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B’town hails the Women’s Bill
The Women’s Rreservation Bill has got the entertainment industry tweeting
The Women’s Rreservation Bill has got the entertainment industry tweeting.
Happy to know that the Women’s Bill has been passed in Rajya Sabha.
- Neil Nitin Mukesh, actor
Not a big fan of reservation of any kind. But I like women. So torn about bill. Guys or girls, do a good job in Parliament, will you?
-Chetan Bhagat, author
After shame comes glory. The epoch making Women’s Bill is cleared in the Rajya Sabha.
-Mahesh Bhatt, filmmaker
Congratulations to Rajya Sabha for passing the historic Women’s Reservation Bill. Over to Lok Sabha now.
-Riteish Deshmukh, actor
Women should enter Parliament by winning elections, delivering results. Not gender arithmetic.
-Pritish Nandy, filmmaker
The Women’s Bill was also the subject of jokes on social networking sites. Here are our favourites.
Bill Clinton was the original Women’s Bill.
Apparently some woman’s bill is causing uproar in Parliament. Why? How much did she spend?
They were screening a film in Parliament the other day. It was called Kill Bill.
Historic Day! Women’s bill passed in Rajya Sabha! At last! Is this a new beginning for Indian democracy, enriched with the ‘female’ gaze?
-Aparna Sen, filmmaker
