Dear Editorial Team,
Ladies Special Ezine is well presented. The comparison of Sita in Ramayan with the present day women is excellent.
Here is a twister : "Woman without man, is an animal" (earlier) is now to be read as "Woman, without, man is an animal".
Let me throw some light on this. Till 17th Century, women, with no rights to exercise, were considered to be luxury goods, property to be possessed by men. But now they are individuals, regaining their glorious past once they enjoyed.
In Vedic period, it is said that women held very important position in Indian society. It was a position superior to men. We know that woman power destroyed kingdoms and mighty rulers. Mahabharata tells the story of fall of Kauravas because they humiliated queen Draupadi. Ramyana is also about the wiping away of Ravana when he abducted and tried to marry Sita forcibly. The plethora of Goddesses in ancient period was created to instill respect for women.
As the time passed, the position of women underwent changes in all spheres of life. In the later Vedic period, women lost their political rights of attending gatherings. During the period of smritis, women were bracketed with the sudras and were denied the right to study the Vedas to utter mantras and to perform rites. Marriage or domestic life became compulsory for women and unquestionable devotion to husband was their only duty. The practice of polygamy; employment of women as palace guards, bodyguards to the kings, spies etc; permission of widow remarriage and divorce etc came up afterwards.
Since women and property are bracketed together in Epics, Smritis and Puranas, women came to be regarded as a sort of property. She could be given away or loaned as any item of property. The practice of using veils by women particularly in high caste families was in vogue. Remarriage of widows was generally not favored. Their position was very bad as they had to cut off their hair, discard all their ornaments and eat only plain food. Some wives preferred to die with their husbands in Sati.
We know the contribution of 'Social Reformers' and the toiling of 'Women Activists' for emancipation of women in 20th Century. The 21st Century Women are fortunate, socially, economically and legally equal to men.
This being the saga of women, a 50% right or share (not simply 33% reservation) will be a balance in the creation of Almighty itself.
Regards,
Y. Babji
Hyderabad
Ladies Special Ezine is well presented. The comparison of Sita in Ramayan with the present day women is excellent.
Here is a twister : "Woman without man, is an animal" (earlier) is now to be read as "Woman, without, man is an animal".
Let me throw some light on this. Till 17th Century, women, with no rights to exercise, were considered to be luxury goods, property to be possessed by men. But now they are individuals, regaining their glorious past once they enjoyed.
In Vedic period, it is said that women held very important position in Indian society. It was a position superior to men. We know that woman power destroyed kingdoms and mighty rulers. Mahabharata tells the story of fall of Kauravas because they humiliated queen Draupadi. Ramyana is also about the wiping away of Ravana when he abducted and tried to marry Sita forcibly. The plethora of Goddesses in ancient period was created to instill respect for women.
As the time passed, the position of women underwent changes in all spheres of life. In the later Vedic period, women lost their political rights of attending gatherings. During the period of smritis, women were bracketed with the sudras and were denied the right to study the Vedas to utter mantras and to perform rites. Marriage or domestic life became compulsory for women and unquestionable devotion to husband was their only duty. The practice of polygamy; employment of women as palace guards, bodyguards to the kings, spies etc; permission of widow remarriage and divorce etc came up afterwards.
Since women and property are bracketed together in Epics, Smritis and Puranas, women came to be regarded as a sort of property. She could be given away or loaned as any item of property. The practice of using veils by women particularly in high caste families was in vogue. Remarriage of widows was generally not favored. Their position was very bad as they had to cut off their hair, discard all their ornaments and eat only plain food. Some wives preferred to die with their husbands in Sati.
We know the contribution of 'Social Reformers' and the toiling of 'Women Activists' for emancipation of women in 20th Century. The 21st Century Women are fortunate, socially, economically and legally equal to men.
This being the saga of women, a 50% right or share (not simply 33% reservation) will be a balance in the creation of Almighty itself.
Regards,
Y. Babji
Hyderabad
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From: Shvetha.Sridhar <shgrd2002@yahoo.com>
To: prpoint@yahoogroups.com; image_management@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, September 1, 2008 1:16:03 PM
Subject: [prpoint] PR-e-Sense - August 2008 Issue - Women's Special
From: Shvetha.Sridhar <shgrd2002@yahoo.
To: prpoint@yahoogroups
Sent: Monday, September 1, 2008 1:16:03 PM
Subject: [prpoint] PR-e-Sense - August 2008 Issue - Women's Special
Dear friends,
We, the women members of PR-e-Sense editorial team are pleased to release the August 08 issue of our ezine on the theme "Challenges of Working Women". This issue has many interesting features like results of online survey, exclusive interview with a young women entrepreneur who has won an Award, Interview with a leading Clinical Psychologist, Health tips on Premenstrual Syndrome, recipe tips and many more,
The ezine may also be downloaded from the following link
http://www. primepointfoundatio n.org/ presense/presense08 08.pdf
Podcast interview of Prathibha Sastry, winner of Young Screen Entrepreneur Award may be listened from
http://www.podunive rsal.com/ 2008/08/interview- with-young- screen.html
The podcast interview with Dr Sangeetha Madhu, Clinical Psychologist on various issues faced by women and the possible solutions, may be listened from
http://www.podunive rsal.com/ 2008/08/dr-sangeeth a-madhu- clinical.html
The ezine may also be downloaded from the following link
http://www. primepointfoundatio n.org/ presense/presense08 08.pdf
Podcast interview of Prathibha Sastry, winner of Young Screen Entrepreneur Award may be listened from
http://www.podunive rsal.com/ 2008/08/interview- with-young- screen.html
The podcast interview with Dr Sangeetha Madhu, Clinical Psychologist on various issues faced by women and the possible solutions, may be listened from
http://www.podunive rsal.com/ 2008/08/dr-sangeeth a-madhu- clinical.html
We thank all the members for giving us the support in making this issue more meaningful and useful for women. This issue will also help the male members to understand the problems faced by women in their family.
Friends, also our new member in the ezine our adorable PRince has started making rounds from this issue. Hope you enjoy his humorous acts.
Please send your feedback to editor@corpezine. com
Shvetha, Veena and Poornima
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