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If the Hindu female pantheon was likened with a ministry, then education was with goddess Saraswati, money with Lakshmi, security with Mahakali and food security with the goddess Annapurna.
Making this point while addressing women students of the Sacred Heart University on Tuesday morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India was the only country in the world where god was conceptualised in the female form.
When the British left India, only nine per cent of women were educated. Since then, many initiatives were taken to educate women.
“I have given a lot of encouragement to educate the girl child,” Mr. Modi said. As chief minister of Gujarat for 14 years, he donated Rs. 78 crore raised from the auction of gifts received from different governments for the education of the girl child, the Prime Minister revealed.
“In my cabinet, there are 25 per cent women. Our foreign minister is a woman,” he pointed out.Modi waxes eloquent on women and goddesses - The Hindu
Making this point while addressing women students of the Sacred Heart University on Tuesday morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India was the only country in the world where god was conceptualised in the female form.
When the British left India, only nine per cent of women were educated. Since then, many initiatives were taken to educate women.
“I have given a lot of encouragement to educate the girl child,” Mr. Modi said. As chief minister of Gujarat for 14 years, he donated Rs. 78 crore raised from the auction of gifts received from different governments for the education of the girl child, the Prime Minister revealed.
“In my cabinet, there are 25 per cent women. Our foreign minister is a woman,” he pointed out.Modi waxes eloquent on women and goddesses - The Hindu
