Few days ago on my long drive to work,I was listening to one of the many shows on the radio which ask you to call in with your opinion. Generally,I enjoy being a passive listener to people's views and the RJ's very prepared arguments!Somehow that day's debate got my attention. It was about a statement made by Vice-Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal P K Barbora about considering women as fighter pilots as a bad investment. It was interesting to hear most women agree with the statement due to practical problems and on the contrary a few men saying that it wasn't a valid statement.Personally,I felt it was like limiting a person's choice due to their gender.Why do we assume that all women would get married and want to have a kid within a few years? Infact I felt that women who would go in for such a career knew what they were getting into! My only contention is that such a judgemental and generalist stand could hamper the future of a passionate young girl somewhere...The focus is so much on how the woman has to take care of her baby and cant pursue a tough career etc etc but not ALL of us choose that path! All of us have our own limits...one woman wants to be a teacher,one would go ahead and choose a deskjob,one a sales job and probably another one would go to godforsaken villages for her passion!!Every person has the freedom of following their passion..definitely there would be lesser women in some fields,but for the few who want to make it at any cost,this kind of a statement seems discouraging and clearly discriminatory.