Sita

[Guest guest]

Lakshmi eloquently writes about women and Hinduism.

Her comment on Draupadi "having 5 husbands" applies to

Kunthi as well who had four progenitor(?) besides

Pandu. Was it her revenge on her 5 kids?

Man views " A woman is always considered a temptress"

and this is a natural behavior is open to question.

My daughter-in-law claims that all sexual bias and

symbolism(the bosom for eg.) is acquired on the

part of man in early of his growth. I do have to

agree that there is a close corelation to woman's

status and a country's economic and social status.

India's poverty will not go unless this attitude

to women changes. The women who have reached power

have been able to do it not on talent but on

social circumstances ( daughter of so and so or

a movie queen, generally 2 dimensional).

The only noteworthy character among women is Amba in

Mahabharata. She proves her mettle.

Krishna Praba