Next week, by this time we will have a new President. It is more or less sure now that its gonna be 'Rashtrapatni'.

Now on, according to our politicians, all problems facing the women will be solved at one go. They will be at par with men in all the areas. Thousands of women destitutes who suffer everyday will now be let free by their tormentors because the country has a women president.

I dont intend to demean Ms.Patil or women hood here. One would have really appreciated if a woman was nominated in the initial stages after consensus. It is not as if the 'Super woman' or her protégés in the Government did not know of the existence of a woman called Pratibha Patil. In fact, it is a slur on Ms.Patil’s face that she was brought in at the last stage as a face saving for the ruling elite. It is definitely not out of respect for women that any of these ‘Saviors of Women’ have brought her in. Just opportunism.

The other matter is that for the first time, we are going to have a President against whom so many allegations are raised and who is not able to satisfactorily justify her point of view. And from next week, she will be under Presidential immunity. Is there no other non-controversial woman, if only the motive of our rulers is to bring in equality of sexes??

I feel a Karan Singh or a Gopalakrishna Gandhi would have made a good President, if the ruling combine did not want to go with the current Vice-president.

Whatever it is, the ‘Super woman’ is gonna have a nice time in the case of a hung Parliament in 2009. Long live democracy!! Jai Womanhood!!