03-11-2009, 05:29 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-11-2009, 05:33 AM by Bharatvarsh.)
All the calumny on Sati is heaped by the city dwelling westernised retards who on the other hand think pub culture is a freedom of choice (which it is) but not the decision to take your own life. They are against liberty for things they don't agree but which never violate the rights of anyone else.
And sati is not something unique only to women, Thevar warriors practiced martial suicide for thousands of years, there are numerous sculptures in kovils depicting self decapitation. The influence can also be seen in the phrase "senchorru kadan (the debt of red/blood rice)" in Tamizh concerning loyalty, it is referred to in the movie Karnan in the song preceding his death.
In Kerala there were chaver suicide squads under the Zamorin (anglicization of Samoothiri i think) in Kozhikode. The modern variant of this were the Kamikaze who unlike Islamic suicide bombers only targeted US navy instead of civilians.
Japanese culture has a close parallel in hara kiri which afaik is also banned due to internalisation of christian morality. The education system in India engages in demonization of sati as "evil" which I used to believe when I didn't know any better, shows how much christian morality is imposed on unknowing school kids who will never learn the truth.
By the way Husky, thanks very much for your translation.
And sati is not something unique only to women, Thevar warriors practiced martial suicide for thousands of years, there are numerous sculptures in kovils depicting self decapitation. The influence can also be seen in the phrase "senchorru kadan (the debt of red/blood rice)" in Tamizh concerning loyalty, it is referred to in the movie Karnan in the song preceding his death.
In Kerala there were chaver suicide squads under the Zamorin (anglicization of Samoothiri i think) in Kozhikode. The modern variant of this were the Kamikaze who unlike Islamic suicide bombers only targeted US navy instead of civilians.
Japanese culture has a close parallel in hara kiri which afaik is also banned due to internalisation of christian morality. The education system in India engages in demonization of sati as "evil" which I used to believe when I didn't know any better, shows how much christian morality is imposed on unknowing school kids who will never learn the truth.
By the way Husky, thanks very much for your translation.