Happy Women's Day!

AIR INDIA CELEBATED INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY WITH SOME INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS HAVING A NEAR ALL-FEMALE CREW, INCLUDING PILOTS. You may be interested to know that AIR INDIA has a 12% FEMALE crew of PILOTS, double the world average of 6% !! . When you ask some Indian girls what they would like to be when they grow up, they say a "PILOT".

Air India will be flying with an all-female crew on selected flights today.

The stunt is in the name of International Women's Day and includes flights to London, Newark, Singapore, Doha and Bahrain.

But it isn't quite the in-flight sorority house our juvenile minds are imagining.

Indian law ordains that flights on which alcohol will be served must have male pursers on board. These "all-female" flights will thus have two male pursers amongst the otherwise female-only crew.

“All activities for the operation of these flights would be done by women to make it a historic event,” an Air India spokesperson told The Hindustan Times.

The flight crews will meet Varsha Gaikwad, the state minister for women and child development, before take-off.

According to The Times, female pilots comprise 12 percent of Indian airlines' workforce, double the global average of six percent. Air India is one of the biggest employers of female pilots.

Female flight attendants, on the other hand, have been fighting a long battle for equal rights.

Until recent years, only men were promoted to the rank of in-flight supervisor, sometimes ranking above female flight attendants who were of higher seniority and were more experienced.

In December 2005, Air India decided to stop the discriminatory practice, but male flight pursers took the case to court, claiming that agreements between their union and the carrier reserved the position of in-flight supervisor only for men.

After a long legal battle, the Supreme Court finally recognized in 2007 Air India's decision to designate in-flight supervisors regardless of gender.

Air India operated special all-female crew flights for the first time last year, also on International Women's Day.

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A FATHER LETTER TO HIS CHILD

Dear Child,

I am writing this to you because of 3 reasons:

A. Life, fortune and mishaps are unpredictable, nobody knows how long he lives. Some words are better said early.

B. I am your father, and if I don’t tell you these, no one else will.

C. What is written is my own personal bitter experiences that perhaps could save you a lot of unnecessary heartaches.

Remember the following as you go through life:

1. Do not bear grudge towards those who are not good to you. No one has the responsibility of treating you well, except your mother and I. to those who are good to you, you have to treasure it and be thankful, and ALSO you have to be cautious, because, everyone has a motive for every move. When a person is good to you, it does not mean he really likes you. You have to be careful, don’t hastily regard him as a real friend.

2. No one is indispensable, nothing is in the world that you must possess. Once you understand this idea, it would be easier for you to go through life when people around you don’t want you anymore, or when you lose what/who you love most.

3. Life is short. When you waste your life today, tomorrow you would find that life is leaving you. The earlier you treasure your life, the better you enjoy life.

4. Love is but a transient feeling, and this feeling would fade with time and with one’s mood. If your so called loved one leaves you, be patient, time will wash away your aches and sadness.Don’t over exaggerate the beauty and sweetness of love, and don’t over exaggerate the sadness of falling out of love.

5. A lot of successful people did not receive a good education, that does not mean that you can be successful by not studying hard! Whatever knowledge you gain is your weapon in life.One can go from rags to riches, but one has to start from some rags!

6. I do not expect you to financially support me when I am old, neither would I financially support your whole life. My responsibility as a supporter ends when you are grown up. After that, you decide whether you want to travel in a public transport or in your limousine, weather rich or poor.

7. You honour your words, but don’t expect others to be so. You can be good to people, but don’t expect people to be good to you. If you don’t understand this, you would end up with unnecessary troubles.

8. I have bought lotteries for umpteen years, but I never strike any prize. That shows if you want to be rich, you have to work hard! There is no free lunch!

9. No matter how much time I have with you, let’s treasure the time we have together. We do not know if we would meet again in our next life.

Your Dad