04-21-2005, 06:22 AM
Hindu women should be given equal rights nothing more or nothing less. As someone said we imbibed a lot of Mullah culture, for example Pardah has strong presence in North India (which felt large scale Muslim impact) while it is virtually non existant in the South which was able to preserve a lot of our traditions because Muslims didn't rule in South India as long as in the North. And what the hell is this about women becoming immoral and wearing western clothes, 90% of Hindu men wear western clothes so don't blame women, infact it is thanks to Hindu women that the sari still exists, if they decided to wear western clothes like men then think about what would have happened to the sari. I have seen how women are made the scapegoats by some Hindu men, it's disgusting. Both should take equal responsibility, and we are a culture which gives supreme power to women in the form of Goddesses like Durga and Kali and the Vedas have contributions from women, so don't know where ppl get the idea that women are supposed to be subservient to men. Even our country is represented by Bharat Mata a women, Vande Mataram the most patriotic song praises our motherland and compares it to Durga Ma. It was a woman named Keladi Chennamma that gave shelter to Shivaji's son when all the other Hindu kings refused because of cowardice and it was a women named Jhansi Laxmi Bhai who is one of the most heroic names in our freedom struggle. Both should have equal rights, end of the matter.