Women's rights and reform.

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I wanted your comments on the post below. I'd welcome your viewpoints:

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Shekhar DEB Jyothi:

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Nearly 25 years ago my grandfather passed away. My grandmother, a

widow, became an outcast overnight. You see according to Hindu

customs, being a widow is seen a sign of sins committed in past life.

She was excluded from any major religious event; the family did not

want the ill-omen brought by a widow. She had to give up wearing red,

non-vegetarian food and yes respect of her family members. My mother,

a feminist never said a word against this, nor did my uncles and my

aunts. They did not want to " rock the boat " . Keeping quite and

following the customs insured there place in society as honorable.

 

Status of women in a Hindu society is directly dependent on her

husband, son or father. If you lose any of them or don't have any one

of them, you are doomed. Remaining single is seen as a sign that

something is wrong with your character so no one wants you.

 

Widowhood is at the bottom of food chain. They get the worst kind of

treatment. What should we do about this?? Is this really fair for

women in Hinduism? What if women is young and newly bride?? what

would happen to them??

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, satishvijayan <no_reply wrote:

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> I wanted your comments on the post below. I'd welcome your

viewpoints:

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> Shekhar DEB Jyothi:

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> Nearly 25 years ago my grandfather passed away. My grandmother, a

> widow, became an outcast overnight. You see according to Hindu

 

Well this is a well known truth about hindu society, but this

practice is certainly not a part of hinduism. For example in

Mahabharata there are many widows (king shantnu's wife matsya

gandha, Kunti, grandemothers of pandavas and kauravas ) and they

enjoy the powers of the Maharani and are not shunned. Same is in

Ramayana.

 

mistreatement of widows is basically a social evil and is limited to

some areas (like Bengal, UP, Rajasthan). In Punjab Himachal and

Uttrakhand, widows are not treated bad. In my relations one widow

was kept in the household and she enjoyed all the respect and

power. In many cases in Punjab, the widows were re-married.

 

The times are changing now... this is now becoming a thing of the

past even in Bengal Rajasthan etc

 

Aum

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In my opinion:

 

This is nothing to do with Hinduism, this is a cultural thing that

only happens in some parts of India.

 

If you really want to change the society, change yourself first.

Society is nothing , but made up of people like you and me. If

everyone decides to change the way they think, world would be a better

place.

 

Shouldn't really base your actions on what others might say or think

as no matter what you do, somebody would always be there to criticise

or judge you. The best way is to do what feels right in that moment

of time and dedicate that action to god.

 

K

[Guest guest]

woman right is even today more impotant then human right as they still not enjoy

practically theor right of equality as human beings in the global practice of

equality

prof tiwary

 

 

 

 

 

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