Ashok Mahindru and Vedic Kanya School supports the One Billion Rising campaign to end violence against Women this Valentine's Day

Ashok Mahindru has guided Vedic Kanya Highschool teachers and students to join the global campaign of One Billion Rising on Valentine's Day.  One Billion Rising is bringing together women and men from all walks of life from over 200 countries including India on Valentine's Day (14th February) to safeguard the rights of women all over. This a really novel way to celebrate the day of love Ashok Mahindru believes. 

Ashok Mahindru has taken a stern view on crime against view terming it against our culture in his various articles and speeches. Ashok Mahindru commends the efforts of One Billion Rising campaign and its effort to bring people together through innovative ways like dancing, flash mobs, music, theatrical events etc. to end this violence against women who are the nurturer of humankind. The website of the campaign has short films, music videos to support the cause. 

                                       

Ashok Mahindru along with students and teachers of Vedic Kanya Highschool, a school to impart education to  girls underprivileged families joined people from all across the globe, including India have registered their names in the official website. The school children will be joining various programmes being organised in the city on the Valentine's Day to show their support to the cause. 

Respect for Women is our glorious tradition; any act against this is reprehensible: Ashok Mahindru

Mr. Ashok Mahindru, well known and respected philanthropist from the business fraternity in his recent article at a weekly magazine expressed his opinion that India has a glorious tradition of respecting women, and any act against this is condemnable and reprehensible. 

Mr. Ashok Mahindru, well known and respected philanthropist from the business fraternity in his recent article at a weekly magazine expressed his opinion that India has a glorious tradition of respecting women, and any act against this is condemnable and reprehensible. Mr. Ashok Mahindru gave examples of Goddess Durga to emphasize that in our country women have always been given respectable position and worshiped as Goddesses. Any crime or violence against women, Ashok Mahindru termed as an unpardonable crime against entire humanity. 

To change the present situation though, Mr. Ashok Mahindru feels that besides the government the society at large should also change its attitude towards women and give due respect to them. He also said that in our tradition women have always been given prominence over men, which can be seen in our religious texts where we take Sita’s name before Ram and Radha’s name before Krishna. 

Ashok Mahindru commended the fact that today women have proven their ability and prowess in handling any responsibility in the country, world, and society at large. Women have ably overseen high ranking positions like, Chief Justice, Prime Minister and even President of the country in India. Ashok Mahindru also cited examples of the three prominent states of the country Delhi, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal having women Chief Ministers presently. 

Mr. Ashok Mahindru believed it was a mistake for people to think of women as incompetent or weak. Belittling women shows narrow-mindedness and modern society should rise above such narrow-mindedness to give women the opportunity to grow in every field, Ashok Mahindru said. 

While condemning any act of violence against women Mr. Ashok Mahindru said that such reprehensible incidents can never lessen the respectable position women have, and will keep on having in this country. Ashok Mahindru underlined that empowerment of women is the way for the nation’s development. 

Mr. Ashok Mahindru has been carrying forward his father Y. P. Mahindru’s dream of actively participating in the process of Social Change. He is leading various not-for-profit organisations like Vedic Kanya High School for Girl Child Education, and Run For Vision Foundation (www.runforvision.org) and Y. P. Mahindru Niramaya Eye Bank in eye donation, under the Mahindru Charitable Trust.