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When will the tide start to turn?   During a recent tour of poll bound Karnataka, I was invited to the Learners PU College in Vijayanagar (Mysuru) to chair a round table of women stakeholders gathered to chart citizens agenda for the constituencies of Mysuru. Besides the round table also sought to draft an exclusive manifesto for women. Organised by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) under the theme, Women as leaders for change  -- it was perhaps the first of its kind exercise organised by any political party in the state of Karnataka gripped by the high decible campaign of traditional parties; BJP, Congress and JD (S).  The dialogue -- attended by a number of young women research scholars and notable women leaders from various streams of activities; Shanthala Damle (political leader), Usha Sampath Kumar (educationist), Rameshwari (social thinker),  Nanda Halemane (social reformer), Prof. Indira (HOD women studies, Mysore University), Rati Rao (human rights' activist), Malavika Gubb