As a common theme in society, politics, and books, gendering originated from mythology. Hindu mythology repeatedly reinforces gendering in Indian society, in which the males have a certain point to prove and the females are forced to sacrifice their own happiness. In the Ramayana, a ruthless villain Ravan kidnaps Sita. Her husband, Rama, saves her, but then doubts her chastity because she has lived with another man for so long. Sita is then forced to prove her innocence. Stories with this same archetype
classes, deciding who should marry who, and what would happen after they get married, meaning what their roll is in the society. Most of the arranged wedding systems were related to the religion that they practiced during the time. For an example Swayamvara, was an
The rakshasis, interestingly, are short-haired and warrior-like, though not huge and grotesque of the ACK variety. Text and image here however, blend very well and become a coherent narrative within a clear narrative frame .. Like other graphic novels, the result here is that of a well-concerted joint effort, unlike the other book, in which the Patua artist first painted her scrolls and then handed it over to the writer to flesh it out. A cheerful attitude of sacrifice and submission characterises
GHOSHA In the Vedas, 27 women seers emerge from the myriad hymns. One of the most prominent of these is Ghosha, the daughter of Kakshivat who himself is known to have composed hymns in Rig Veda. Gosha is credited with two hymns in the tenth chapter of Rig Veda. The first one eulogizes the great twin physicians Ashwins, while the second one brings out her intense craving for a wedded life. LOPAMUDRA The Rig Veda there figures long discussions between the seer Agasthya and Lopamudra, his wife
ARRANGED MARRIAGES IN INDIA 2 In North America, the idea of arranged marriages is quite foreign to us. We are familiar with marriage to be tied together freely through love, attraction and selection. The idea of arranged marriages tends to come with a negative connotation amongst Americans simply because in America, we are privileged with the right to choose if want to marry, to whom and when
Arranged marriages are traditional in South Asian society and continue to account for an overwhelming majority of marriages in the Indian subcontinent. Despite the fact that romantic love is "wholly celebrated" in both Indian mass media and folklore, and the arranged marriage tradition lacks any official legal recognition or support, the institution has proved to be "surprisingly robust" in adapting to changed social circumstances and has defied predictions of decline as India modernized. Arranged
This report summarizes my Ph.D. Research progress from Jan 2015-June 2015. The focus of the study in this chapter is on Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s novel, The Palace of Illusion. It studies and analyzes the Mahabharata from a woman’s perspective, i.e. on how Draupadi would have felt and narrated the epic story. The authoress fictionalized history and mythicized it from a new perspective. The Palace of Illusions is a narration of Mahabharata in first person as the protagonist seeing all the events
The Untiring Quest for One’s own self in Githa Hariharan’s “The Thousand Faces of Night” Githa Hariharan first novel The Thousand Faces of Night (1992) won the Common Wealth Writers prize for the best first book in 1993first novel. It describes the set up of a central South Indian Brahmin family. The Thousand Faces of Night examines thoroughly the particular conditions of Indian women treated with self-abnegation in their different approaches. In the novel, we can find an analysis and explanation