Legal guardian
Of course parents bear the shared responsibility of providing their children with all necessary ‘ingredients’ for their physical and emotional well-being. But in some families, it is the mother who has to shoulder the entire responsibility for a variety of reasons. In such a scenario, it is but natural for the children to expect their mother’s name alone to be affixed in all documents. In this context, the report, “Want mother’s name on PAN? A runaround is on the cards” (Page 1, ‘Special’, March 8), was moving. One can only explain this as a result of deep-rooted patriarchy still prevalent in our society. As far as all documents are concerned, why cannot the Government make the inclusion of only the mother’s name as a guardian with just a click of a button? It will only demonstrate that the Government respects ‘Nari Shakti’ in letter and spirit.
A. Venkatasubramanian,
