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Fight to snatch rights: Authors urge women

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Press Trust of India Jaipur

"You have to fight to achieve what you deserve. Women must struggle to get their dues from society, Preeta Bhragava, the first woman to be Jail Superintendent of Rajasthan and also a poet said here today.

Echoing the same sentiment, famous writer Lata Sharma urged women to snatch their rights from society which has conditioned everyone, including women, to accept the status quo of women being inferior to man.

"Rights are not given to anyone just like that. You have to fight and snatch your rights," Sharma whose work has been translated into many languages said while addressing a session titled "Stree Ho Kar Sawal Karti Ho?

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First Published: Jan 28 2013 | 5:05 PM IST

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