Today, November 19 is International Men’s Day. Consider all the hype and hoopla that International Women’s Day attracts with the build-up beginning much before Women’s Day, Men’s day is a bit of a damp squib here.

While one can never take away from the fact that women, by and large, do play a subservient role in our society and even in these times and are victimised in various ways, let us make an effort to introspect at least about promoting gender equality and having gender neutral laws.