 The mosque is not just a place to pray. A group of people get together who discuss issues pertaining to the community and take decisions. But women are not allowed to participate. What is an Indian Muslim woman like? They must develop courage and self confidence. And awakening must happen amongst them. They are not just for dressing up well or wearing good clothes and jewels. But they must go beyond this. They must be able to follow a path shown by Islam. For this, women's Jamaat and a women's mosque is a must. Does Islam specify in some text or the other that women are to stay away from all public space? Even a mosque? Choice makes you mainstream. Today if I want I can give it all up and put my children in boarding school and go and live in a Bihar. It is a choice. If I want I can live in the city and I can find work to sustain myself. Islam has not said to put a burden on the body. It has not said to put a burden on the mind. How has it been that women in other parts of the world have found solace in their places of worship? What stops us from doing the same?