Life in a simplest form can be
described as an experience on a roller coaster ride. The experience of the ride
will be of fun when others join and experience. When it is accompanied with
friends, family and relatives the experience becomes memorable, the joy and
happiness becomes endearing. Today equality has come to global agenda, whereas in the religious books we read that
God wanted men and women to be different, yet supporting each other to make
life meaningful and the world becomes more beautiful.
Today discussion on gender
equality has reached both News room to Board room issue. There are pro and
against groups debating the pros and cons on gender equality. Many of the
well-known organisations have taken targets and goals to reduce gender gaps.
Thank God for his wisdom of not discriminating the gender but providing equal
talents. Every year in the academic and competitive results the noticeable
trend over the years is girls outperforming boys. There are studies
reported on women losing productive time at the peak of their career for
upbringing their children. Organisations have provided special care of extended
maternity leave, providing Creech facilities, work from home for engagement and
productivity rather than losing the talent. The new aged organisations have
stepped ahead though incentive for freezing the eggs scientifically so that at
later stage or at the fag end of the career the women could enjoy the joy of
children. The thought that strikes is the same joy and Quality Time available
for upbringing the children when they are old. Today’s medical research miracle
is scientific way of producing the child. This method was developed to unlucky
parents who could not enjoy the joy of parenthood. The new aged companies have
taken this method for incentivise for earning few more dollars of profit. Are
the basic human living principles required to be compromised for few more
dollars?
Couples of months it was reported
in a leading newspaper of an elderly couple we may say senior citizen aged
around 75 years adopting the modern methodology and bearing a new-born. The
child was a boon to them and the couple were happy. There were few columns
published on the daily newspaper congratulating the couples for their courage
and determination for having their own child even at this age. Few more debate
forestalling the future of the child as the parents themselves were old and
someone is required to take care of them. The debate continued just for rating
and sensualizing for a day. The unanswered thought that strikes the mind was
how long the elderly couple would live and how would they take care of the
child, when they themself need someone to take care of them. Was the decision
good enough and ethically meaningful.
Few days back a Bollywood star
was congratulated for becoming successful single parent of a baby boy. The film
fraternity stood up and supported his courage of being a proud father. The
scientific method of IVF and surrogacy was adopted. The proud single parent
shared his happiness with grandparents kissing the child. No doubt that this is
a good accomplishment for the gender equality, where in the total
responsibility of taking care and bringing up the child rests with the father. On
the contrary we were raised by our parents and showered love; where Mother had
a soft corner and Father had a bit of rough things to teach us about life. Will
a single parent be able to provide those two facets? Won’t it be unfair on the
child of not treating his/her with the same kind of love which we received
during our childhood?
Today we live in a technology and
wired world where everything is connected to chips and smart phone are
exploiting the nature and basic human needs. Will the technology show empathy
and apathy to the new born adopted through technology? As the world moves into
developing machines such as robots with artificial intelligence will these
robots could be so matured for being emotionally aligned with human
requirements on sympathy, empathy and apathy. With the world wired on
Internet of things the future would be children being born on cloud….
