Religious Interpretation

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Dear Mira, thank you for this informative article and sincerity of purpose

whit which you are writing.

 

 

I wouldn't want to see women being opressed in the name of spirituality.

 

It is realy sad what is going on in some Arabic countries.

 

It is clear to me that there is a difference in cultures, and that people

that had certain culture for long period, and have achieved certain civil

rights are shocked to be forced to forgo their previous position.

 

I don't thimk that this will help those citizens develop love of God, or

love of Allah...

 

My writing was aimed at reminding ourselves that genuine sprirituality, true

devotion to Krishna, is not depending on external cultural circumstances.

 

If women may satisfactory carry on with their many roles, without creating

burden to themselves and their community, I am not against their taking high

positions in society. I am only raising question of how much this can or

needs to be balanced with their nature of mother. It is not as simple

matter, as some popular writers in early 20th century have thought. There

are psychological and practical issues involved that needs to be taken into

account.

 

To repeat, I am not against women having high positions, but I am against

avoiding honest and free evaluation of one's own nature, on account of

innertia of popular thought. Many women are nowadays forced to accept view

of feminists instead of alowing them to see where they fit, and act

accordingly. There is fear among women that they have to accept feminism,

otherwise they will be called primitive and brainwashed as you have done in

your short reply. Feminism was started as response on perceived violence and

oppression, but now it is hard to disassociate that same term 'feminism'

with oppression of many women, and of traditional cultures in some

countries.

 

IMHO, this is touchy subject. If there is to be freedom for everyone, then

there is to be freedom for those ladies who wish to preserve traditional

values.

 

If West has certain culture, why would it have to be imposed on Indian

villages or villages of some other countries that for millenia have

different culture? I thought that there is now a time to start respecting

other cultures without labeling them. If there is a violence, then this is

not a cultural value, but a deviation, and surely not religion.

 

 

Pax et bonum,

Venu-pani Das

 

ps.

(One small comment would be that vulgar language in America has connotation

of being "people's people", an honest and straightforward person, while in

Europe, it means that one is uneducated, primitive nonsense.)

 

Since with you writing you might want to reach out to people of differing

cultural backgrounds, especaly when writing to public forums in cyber-space,

I thought this info might be of use to you, for clarity and power of your

well-taken messages.