.....Can't talk of the world, but surely for our Country steeped in Tradition, Rituals & Practices....ancient India her deep rooted practices......still so very relevant in our social order.....rt frm the time of Ishwar ch Vidyasagar, Raja Ram Mohan Roy,....emancipation for the faceless womanhood of yesteryears had started to roll.....the abolition of Sati, introduction of Widow remarriage nd ban on Polygamy......gr8 writers Sarat Ch chattopadhya, Rishi Bankim Chandra, Rabindranath dwelt upon the subject of Widowhood thru their characters, reflecting their times of social injustices.....losing a husband is one thing & being an outcast is another, both trauma entwined & unleashed on the poor widow of a Woman.....resulting in a tradition of pilgrimages,relocation, & Exodus to most favorably, Kashi, Vrindavan, for a far more traumatic tough conditions for these poor women.....unfortunately though with modernity nd emancipation & liberation, the social stigmata persists in a sizeable section of the society....nd therefore the Exodus & Exile continues......hence, the sweeping remark of our noted celebrity Lady MP frm Mathura of which Vrindaban is a part, tht other state widows r not welcome in Vrindavan due to overcrowding nd there r temples in the Eastern States too, is shocking to say the least..!!!!.....I am aghast to note this.....how insensible the remark is......to issue a blunt statement , without silently working thru various State Govts & their channels into the entire Gamut of the problem...let aside the insensitivity....& poor Statesmanship.....it is against the basic principles of Fundamental Rights......!!!
.....Rojnamcha...!!! the Indian Ocean Diary having being initiated in 2010 is very close to Heart....journey of an Indian Doctor's service in a remote land...!!!
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