knew” by Giridharadas. He decided to go in India by himself to make up his own mind about the country. Before he had prejudices about it but India has changed. The farms have given way to factories, the couples can divorce, untouchables children can go to school and succeed... The mentality of the majority of Indians has changed. Now they can decide for themselves. He also says that what was used to be farms has become factories now.

There is also the document “Is microcredit changing India” which explains that the microcredit system, created by Muhammad Yunus, is a revolution for poor families and is a realistic notion for businessmen and women worldwide.

So there has been a lot of shifts.

Concerning women, there have been changes too. For instance, the document “The world's largest democracy” teaches us that, in 1964, Indira Gandhi was the first female Prime Minister in India and in 2007, Pratibha Patil became the first female President of India.

The literacy rate has also increased. It rose from 9% in 1950 to 65% in 2011.

As a conclusion we can say that there are many inequalities between rich and poor citizens or between men and women in India. Women are discriminated at birth and Indian culture creates a huge gap between the rich and the poor. In the recent years there have been developments within the Indian economy and the role of some women.

We can now ask ourselves whether these developments will lead to greater equality in the future.