I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.

In Hindi: मैं  किसी  समुदाय  की  प्रगति  महिलाओं  ने  जो  प्रगति  हांसिल  की  है  उससे  मापता  हूँ .

B. R. Ambedkar  बी. आर.  अम्बेडकर

Women

“The best yardstick of the progress of a nation is its treatment of women…….

“All nations have attained greatness by paying proper respect to women. That country and that nation which do not respect women have never become great, nor will ever be in future. The principal reason why your race has so much degenerated is that you have no respect for these living images of shakti. There is no hope of rise for that  family  or country where there is no estimation of women, where they live in sadness….

“Why is it that our country is the weakest and the most backward of all countries? Because Shakti is held in dishonour….

“We should not think that we are men and  women, but only that we are human beings, born to cherish and help one another.”

                                                                                                                 SWAMI VIVEKANANDA