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College, Dergaon Former HOD, Philosophy Dr Girish Baruah V Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva Assistant Professor of English Dr B. S. Rao J.B. College (Autonomous), Jorhat President Governing Body Bineeta Dutta OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL iswavidyalaya, Nagaon Anish / powers could contribute towards social welfare and who may serve as role models for the in her article has analysed the women characters Ramayana, who with their ascetic down to restrict the space allotted women in matters of devotion. in which on one hand women are glorified and the other rigorous sanctions laid have given very little space to women. He discusses the double standards persisting in religions Dr Girish Baruah the racial, ethnic, political and professional discrimination women face in multicultural spaces. and ideation of women in the contemporary age. In order to explicate her views, she traces article considers the multicultural to be a pertinent space in shaping values, ideology whether it is directed against women or any other group viewed as being lesser can be expressed without any trepidation or persecution. The practice of repressive cultures, In an ideal ’multicultural’ society there is freedom of religion, food, dress, custom etc which relation to all cultural positions—race, ethnicity aforementioned theme because women are an integral part of the multicultural space—in compromises are worked out assumes significance. In this volume we have selected the and negotiate in the globalized world, space where both confrontations occur multiplying and continually mutating in varied groups. concept of multiculturalism is not restricted to ethnic groups only but it has the quality disciplines, themes and approaches. Edward Said Henry Louis Gates opined that the the Multicultural Space covering most of the sub-themes broad theme. observation from varied vantage points. number of sub-themes have also been selected to facilitate interdisciplinary approach and multiculturalism. Keeping in view the relevance of broad subject at present time, a different, deviant or dangerous, must always remain central to any debate on the subject of ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ The 4 Academicians, professionals and research scholars have contributed articles SROT th volume of ASWINI in his article critically analyses how almost all the religions of world From the Editors’ Desk : A Sr PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL . The term multiculturalism inevitably involves a plurality of otaswini consists of papers centred on the theme, , nation, gender OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL As cultures and communities navigate Ms Anindita Neogi , sexuality Dr Shakuntala Bora , class religion etc. Anaam / W , mar 3 omen in , process in her ginal, a path to both economic growth and social empowerment. skills being reinvigorated by women with modern entrepreneurial approaches so as to create spare-time activity rather than a professional one. She explores the possibility of these traditional Kalita development of skills required in domestic industry for a patriarchal culture. certain extent, yet he himself was not free from the feudalistic attitude of constructing women though the the envisaged by the United Nations Or cultures across the world may be instrumental in realizing Sustainable Development Goals and article has analysed the autobiography of journalist Sabita Goswami Assamese society elaborate his argument, but also studies the influence of Radha-Rukmini on contemporary fought with great prowess and zeal. He not only cites the different sources of history to It has been argued that the Moamoria Rebellion was led by two ladies Radha-Rukmini who Sharma in the enrolment of women universities. The joint article by Assam, while highlighting the prevalence of gender disparity in various forms despite increase Mr Changmai reveals the recent trends in participation of women Higher Education which was serially published in the women of today to strive together in the same spirit for similar objectives. Murthy in most of her literary works has explored the cultural understanding what it life and writings of Sudha Murthy scenario of Changmai police functions and are confined to handling only women-related cases. carry out all manner of law enforcement operations, are kept at a distance from the core findings they state that women police of force in dealt with the issue of women and leadership while drawing attention to in police impartial way their portrayal of the conducive and obstructive aspects movement in an objective considers two prominent women journalists, Nirupoma Borgohain and Sabita Goswami during the Assam from 1962 to 2005. Goswami’ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ V Ms Lopamudra Baruah aishnavite saint of in her article focuses on weaving during the colonial period, which was pursued as a Assam that plays a key role in curbing crimes against women. However their in his article examines the role of women a historical event during s autobiography as a splendid documentation of social and political scenario Assam. SROT Assam Movement (1979-85) in his article and to elaborate contention, he V in his article has unravelled the position of women higher educational aishnavite Movement led by Sankardeva liberated the .
Ms ASWINI . Through a fact based study of women’ Dr A yousr Papori Bora’ Assam, portrayed women in his literary creations. She ar : The traditional space reserved for women in A Mr Panchanan Hazarika PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ee Dowara looks at the ways in which women various countries and Assamese weekly , Chairperson of Infosys Foundation. She shows how ganization. s article sheds light on the way in which Sankardeva, and ficers of Dr Ms Nazma Karabi Konch Assam, in spite of being capable enough to OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL Basundhara , such as weaving. presents the role of women journalists s enrolment in Dibrugarh University
Dr Jyotirekha Hazarika Y asin in their joint article have Ms Banajyotsna Baruah . in her article analyses the The writer has interpreted Assamese women to a Assam included the Mon Gangar T Ms Jyotimanjuri Dr Devabrata Mr Jogesh / Ahom rule. 4 gues that in her ir ot , Sukanta Ghosh also brings forth the treasure trove of child, giving preference to the needs of boy and ignoring girl. In this connection he he reflects on how the patriarchal society differentiates between girl child and boy as a cultural phenomenon which gives new insights to the world of girl child. In this article Thakur Kondoli’ Assam in her reading of two short stories by Mousumi Kondoli. She intends to examine analyses the external influences in socio- cultural spaces of tribal societies (hills) by transforming them into objects for voyeuristic gaze. of erotic pleasure through fantasy identification and visual pleasure, Borpujari argues that film becomes the tool for fulfilment Drawing on Laura Mulvey’ woman’ society meaning but also creators of excellent individuals and immensely popular role models for Arupa Patangia Kalita, and herself. She argues that women are not only producers of textual analysis of identified themes. She explicates her views from gynocritical perspective with close textual Noted writer and hegemony in the society is also reflected literature and this becomes an interesting study of gender relations in literature affect these value systems various ways. The stereotyping of women generally reflect the dominant value systems of society and representations gender conformity and uniqueness. argues that the tattoo culture among Baiga women provides them with a social sense of is intimately associated with their social, economic, spiritual and cultural lives. The writer Baiga tribe of Central India. This article depicts how body decoration among these women tattoo culture among the tribal communities of India with specific reference to women to combat these misconceptions. of such ingrained notions pollution and purification for women suggests certain strategies regarding menstruation through age old cultural practices. She highlights the spatial implications deals with the persistence of myths, misconceptions and consequent stigmatization women activities using the abundant natural resources of region. women entrepreneurs of the North east region who have initiated various entrepreneurial less privileged people. of building and transferring digital skills, but also transformed it into an agency serving the means to be a woman. Murthy has not only contributed in shaping Infosys as an organisation ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ . ’ s space in multiculturalism by emphasizing the representation of women films. Mr s s perspectives regarding the challenges faced by these societies. article on SROT Assamese authors like Nalinibala Devi, Nirupama Bor Manoj Barpujari Mitra Phukan . She takes up this issue with specific reference to the ‘Asomiya’ ASWINI in his article has analysed Mirabai, a medieval Indian poet and Kamala Assamese children’ Ms Madhuchanda Kaushik : A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL in her article discusses women writers who deal with women- s article on 'gaze' (1975) which speaks about structures of Dr . In films women bodies are fragmented for the male audience Manorama Sharma’ , the noted film critic takes us to a dif Dr Manash Pratim Goswami's Assamese translations of world children literature. s literature gives a perspective on studying this genre OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL in her article has discussed on the s Ms Shamim Nasrin article ar Ms Pranjuri Goswami’ gohain, Indira Goswami, gues that literary works article reflects on the ferent direction of Mr in her article
Akashdipta / 5 woman. s article Mr once again becomes the select text for Bezbaroa’ an award winning the character in a patriarchal society speaks of how Pratibha Rai retells the story Draupadi which unfolds repressed self worked tirelessly for the emancipation of women in India. pays tribute to the social worker Pandita Ramabai in her article and highlights how film from various angles questioning the notions about femininity and motherhood. projecting women as main characters. Ms Phukan shows the representation of in the theme of women and entertainment in multicultural space. She analyses how Agarwala. particularly highlighted the construction and delineation of feminine psychology by Jyotiprasad Ms Ritushmita Sharma Jagyaxeni Ms Puja Bora explores the gradual reconstruction of Kaveri’ motherhood, as also the author Rebirth the noted litterateur etc. are some of new areas development that show up and these handled carefully by from childhood to adulthood. The identity crisis, sexual orientation, daydreaming, risk taking Bhabendranath Saikia to explore how cognitive changes take place in the transition period Theory of Jean Piaget. She selects three short stories the eminent writer psychological analysis of adolescent girl characters by using the Cognitive Developmental writings of these two women writers belonging to dif status of women has not seen the desired improvement over years when we compare Das, a modern Indian English poet from feminist perspective. He highlights the view that of emotions emerging between different cultures. portrayal of the city as a confluence different tribes coming together and also roles in their own tribal societies—when they migrate to Delhi. She also highlights the writer fulfilment of women and their desires—often repressed through restrictions on sanctioned women characters in the plays of Jyotiprasad with cultural and racial security an immigrant woman’ culture. The paper focuses on how the text launches an attack separatism by speaking of from the perspective of af relatively uncharted space of ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ fords new opportunities for expression and assertion of identity to young women today which at once explores the fictional evolution of Kaveri as she moves towards SROT s alias Draupadi, the wife of Pandavas in epic Ms Raginee Mahanta’ Bur in her article has enumerated the feminine sensibility Pratibha Rai’ hi ASWINI Assamese film directed by Bhaskar Hazarika, re-imagines Lakshminath Aair Sadhu . Ms s longing for a space from which to speak and could provide her African female immigrants and the challenges they face in a new Anindita Kar : A in her article studies Chimamanda Ngozi PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL Y ’ ou (Grandma’ s psychological tribulation in the birthing of text. She . Dr T s ube particularly with reference to the way in which it Bornali Gogoi article on Mamang Dai’ . ’s Ms
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Ratnashree Borthakur s T Agarwala, a cultural icon of s self in the process of giving birth to a baby ales) as a narrative based on four stories Ms Himakhi Phukan OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL fers a layered reading of Jahnavi Barua’ explores the psychological space of ferent ages. Ms Sewali Gogoi s in her article explores the S tupid Cupid Mahabharata Ms Rosemin who looks at it from a Adichi’ in her article explores Assam. She has s explores the Americanah / Kothanodi, presents a . Ms Bora 6 Akhtara Assam, Rebirth s novel ’s s . . treats this novel as the writer and discursively how Kaveri frees herself from this world of structural constraints. She different angle. She demonstrates how the social world of a woman is shaped both materially Multico who gave us space and time as always to bring out the publication. the process and also helped us financially J.B.College, Dr Bimal Barah and the J.B. College have undoubtedly enriched this volume. articles from noted litterateurs, historian, film critic and philosophers whose contributions to multiculturalism and the space of women. will surely boost up the future endeavours of journal. of the authors and editors in no way subscribe to or responsible for them. the articles. The views expressed in articles published this volume are exclusively those for publication. thank the peers for their painstaking efforts in reviewing and evaluating articles submitted endeavour to have this publication included in the UGC Care list of journals. literature, cinema, the corporate sector and traditional crafts culture. It has been our spectrum of issues ranging from the role women in history marginalizing women. ideology analytical study of ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ The writers have followed both MLA W This volume contains both invited and blind peer reviewed articles covering a wide . Ms. Dihingia refers to the authority of conventions and past practices in society e would welcome constructive feedback regarding the articles of this volume which SROT W ASWINI e also thank the contributors for touching upon almost all issues related Pratham Pratisr : A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ’ s emancipatory project. uti by W Ashapurna Devi which uncovers the patriarchal . Finally we extend our heartfelt thanks to M/S e take the opportunity to thank principal of and W e are greatly honoured to have scholarly OF THE J.B. 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COLLEGE WOMEN CELL - - - Rosemin - - - Sukanta Ghosh ’±fl¡±˙ √œ5 ͬ±fl≈¡1 - - Dr Manash Pratim Goswami Œ˙ª±˘œ Õ ¶§±ø˜˜ Ú±Â√ø1Ú ˜ÀÚ±Ê√ ¬ı1¬Û”Ê√±1œ Mitra Phukan Manorama Sharma Pranjuri Goswami Madhuchanda Kaushik Nazma Akht Y asin ara / 9 123 136 212 206 176 159 153 146 129 200 187 1 18 Mothering a W Y New Media Rockstars: õ∂øÓ¬ˆ¬± 1±˚˛1 ˚±:À¸Úœ ά◊¬ÛÚ…±¸Ó¬ Ú±1œ ˆ¬±ªÚ± Jahnavi Barua’ A Kaberi, the Modern Indian Female Self: ¤fl¡ ø¬ıÀù≠ ∏̱Rfl¡ ’Ò…˚˛Ú ’±˙±¬Û”Ì«± Œ√ªœ1 ëõ∂Ô˜ õ∂øÓ¬|n∏øÓ¬í – A Hazarika’ Representation of the Interpreting the Multicultural through ŒÊ√…±øÓ¬õ∂¸±√ ’± 1ª±˘±1 ڱȬfl¡Ó¬ Ú±1œ ¸M√√±1 ά◊M√√1Ì Americanah A ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ouT S Revisit to S omen’ tudy of Chimamanda Ngozi W tudy of Jahnavi Barua’ ube omen in Mamang Dai’ s Migration and Diaspora: s Feature Film SROT Assamese Folktales T ext: Rewriting Identity in s Rebir ASWINI W omen in Bhaskar th The Coloured : Kothanodi A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL s Rebir s S Adichie’ tupid Cupid th : W s omen of OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL - - - - - Ratnasree Borthakur - ø˝√√À1±˜øÚ ø√ø˝√√„√√œ˚˛± Himakhi Phukan Raginee Mahanta ά 0 Reetuparna Dey Û”Ê√± ¬ı1± Anindita Kar Ritushmita Sharma ¬ıÌ«±˘œ Õ ¬ / 10 229 224 219 259 265 254 248 242 236 It starts with ubiquitous issues like colour terms like class and caste but becomes more defined with geographical changes. the societal norms often cite as their reason for women conduct and safety in public space. sometimes limited and weakened ‘culturally’ rather than our actual ‘physical limitations’ which taught to do things a little differently than our counterparts. Our so-called existence is highly globalized world. Perhaps, more so when we are women, since birth, always of our territorial boundaries, intentionally or not, we carry forward the cultural legacy in this and overall social personality ideology Key and the paper touches upon few of those barriers hurdles in multicultural spaces. However approaches, there has been substantial improvements in the policies and legal enforcement. tedious job but slowly the world is coming around and due to universal uprisings feminist Defining the gender role and autonomy of a woman in global economy has been faces some or other kind of obstacles in this highly male dominated and patriarchal society appear advantageous over others but the nature is so varied that ultimately every woman encapsulated under an umbrella term. In this highly unequal setting, some of the women may customs. The challenges against women as a gender is multifaceted and cannot be settings in different parts of the world on basis societal norms, practice rules and Abstract ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ W W omen and Discrimination (Racial/Ethnic/Political/ ords: W Cultural space is one among important dynamics in shaping our values, agenda, This article reviews and explores the discrimination women face in various cultural , thought process and ideation. , there are multiple challenges and obstacles in the way of creating an equal society omen face a lot of micro and macro issues which are not only limited to broader SROT Multicultural, Ideology Professional) in Multicultural Spaces ASWINI : A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL . It defines us who we are as individuals and once step out , All these key factors heavily attribute to our upbringing W omen, Discrimination, Spaces , body shape, looks, height, hair OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL Anindit a Neogy , just name it. For / 11 Anaam . levels, economic backgrounds, caste, class, religion to name a few layers of discrimination against women in this part the globe primarily shaped by educational stand for themselves then they are often rejected and labeled as ‘rebellious’ or ‘feminist’. not only by peers but their family members causing emotional distress. If they choose to young girls are ridiculed at for their sense of dressing. They subjected to body shaming these elements are denting their confidence levels. In University years too, many of the units since their elementary learning and continue to face the obstacles without realizing how and shy away to question such narrow definitions set by society reinforced family machoism while growing up. Ironically package or not, sadly men folks are not exposed to such mindless extremist standards of extracurricular activities, but these unnatural standards define whether you are an overall marriage industry unable to meet them you are susceptible bullying and termed ‘ugly’ ultimately unfit for example, let’ against women gender indicates that there is hardly any correlation between the size population and rate of crime not been able to report a single case of acid attack victim. Here, the crime rate interestingly reported from Delhi, followed by Meerut. On the other hand, many metropolitan cities have followed by Delhi (52.68), to statistics (January 2019), Jodhpur tops the list with a crime rate of 85.43 against women, a closer look at the reported cases in urban cities tells dif in their tones paving way for various broad based and humanistic thought-process. However of India including Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai are often shown as progressive belt are justified to reinforce the class and caste supremacy against women. Cases of brutal rapes by the higher caste men in several states Northern Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand are known for their soaring cases of violence culturally provide more space for intellectual development of women whereas states like sharp contrast between various states. For example, states like Kerala, Nagaland, scars. process, most of such major surgeries eventually end up with painful emotional and physical of decorating and manipulating their bodies to match the societal standards beauty become the utopian to such mindless heights that many women do not think twice get under the knife industrialized countries also suf developed countries of North for being hollow and murky in approach. Social media is also adding to the blues. Even ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Y es, the illusion of a perfect body! T Unfortunately o shed light SROT s explore the beauty index, society has defined thresholds and if you are ASWINI . Even though, one may be an academically bright student or great at upon the macro issues in developing nations like India, there are several Cleopetra , feminism as a concept has been repeatedly criticized by the right wing . (13. : A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL Aurangabad (48.60). Felonies like acid attacks were mostly T iwari, 2019). fer from unnatural standards of beauty America, and achieve the body of their dreams. They are not scared , women too do not realize this patriarchal ideology Australia, Europe and many other such highly OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL ferent story altogether . Cosmopolitan and metro cities . In addition, there is a . The bars have raised . / According 12 Assam . In the , between the two secular countries of Canada and lobbying by European Union and murdering her rapist. She was sentenced to death by a One such famous case was of political affairs, cases related to crimes against women are deliberated in kangaroo courts. victimized. However cases. There were discussions and debates demanding speedy trials so that victim is not in awarding justice and there was a national movement demanding fast track courts for rape choices. theory stands to protect the virtue and individual liberty of women make independent third world nations have mostly failed to uphold the constitutional laws of state which in and heinous. The developed countries fair better because of the strong legal system but dilemma and unfair treatment. The stories of intolerance against them is both gut wrenching divided as per their colour dif could have empowered them.” articulate their position with regard to Sharia nor contribute an important issue that representation. In contrast, not only culminated in Muslim women’ more robust multicultural polity in terms of responding to requests adopt the Sharia have , various faiths in society and polity nations which practice tolerant multiculturalism often see better representation of women said to mitigate such indifferences but it's more in theory than actual practice. Thus, there are lot of disagreements amongst the women population and though laws hinders social interaction further broadening the divide resulting in violent communalism. go through ordeals. These illogical divides get more evident in day to conduct and Due to historically weaker socio-economic representation, women irrespective of their faith and overall rationale. Interestingly strict “veil system’ which not only covers their body but also believed to cloud judgement suppress them. Overall the markers project a culture which does not believe in emancipation of women but af and non-Muslim women. It is projected that the former more subjugated due to religious ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Naser Ghobarzadeh filiations, poverty ficult to put them under a single category In the The problem of discrimination is so deep rooted and multi-layered that it extremely In developed countries too, there are challenges faced by Muslim women. Though In India, the discourse also touches upon a greater divide in treatment of Muslim SROT Nirbhaya case According to popular sentiments, Muslim women are forced adhere a ASWINI , illiteracy , in countries like Iran, since religious codes are often entwined with points out that “ : , religion, ethnicity A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL Australian Muslim women have neither had the opportunity to , Indian judicial system was blamed by masses for being slow , strict dress codes, lack of exposure to the outside world.
(2. Reyhaney Jabbari, . For example, in commonwealth and comparative politics Amnesty International, she was executed. , studies show that other religions also face challenges. Naser Ghobadzadeh, 2010) A comparative examination of the Sharia debate s empowerment but have enhanced their political , tribe which continue to face a complex kind of . Each women group can be divided, and sub OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL Australia demonstrates that the former T ehran court and even after international 26-year-old woman convicted for The entire case / 13 ’s New who killed her rapist in self- defense. There are innumerable cases like that of was said to have a flawed investigation from the start with an intention victimize victim counterparts. discrimination against women workers, including systematically lower pay than their male like still leaves space for much to be desired. companies, there are anti-discriminatory policies and sexual harassment complaint cells, but often forcing them to work under hostile and toxic working environments. Though in most which are both verbal and physical in nature threatened if the girls fail to comply Many of the young women pass through agony unwelcome sexual advancements harassment on grounds like not ‘beautiful’ enough or sexually appealing simply too old. There has been innumerable complaints and litigations lodged by the women against sexual discrimination to weak maternity benefits which in turn all favour advancements of men. long hours, slow promotions, frequently barring them from leading projects, pregnancy everywhere which ranges from intentional and subtle professional misconduct like low wages, allows rapists to go free if they marry their victims. The bill passed by a vote of 86 1. (4. heeding calls from women worldwide, voted overwhelmingly to repeal a 1924 law that Many feminists are fighting to get the law repealed. However defendants in a gang rape are now all exonerated if one of them offers to marry the victim. to abolish but the government is still examining law victim before the final verdict, he could be exonerated from all charges. Parliament voted amendments since its adoption. It originally provided that the criminals of rape marry has been justified as a recognition of cultural value placed on the virginity young woman. a new lease of life to otherwise these despoiled girls. The so called “marry your rapist law”, married to his victim, the assaulter is actually helping restore family’ seen as a violation of girl or woman, but more so damage to family honour acquitted if they even consent to marry their victims. Clearly idea of requiring a rape victim to marry her rapist. In these cultures, the sexual attackers are like reported from South terrorist groups and exploited. in prisons, forced to become sex slaves and continue face repugnant treatment from ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Google Y Y azidi, Kur ork According to a Forbes report (1. 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Okin believes that such as France with traditions of strictly secular public education struggle over whether the find it hard to resist demands extend state support minority religious schools; countries Countries such as England with established churches or state supported religious education responsive to persistent cultural differences. The appropriate policies vary with context: oppressive, and many western countries are seeking to devise new policies that more beneficial to us all. (12. our resistance. those who are generally in a position to determine and articulate the group’ disparities of power between the sexes, such that more powerful, male members are if informally that a culture endorses and facilitates the control of men over women in various ways (even majority cultures. She opines that immigrant and indigenous women of colour are expected to assimilate into are also gaining momentum. rigorously tweeting and posting their stories of sexual assaults voicing prejudices. led to an international uproar where women from around the world started opening up W In Blackness, there is oppression and the struggle for freedom liberation. there is—or at least the appearance of—freedom and liberation. is more than an aesthetic. Race classification and racism have made it so that in Whiteness is that White beauty not being devalued. between the “Black is beautiful” message and “White standard of beauty” naturally dark skin, broad noses, and coarse, curly that light skin, straight hair their hair or colouring it blond, getting nose, lip, and eye jobs, because we’d been taught Black women and other of colour have been bleaching their skin, or straightening Senior black journalist their white equivalent creating a greater social divide within the layers of feminine gender differentiation is more intensified for black and now brown women in United States than particularly black women and young girls. This is another disturbing debate that sexual movement was actually started in 2006 for helping the survivors of sexual attacks gender injustice where the person in power is misusing his rank to reap sexual favours. This ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ arfield says that “ The world is constantly changing, and the rights of minority immigrant women In the year 2017, viral hashtag And although Black women have struggled to their beauty recognized, Blackness The famous “#Me too” (8. Official website) movement is a reflection of this ongoing SROT , in the private sphere of domestic life). Suppose, too, that there are fairly clear That ASWINI she wants to challenge white women, try on our struggle, sorrows, fused with practices and ideologies concerning gender look, I imagine, would be longer lasting, more fulfilling, and Zenobia W W : A , angular noses and thin lips bodies are beautiful, that our arfield, PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL According to arfield ( Y this assimilationist expectation is now often considered es Magazine! 12.Y #metoo Susan Molar es Magazine OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL 2018) not only created a national dialogue but , or kinky hair is not. Okin , 2018), says that (6. Okin, Susan,1999) s beliefs, practices, . Suppose, then, The dif for centuries, / 15 ference , the . litigation cost involved. women are afraid of social and cultural consequences these route the expensive latest update, women can get Employment Bhattacharya, executive director of Georgia-based Raksha, Inc. community members if they left their abusers (3.New India table to support themselves, going back their abuser or depending on the generosity of advocacy groups are working in this direction to rectify miserable situation. due to fear of the consequences like their husband losing jobs or deportation. Many a better life. Many of the women continue to suffer mistreatment and controlling relationship of immigration to a developed country which is otherwise projected as way and means also lose their potential employers due to gap in the career and ultimately pay a heavy price resulting in divorce ultimately breaking the families and affecting their offsprings. These women financial constraints imposed due to their inability work further strains the marital relation unable to pursue their career and thus become vulnerable domestic abuse. The long-term ignore the plight of migrating families. The women are like 'birds in golden cage' who and equal rights, but the immigration policies are so divisive that nation continues to become self-independent. Though USA has always been projected as voice of humanity continue to suffer abuse both physically and mentally due their inability work antifeminist. They substantially limit the capacit and interests. Under such conditions, group rights are potentially one such arena, where this gender divide is evident. It expected to have parity at all uneven market treatment of young women continues to highlight this disparity of as a supplemental wage earner have been conditioned under market rationality and profit maximization but on the basis of values expectations they or in light industry which are not highly rewarding. They choose their jobs on the basis of workforce are furthermore marginalized by their choice of professions like nursing, teaching labour on women decreases their autonomy and economic security By attributing them to legal restrictions or earnings and putting the burden of household disproportionate numbers of women in marginal and under rewarded economic activities. husband and kids. Most of the women are highly educated skilled labourers women gender who comes on restricted visa categories as spouse just to be with their can. with human dignity equal to that of men and boys, live as freely chosen lives they ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ According to “Previously The immigration visa issue of USA is one such alarming problem which concerns the Though many women are coming out of this narrowly defined gender roles, but SROT ASWINI , many survivors were forced to choose between working under the T ickner : A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL . They are seldom seen as independent professionals but more , looking through the gender lens it is hard to explain . Authorization under certain abuse cases, but still y OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL of women and girls that culture to live T , and in many cases actually imes, 2017), says . Most of the women . Politics is also / As per the 16
but they Aparna , Naser day of labor answers in our values, customs, conventions and age-old traditions. The gendered division shaped our views over centuries. There remains a series of broad questions which is seeking be so. There is a need of retrospection and revising the gender centric cultures which has politicians and even common citizens for also being a woman. more so because of being an educated woman reason. She was ridiculed by the media, instead of pondering on her points, she was isolated and politically bullied ill-treated attack women. The recent making false posts in social media, memes, rife of abusive tweets are gaining prominence to how the laws and culture of regime ultimately contribute to their subordination. FORBES W international or strengthen the voice of feminist movement at national and global level to pressurize the presence of gender as a discourse is inevitable in all global processes. There need to structures across countries in varied degrees. Since all global actors have a gender identity challenges when women end up at the receiving of economic, ethnic, color and cultural However making and bridging the gender gap by devising straightforward pro-women policy practice. reverse such regressive policies to strengthen the women roles in key positions of policy and cultural system that are discriminatory against women. Many countries trying to movement has begun. battle ahead before we can optimally create a gender sensitized and equal society sections, religion, colour and ethnicities of women men. Though there is a long road emancipatory knowledge needs to be shared and re-shared create awareness amongst all the government are women. (7. cent of national parliamentarian are women. Six per the head states and heads at all levels of political processes. levels of governance and leadership to have a sustainable polity but in practice there is gap ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ orks Cited .” , Ghobadzadeh (2010) , dif #2f00b97150c9 google-sued-for-gender-discrimination-by-female-former-employees/ In a nutshell, the world is getting restructured like never before and it will continue to Use of social media to hurl abuse on women icons and politicians, toxic targeting by Former Employees.” , in many countries’ , O’Conner Clare (2017), “Google Sued for Gender Discrimination by Female SROT ferent expectations about what is meant by women’ ganizations worldwide to formulate policies for women equality ASWINI “Remember : A Mahua Moitra PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL women struggle due to the structure of gender inequality and
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Thus Engels (Sarmah 65) Sarmah also has used the word ‘spiritual’ in sense ‘religious’. It means that observes, “It has been the custom with spiritual thinkers of all times to condemn women.” to women is an accepted fact. scholars term religious thinkers as spiritual thinkers, and that these allow little space religions of the world to women, reply may be made in negative terms only Introduction and technology religion, still remains so strong that even at the dawn of twenty-first century science to satisfy the male members of family created for man and hence she should sacrifice her likes dislikes, hopes aspirations Dergaon on 27th Sept., 2001) She again says, “In fact, all religions teach that woman is submissive role.” (An Unpublished Research Paper read in a Seminar DKD College, institutionalized religions are creations of men, where women play only subordinate or wrong in many points.” (Quoted, T women in general, are not prepared to revolt against this irrational tradition.” (Ibid.) Festival. (V all religions are against women. She said this in a lecture delivered Kerala Literary ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ aslima Nasrin has been compelled to observe, “The Quran is superfluous, I think The Space of When we go to consider the question as what space is allowed by different Considering these facts SROT ide, , men in general, are not mentally prepared to accept women’ Amar The Nor ASWINI Asom, Feb. 8, 2016) : th East T A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL Asma Jahangir W An omen Sanctioned by Religions imes Dainik Janambhumi, Aparna Mahanta is not wrong when she says, “All Assamese scholar Satyendranath Sarmah therefore , 5) Under these circumstances Bangladdeshi writer .” (Ibid.) She continues, “This psyche built up by , “Religion has always been used to suppress the OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL 27 Feb., 2000) She again says that Dr Girish Baruah s equality / 19 . Many , and Pati bhinna anya kare nahi bhabe sati Pati istadeba haya sakala samaya. Pati guru tahadera tapodharmmamaya Narira patira dhyana kare abirata. Ramanira patiseba ekamatra brata Patibina tahadera gati nahi aara. “E jagate ramanira pati matra sara Let me mention some verses from the works.’ It is said that a husband to be worshipped even if he uneducated and characterless. Meaning: ‘W Purushaka pushiba kariba grihakarma.” (824) “Swamirese seva kulastrira mahadharma The God; others are so without doing it. tribe. The purport of the verse is that women and Shudras become great when they worship Here amaka means Lord Krishna. In this verse women are placed at the level of Shudra T “Stri shudre kare yadi amaka bhakati category of man, as he says in the the husband is all in for a woman. Sankaradeva, has downgraded women to lowest than even diamond. There are thus many other verses in Hindu scriptures to the effect that penance and meditation. If a woman does not die when her husband dies heart is harder It means: The soul of a woman is her husband. husband god, object Bajrato adhika dekho taira hridaya.” Hena swami marile yi jani namaraya Swamiye devata yata tapa japa dhyana. “Strijati bhaile tara swami jive prana Upakhyana, duty of the women clan. ( shushrusha kulastrira mahadharma” i.e. the care of and attention to husband is principal and, therefore, they should adore their feet’. Similarly the (102) meaning ‘All people say that the final refuge of all women is feet their husbands in Sankaradeva’ Hinduism relegated the issue of women’ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ahata Kariba ito jnana mahamati.” Kirttana A religious book named It is to be admitted by all that the rising forces of religious fundamentalism have SROT omen have no other work except entertaining their husbands and doing household a Kavya written by Sankaradeva, it is said, again says, s ASWINI Kir ttana (Chutia 831) : A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ) says, “Samaste Kahaya ramanira gati swamira pada arcana” s empowerment to the background. Ghunuca Kirttana Kir Kirttana ttana Brahmavaivarta Purana , , Rasakrida, 17) OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL written by Shridhara Kandali (included Kirttana Again in the to this effect, also says, “Swamira Harischandra / 20 The of a woman are meaningless. If she rebukes her husband has to go the hell after death. only religion of a woman. husband. She should not think any other man except her Service to husband is the her husband. So she should always offer service to him. She think all time of Pati sama shreshtha bandhu aara kebaa aache……” (Majumdar 422) Swami seba shreshtha dharmma ramanira kache Pati chara tahadera naahi anya gati. The verse runs thus: Upacaryya striyaa sadhvyaa satatam devavatpatih.” ness, women are like unto inorganic things. This is the conclusion.” (Dutt 317) Mantras; this is the decision of law code. T Nirindriyaa hyamantrasca striyo’nritamiti sthitih.” “Nasti strinam kriya mantrairiti dharma vyavasthiti to women. It again says, a woman does not deserve independence”. (Dutt 315) Ananta Kandali says, (Dutt 207) serve her husband, even if he be found devoid of learning, character and conjugal fidelity ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ran.: “The purificatory rites of women are (i.e., must be performed) without the Manusamhita In this world the husband is essence of her life. Her life has no meaning without This verse is a translation of the third ninth chapter Thus Dharmashastras, religious law books, like the T W M. N. Dutt translates this verse in way ran: “The father protects her in infancy; the husband, youth; and sons, old age; omen are not only under their husbands but also fathers and sons. SROT (9/18, Baruah 239) ASWINI says, (Kandali 34) (9/3, Baruah 236) Rakshanti sthavire putra na stri swantryamarhati.” Briddhakale bhaile putre poshe yatna kari Y : “Pita rakshati kaumare bharta yaubane “V A “Cawala kalata bape rakhibe kanyaka uva bhaile swami sange lage banciveka. The husband is the best friend of her PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ishilah kamavritti vaa gunairvaa parivarjitah T inio kalata nari nohe swatantari.” And for this disqualification of Mantra-less- OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL , “Like a deity chaste wife shall always Manusamhita, . All other works on the part (5/154; Baruah 137) allow little space Manusamhita. / 21 V Thus edic . be abandoned after the tenth year of her marriage; a woman who cannot give birth to male husband is described in many such scriptures. occupy a legitimate space. Under what circumstances woman is to be abandoned by her like that was perpetrated to either a dog or mongoose. ( man. ( curse. (6/3/7/13) Even if a woman possesses all the virtues she is below standard of were also barred from obtaining knowledge i.e. learning. houses was not to face any punishment or prayascitta i.e. expiation penance. whether she committed adultery asked publicly the wife of yajamana (i.e one who employed priests to offer sacrifices) not permitted to offer ghee (refined butter) homa. During the ceremony of yajna priest the system of polygamy also. kidnapper etc. that the brothers of woman might not rise from sleep, dogs bark at descriptions of many kidnapping cases and when a man kidnaps woman he prays God so not simply a recent phenomenon; it was prevalent in the days of this lacking in the oldest writing pieces like Rigveda. Kidnapping of women, for example, is also. ( of the position a dog or Shudra, because priests should not look at these two species to attract learned male persons. strange practice that only the prostitutes could acquire knowledge. Perhaps they did so Anything a woman had to observe as religious duty was only have husband. It had not to pass through Brahmacarya husbands. They did not have any role in yajna affairs. Simply they had to be present along with their Upanishad such an af Samhita apartments (anteshpura). They were not allowed to attend any meeting. ( the house-hold. Their personality had no value. space was only in innermost ghosts fled when the sun rose. ( ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ T Shatapatha Brahmana aittiriya Samhita In this way in both old or contemporary scriptures women have not been able to During the The space of women was much narrowed down during the days These are some of the references to recent religious literature. Such things not W A Normal women had to flee away when they saw their fathers-in-law as though the ) Thus they had no social role. married woman could not have any extra marital af omen were so impure that the priests and others did not look at them. W fair then she was to be killed. (V SROT ) omen had not to under A husband could buy a woman by paying heavy amount of money ASWINI Y ajur veda , 6/5/8/2) : A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL days prostitution was prevalent. One who went to W , 3/2/4/6) Atharveveda . omen prayed God so that they might not be step-wife. When a man kills woman his punishment is something go any upanayana (initiation) ceremony Ashrama they were not permitted to study the The ) In this way daughters-in-law had no place in A Aitar ide the fourth Brahmana, woman who cannot give birth to a child is OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL eya Brahmana Apastamba Dharmasutra They remained ignorant. fair with anybody regards a girl child as V eda also. Brihadaranyaka . A woman was Maitrayani / . Y . If she had They were There was ajur There are 22 , 1/9/23) W As they V omen veda edas. . Samhita (4/2/13) That a woman should not possess any property is admitted by the in such a way so that she becomes weak and cannot demand the property of her husband. possession on her own body abandoned forthwith. ( children should be abandoned after the fifteenth year and quarrelsome woman child is to be abandoned after the twelfth year; a woman who gives birth only dead “Stri Sudra jati adhama candala”. It seems that in these forms of literature there is no respect V women. personal development. The caste system has negated the individuality and independence of given her the status of a non-person. She cannot have an independent resource for (loosely ‘gentile’); her Gotra is either of father man only of the man. But a man is whole person, not half. (Bezbaroa 541) stick or with his hand, and overcome her desire, he should bribe her 7) Let us see as to what exactly is said by the husband should beat her and forcefully make yield. ( should try to assuage her so that she yields his demand. If the wife does not yield right on her own body right on either her husband’ three chief child when born was kept in bed-stead and a female placed on the floor Kathagur glory!’ Even in modern day marriage rules such things are there. her husband. In the marriage incantations of those days it is said “Follow your husband”. one who satisfies her husband, gives birth to male babies and does not argue with condition. swear that they have not committed sin.” (Lekharu 221) These sayings speak of her inglorious ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ edas up to our Sankaradeva’
Thus she becomes inglorious.” (Hume’ A woman should not have any right on the wealth of her husband. Even she has no All forms of Hindu literature impart women a secondary status beginning from the W Sri Chaitanya also does not lag behind allowing little space to women. He mentions That women are inglorious is admitted by A The characteristics of a decent woman are determined by the also. It says, “A , not to woman. She does actually acquire a caste. have Gotra great deal of dif u Carita e know that the Hindu society is caste divided. But division of belongs to SROT V aishnavas and adds a ‘half ASWINI says, “W , therefore, if she finds it dif Apastamba Dharmasutra woman should not possess any property : ference was maintained between male and female children. A . If she still does not grant him his desire, he should hit her with a PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL omen are generally liar . s or father Therefore the s. Sankaradeva seems to follow the ’ one who is a woman. ’ s property , saying: ‘W Satapatha Brahmana Upanishad s tran.) OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL ficult to of .” , 1/10/51-53) . Even when they commit sin often ’ As has been said that a woman no s or of her husband’ ith power Assamese Brihadaranyaka Upanishad , “If she should not grant him his Thus woman is imparted ‘half fer her body to husband he , with glory I take away your . She should not have any asks us to beat a woman V Bhagavata aishnavism also. Aitar s. This system has eya Brahman maxim that Maitrayani / 23 . A male , 6/4/ The as ’ totality in the fore front all human affairs. The Hindu scriptures have failed to represent mankind themselves with men. This is a case in all spheres of life. They have been deprived being for women. Not to speak of surpassing male persons women have not been able equal ( Subrahmanian says, “The denigration of women is an integral part the Ramayana epic.” The epics also do not lag behind in denigrating women. Referring to Ramayana denigration that has been described as self-display female torso, while her legs are bent up at the knees and drawn to each side in a position She is regarded as a nude squatting goddess. has been sculptured an image with name of the goddess is Lajja Gauri. This seems to symbolize a shameless woman. When a woman performs such ritual it is regarded as an ill-omen for the men-folk. mother; because it is born out of the semen father children. (7/60/32) behind in denouncing women. It says that a woman is nothing but skin-bag of producing the influence of religion. The so called scientific books like wanted to make her nude in front of all the members House. In Ramayana Rama they had to withstand criticisms. ( for raping a married woman who went to him her husband’ says that obscenity in religion must be condemned as satanic bestiality is never tolerated except in temples, where the law permits even ribaldry tolerated is not known. Russel, a rational thinker Athar and permitted. confining her for several days. (April 15, 2018) temple was situated. The eight year old girl thrown by one of priests to the jungle after girl when she came near a temple in search of her horses Rasana at Kathua where the April 13, 2018) The same news-paper reported another incident of raping and torturing a Rongamati on woman af Another priest Katiya Bhuyan of Dani Baba Than near Dergaon killed Ranjit Karmakar Janasadharan lustful and lewd persons. tried to molest a girl who went there for offering puja. This story was reported in ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Epic
Amir Musings . There is an image of a goddess quite naked with the exposition her vagina. The In the practice of Hindu religion no woman is permitted to perform any ritual. In Hindu society the child marriage is still prevalent and this system in vogue due to Inter-caste, inter-community and inter-religious marriages in Hinduism are not admitted T emples record stories full of lewd innuendos. Most the priests temples are SROT -ul-Shafi, a Muslim boy , an , p. 15) When IAS topper ASWINI Assamese Daily published from Guwahati in its issue of 18 The W fairs. e know the plight of Draupadi in Rajsabha when Duhshasana : Manusamhita A W PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL e have such a story in temple of Guwahati which priest (Ibid The T , criticisms arose in Hindu circles. T .) ina Dabi, a Hindu girl, wanted to marry second topper The T imes of India . ( says that a child belongs to the father MLBD News Letter imes of India , is not wrong when he says t, “…. Obscenity OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL , New Delhi/Gur reported that a tantric was convicted . 1) How such an obscenity is s treatment. (Delhi/Gur Arthashastra When they were married gaon, . .” (Russel 196) He April 10, 2018.) also do not lag th
Aug., 2007. / , not to the 24 Dainik gaon, Inquisition published the book that arguably could be called most blood-soaked publication mortification… all as added penance for original sin.” (Brown 46) straw mats; and women were forced to endure additional requirements of corporal no pay while the men were at mass; women slept on hardwood floors, had shocked to learn that female numeraries were forced clean the men’ Brown. Let me quote some portion if this description, “She (Sister Sandrine) had been Such a description we find in the famous religious Novel (V for the whole life. priest, because God himself says that Eve, the first woman, will be under her husband 28 (V women to be priest was that as Jesus Christ a man so only men are entitled priest. Church employs only unmarried men as priest. become a priest, because deacon is position just below priest and the Roman Catholic deacons. It was argued that the offer of deaconate to women would go a step forward Nov cler When in 1992 the Church of England voted to ordain women as priests many bishops and Christianity April 20, 2018) husband to marry him. She did so at her own will. ( Swaraj to help him bring Kiran back. insisted that she was not forced by her present i.e. Sikh priest. His name was the marriage she took Muslim name incident to occur was not satisfied with the incident and complained that India should have allowed this she married was Muhammad Her name was Kiran Bala, 31 years old, from Garhshankar town in Hoshiarpur a news-paper that Sikh widow had to go Pakistan marry Muslim person of Lahore. Sikhism (V Hindu Mon asks Bharata not to believe women. (V ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ide ide the News Item ‘V th ide, Mukhopadhya, H., March, 1999) The priests are not wholly responsible for their denial of women to be gy men opposed it. (V . 13, 1992) Similarly the New Bible There is a glaring instance of how women are exploited in the religious environments. St. Paul says that if women want to learn anything they should ask their husbands. Christianity also has not lagged behind the attempt of denying space to women. Like Hinduism Sikhism also does not allow widow marriage. There was a report in SROT , p. 95) . It blamed Indian intelligence of ASWINI , Epistles of Paul, I, Corinthians, 35) A prince can kill a woman if she is killed for the good of four varnas. atican says no to women deacons’ : A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ide the News item ‘W Khola Chokhe T Azam. V arem Sing and he appealed to foreign minister Ms. Sushma atican also reiterated its refusal to have women serve as The Shiromani Gurdwara Management Committee ide Rudra, Amna Bibi. Her father , p, 35) Another ar ficials for not detecting the incident. OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL omen Priests’ A., The T Brahmanya Bhabadhara O imes of India The da V in gument in favor of not allowing The Eastern Clarion -in-law was a former granthi Again Brown, “The Catholic in inci Code The Nor , New Delhi/Gur s residence halls for written by Dan th East T / 25 . The man Adhunik , Jorhat, Adam gaon, imes After , priest attached with the Ghatiduba Roman Catholic Church here was arrested on charge attempt. The news item was published from Baripada, Odisa which reads, “A Roman Catholic was published in the times a fourteen year girl. (The news was published from Ernakulam on 18 news item in which it was reported that Kerala Father Edwin F ( news was received from a study undertaken by the News priests in the United S in sexual harassment on women. There was a report 2003 which it stated 176 potential converts than all other attitudes put together anti-life. Its repressive attitude in regard to sex causes more suffering believers and alienates from him, “Among the great religions of world Christianity must be squarely qualified as Radhakrishnan refers to speak in the public. Such repressive attitude causes suffering to woman folk. equal rights among men and women etc. Even there are attacks on abortion clinics. women are sinful is admitted by the were born from ease the pains of childbirth – a suf world’. Midwives also were killed for their heretical practice of using medical knowledge to gypsies, nature lovers, herb gatherers and any women ‘suspiciously attuned to the natural destroy them. Those deemed ‘witches’ by the Church included all female scholars, priestesses, to ‘the dangers of free thinking women’ and instructed the clergy how locate, torture, in human history human race. concept of ‘original sin’, whereby Eve tasted the apple and caused downfall sacred feminine was demonized and called unclean. It very sacred, but it posed a threat to the rise of predominantly male Church, and so aside. Brown again says, “The power of the female and her ability to produce life was once and, therefore, he has created a man dominated situation for which women have been set been created by man as all other scriptures. The Bible was composed perhaps a million women.” (Brown 134) These statements need no comments. During three hundred years of witch hunts, the Church burned at stake an astonishing five for Eve’ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Alok , Sept. 8, 2003) Even in India such cases are not wanting. I read a News Paper s partaking of the Most of the Christian priests are unmarried male persons. These often engage If we observe Christian religious canons find that they do not allow women to In the Christian world we generally see polarization in issues like abortion, Strange things have been written in the The Church has presented the Bible as creation of God, while in true sense it SROT W oman once the sacred giver of life, was now enemy . Malleus Maleficarum – or Adam’ ASWINI The Nor tates of s rib, and therefore they are regarded as an of Y : A Apple of Knowledge, thus giving birth to the idea Original Sin. oung in his PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL th East T America were dischar fering, the Church claimed, that was God’ Bible Religion in a Changing W imes . The to the ef W Bible OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL itches’ fect that a priest was arrested for rape .” (Radhakrishnan 1 ged from duty for this of (Genesis) to the effect that women Hammer – indoctrinated the world Agency of the man orld , not God, who created the . Joseph raped several and quotes some lines fshoot of man. s rightful punishment .” (Brown 258) Associated Press. 14) th May) / fence. 26 A news That This determining women’ in Shahidul. ( issued an edict for hilla i.e. forced marriage to compel her marry husband’ Bangladesh was given talaq by her husband Saiful. Judaism before a magistrate who remanded him to jail custody of attempting to rape a tribal woman. The priest, idenfited as H. Kerketta, was produced East T offence she was flogged 100 times. Her name Bariya Ibrahim Magazu. ( to the effect that a teen aged mother was found guilty for pre-marital sex (zina), and this sanctions by the community the traditional religious values, and violation of norms practices is met with control and power over women to perpetuate are taught follow honour a News Paper to the ef forced by fatwa to marry her husband’ of women. Fatwa means religious edict. Generally in Bangladesh the divorced women are Islam from among his people.” certainly set my face against the soul that is eating blood, and I shall indeed cut him off this, “As for any man … who is residing… in your midst, eats sort of blood, I shall (Book of Genesis 9) It is also said in because accepting blood means eating which is considered to be the soul of flesh. put forward in favor of denying the acceptance blood is that Bible speaks against it was reported that many parents abandoned their wards for receiving blood. The argument explaining, ‘W bladder operation. ‘Please don’ received a strange request from parents of 19-year-old girl who was rushed in for gall April last year Doctors at the emer means Eve and ‘he’ God. Thus the sufferance has become badge of all women. thy desire shall be husband, and he rule over thee.” (Genesis, 3/16) Here ‘woman’ greatly multiply thy sorrow and conception; in thou shalt bring forth children; (Genesis, 3/16) See again what the same scripture says, “Unto woman he said, I will as regards women. It says, “Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he rule over thee.” Islam. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ The Nor imes, Judaism is a religion which based on the In Islamic language a word ‘fatwa’ is often heard and it mostly applied in the case A strange incident was recorded in a News Paper which it reported, “It SROT th East T The Sentinel Jan 24, 2001) In this way women are disgraced, degraded and devalued in e are Jehovah’ ASWINI imes s rights and obligations. fect that a woman Shahida , Jan., 2001) This fact synchronizes with what Uma Ramachandran observes, “In Bangladesh, Islam as a religion plays vital role in : A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL .” (5) s W gency ward of Genesis Hospital Another case came to light through News Paper in Nigeria t give her any blood,’ itnesses.’” ( V s brother or cousin. Such an incident was published in erse 10 of Chapter 17 the Book Leviticus like The T The ideology of Islam is used to exert male OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL Old Atikha of Naogaon village in northern elegraph Then a local maulana Haji
Bible .” (Jan. 1 Daisy and see what the old Bible says 12) In the same News item it 1, 2000) T esra’ f Calcutta’ s parents pleaded, s E.M.Bypass, Azizul Haq / The 27 s cousin
North whose “main precept was that Quran is couldn’t answer and they turned vindictive.” Jamaida followed the ideas of her guru Cheknnur I got a divorce after lot of ef are minority in a The children of such injustice owe nothing to society it, shouldn’ said triple talaq violated fundamental rights and was not sanctioned by Quran. On criminalizing survived so long because politicians feared clerics’ disapproval. The Supreme Court judgement engage me in a dialogue. taught to read. Because I oppose them have pay heavy price….No one is willing clerics) treat women as second class citizens. Left to such preachers, won’t even be inheritance and did not discriminate between men women. … Even now they (the after Prophet’ Everything else like the Hadiths (records of Prophet’ needs to be followed. Quran has capacity reflect and absorb changes in society over time. even secular structures like no support from any quarter goes as follows: “I was forced to marry against my wishes. I wanted a divorce but there Society adhered only to the Quran and not subsequent works like Hadith. Her story Society established by Chekannur Maulavi, who was murdered religious fanatics. This There were vilification campaigns against her step out of her home. She had to take police protection. Death threats were issued Kerala. It created a controversy limelight when she led Friday prayers in a predominantly male dominated congregation injustice to women in Islam. The story is told by Jamida Beevi. This woman came the 24 letters as he was going to treat her was injured and under treatment of Dr condemned by the fundamental Muslims for her dress and partners in play weak. … In sports you will notice how no PT Despite these, the unequal position of Muslim women remains, because Indian state was to touch Muslim women. … with me, I would have been stoned to death. … The Indian Constitution is fine, but it failed ( woman was because she had an argument with another woman on religious matters. The name of the ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Niyamia V th Dec. Issue (V There was a report in News Paper that famous tennis player Sania Mirza In a News Paper report I read that Christian woman was sentenced to death SROT t such husbands be jailed? ar Asia Bibi. s death. …He ar ta , Sept. 23, 2015) ASWINI ol. 5, Issue No. 349, 12). This happened in Pakistan. : The so called responses are just personal attacks. … A . If the Hindu W PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL . I experienced it in my own life, how family omen’ Article 15 shuns discrimination on religious/gender grounds. fort. gued that Quran gave equal rights to sons and daughters in . . The controversy was so severe that she not able to This news was published in s Commission let down Muslim women by citing shariat. At college I used to ask questions which my teachers W T riple talaq is a criminal act because it creates destitutes. e read another story in a News Paper as regards Aikya Allah’ . K. J. Reddy . She belonged to a group viz. Quran Sunnath s sole bequest to humans and no other book V Usha or edia and BJP OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL The news was published from Islamabad. s actions and sayings) were written long , and turn criminals tomorrow . Reddy received several threatening Anju Bobby Geor had not expressed solidarity Dainik Janasadharan , Muslim society and ge came from T / . Once she riple talaq 28 . … in its We . T ruckus but got no support”. These “experiences made her disillusioned with religion”. would come drunk or call after dark. I have lost count of the number times made a public father format does not confer any right on the woman.” ( specified and agreed upon in advance. It is a private contract made verbal or written temporary marriage contract in which the duration of and mahr must be him to remarry her previous husband. Nikah Miutah, which means pleasure marriage, is a divorce, is required to marry someone else and consummate the marriage before divorcing societies. “In Nikah Halala, a Muslim woman, who wishes to restore her marriage after 2018, p. 19) She says that the police and other agencies are helpless to curb such incidents. (March 25, She is of the opinion that these incidents prove freedom a woman “chained”. he was shirtless, but nobody had any issue. There were threats too, and it got me thinking.” t-shirt.” picnic, she was shocked to see abusive comments about her clothing – shorts and a sleeveless She narrates her story in this way attended a madrassa. She says, “I used to wear the hijab and do namaz five times day drive them to be one.” This rebel woman was brought up in an orthodox Muslim family and decides to be a revolutionary or rebel one fine morning. Often, it’ “Men and women are held to different standards.” She comments, “I don’t think anyone just government employee, mother-of-two, model and activist from Kochi”. Her opinion is that news Rehana Fathima posed bare-breasted with watermelons. She is “the 31-year-old among Muslim women…” ( rejected on the ground that it is gender-based discrimination. of triple talaq. Most the Muslim women are opinion that talaq has been 1 elders are very much conservative as regards girls’ exposed “their chest just like ‘slices of watermelons on display’.” This incident proves that melon pieces in their hands protest of the saying professor to effect that students wearing dresses they like. the institution wore dresses unbecoming of Islam. It means girls have no independence in Munavvir The story is from Kozikiode, Kerala in which it was stated that assistant professor Jouhar relating to the objection of a college professor way wearing dress by Muslim girls. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 1) Sooner these practices are abolished the better for Muslim women. imes ’
s passing, and just about any man in the neighbourhood wanted to come home. of India About this incident she comments, “My kids and my partner were also in the pic There are bad practices like polygamy The 20 W e know that the Shayara Bano case has made history which led to banning T SROT . of Farook College was alleged to be commenting that Muslim girl students further reports, “When she posted a photo of herself and her family at th March, 2018 issue of ASWINI : A At this comment students brought out processions taking water PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL The T , “W imes of India e were just three women in the house and after my The T imes of India , nikah halala, mutah etc. in Islamic , March 16, 2018, p. 22) OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL The T wearing style. (P imes of India published another news item s their experiences that . 17) Reacting to the , March 27, 2018, p. / 29 They The .” left-hand things due the influence of Church. He says, “Not even feminine associations with act.” (Brown 134-35) He admits that even feminine associations could not rectify these man and woman through which each became spiritually whole – had been recast as a shameful Islamic clerics. The once hallowed act of Hieros Gamot – the natural sexual union between from the temples of world. There were no female Orthodox rabbis, Catholic priests, nor “W the above discussions. This fact is admitted by famous novelist Dan Brown when he says, That women were imparted little space in almost all religions may be proved on the basis of Conclusion became a member of New Life Fellowship Church. upon this incident she said, “I was too young. guardian. She was born a Zorastrian. molested at the early age of six. Commenting army to look the maintenance of this division. of society and the value based division between man woman. It creates a psychological They are to live under constant terror of man. Religion has contributed the class division illusions as taught by religion real. as weapon, religion dupes common man along with women. Common people accept the world. It annihilates the life and essence of woman. human essence. It teaches woman to give herself wholly man and become dead the everything inhuman in her as belonging to (Brown 135) In this way religion regards everything human in woman as alien to her and ‘left’ – (Report, PTI, Zoroastrianism by the fundamentalists in 2004. member of the Bangladesh parliament asked government to arrest government banned this book. related some Koranic verses written against women’ the Koran in administering their kingdoms. But actually they do not so. mostly occupied by the Muslim people. The rulers of these countries aver that they follow thought was considered hand counterparts rang of righteousness, dexterity ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ omen, once celebrated as an essential half of spiritual enlightenment, had been banished gauche There is nobody to listen the pathetic moan of religiously suppressed women. Daisy Irani, famous actor Humayun In the Middle East women are mostly exploited. The countries of this area side could escape the Church’ SROT The T and ASWINI Azad, a Bangladeshi writer imes of India sinistra left : A wing, irrational thought was PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL – came to have deeply negative overtones, while their right- The ban was lifted only after four years in 2000 , March 24, 2018) Later on she accepted Christianity and , fell victim of molestation by her own uncle who was W omen also do so due to their ignorance. s defamation. In France and Italy What can I do? . , wrote a book named Thus religion makes a woman for OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL , and correctness. W left s independence. ith the superstitions and deceptions brain, and anything evil, sinister Y ou are in a man’ Azad. He was attacked T Naari o this day The Bangladesh , the words for , in which he / A.D. One 30 s world.” , radical get her .” social af have a social role. Many celebrated thinkers hold that religion is not at all concerned with single woman has been elected to the lack of sufficient political power to women. (This time in the Nagaland election – 2018 not a state regulations because of precedence claimed for directives religion and the wall of separation between man and woman. favour modern views are becoming more apparent. I expect rational men will break religious cleavages between persons committed to orthodox faiths and those who some years to come. regarded as the chosen people. This inveterate prejudice against women might continue to part of the male persons, women do not have such type freedom. Males are generally This situation goes against religious tolerance. therefore said, “Acaro dharma ucyate”. speak simply of acara i.e. the rule conduct and in this sense religion consists acara. It is enforced by so called supernatural sanction provided with a social binding force. These rules religions have a class of obligatory rules endowed with mystical characters, believed to be scruples which impede the free exercise of our faculties, especially women. If we bring religion under a true philosophical analysis find that it is nothing but the sum of applicable in today’ centuries ago cannot be or should not applied in the modern age, because they are religiously displaced women need to be rehabilitated at any cost. Religious rules promulgated desire. They are often victimized. Such a situation always endangers the life of woman. So life, but religion comes only later ethics. People consider compassion as a practice of religion. Human affection is part the separated from Ethics. He says, “In a moral society Buddhist monk Dalai Lama even goes to the extent of observing that religion should be weakness, futility and docility of women. of male power and therefore in Shaivism the linga worship is prevalent. women but also psychological harm. The penis or phallus is always regarded as the symbol regard to the question of safety and security them. They not only make physical harm and posed as husbands to establish their right enjoy the person of wives without god always conspire to crush them into nothingness. The Hindu males have followed the suit against atrocities committed by religions on defenseless women. think of improvement on the part women. But nobody has been able to raise a voice ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Most of the intellectuals and religious leaders hold a view that religion should not It is to be remembered that violation of women’ Now-a-days religion has taken the form of a religious impulse to find evil in everything. The foregoing discussions prove that religions are full of superstitions; so they cannot fair SROT . If it is admitted then religion should not interfere with women’ ASWINI s society W e are however hopeful that the good days coming as because : A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL . A philosophical approach to them might consider as false. . Ethics can survive without religion that only play a Assembly This often leads to the repression of women’ Again while there is religious freedom on the .) OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL , we are not paying enough attention to s right has been dif All the thirty three crores of All these signify the ficult to subject s af fairs. Famous W / omen of all 31 s Marx, Engels, Majumdar Majumdar lecturing in Kerala Sahitya Mahotsav supplementary role.” ( Saikia, N. (Ed.), Russell, B., Rudra, Radhakrishnan, S., Mukhopadhyaya, H., Bhattachacharyya, H. D. (ed.), Baruah, P W impose on her self-censorship. should not tend to bend backward. She look moving forward. woman should not think herself as a woman; she human being. She extent biologically weak; but they should not think that mentally also are weak. such maxims we should work together so that the conditions of women would be ameliorated. not happen in the name of religion. “Eternal vigilance is price liberty” keeping mind woman approach of religion we should always act as sentinel so that atrocities on do Marx says, “…. Criticism of religion is the premise all criticism.” (Marx 39) Brown, D., Lekharu, U. C., Hume, R. E. (T Dutt, M. N., Chutia, S.R. etc., (eds.), Hume, R. E. (tran.), Goswami, ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ orks Cited A., 1967 Bengali W T Our duty is to criticize those religious maxims which curtail the freedom of women. USA, 2004 T Mission, Calcutta, 1983. etc., 1971 etc., 1971 Sankaradeva Sangha, Nagaon, 1998 estament , S.C. (ed.), aslima Nasrin observes that all religions are against women. She said this while .N., , S.C. (Ed.), omen should not think themselves to be weak and fragile. 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COLLEGE WOMEN CELL , Banalata, Dibrugarh, No publication , Bani Mandir ’ s Book S , Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, January , ’ s Book S College, Jorhat, 2018 T , 1976 rimurti, Guwahati, 1986 , New , Krantikaal Prakashan, tall, Guwahati, 1967 April 10, 15, 20, 2018 , Dibrugarh etc., 2008 tall, Guwahati, 1990 Y ork etc., 14 . 13, 1992 , Divya Prakashan, Assam / th 33 Printing; , , Key characteristic feature. an Indian. features that have made certain women survive hundreds of years in the minds and hearts such a way that they have lived on to become ideals. The paper will try inquire into the are certain characters in tradition, history that have been able to influence our minds words, practices. The future is built with visions that are borrowed from past again. There us through traditions, conventions, those pass on from generation to generation, through millennia. An Abstract by the siddhas’ 12). remove suf whom ten nights were brought within the compass of a single one’ years, in virtue of whose penances, disturbances to asceticism the sages ceased, by made to flow through the asylum; by whom were performed mighty austerities for ten thousand and adorned with voluntary penances, were created fruits roots the J O sinless one, that one resembling your mother is this, by whom furnished with rigid asceticism ‘The people were ceaselessly burning in consequence of a drought extending over ten years. fruit grow and water flow through the asylum. Of were suf ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Repr a s W û y ords: â In R This paper is a visit to R About Savari R fering from lack of food and water . She is shown as the selfless lady using power earned by her hard asceticism to esentatives of Indian An SROT fering of the people around her â asû R m (Aranyak âm â y ASWINI yana, if there is a woman who working for the welfare of others, then it â â W and Savari are ascetics living in forest, but each lady exhibits distinctive yana, e carry in us civilization that is thousands years old. âmâ : â W A ndam.74:10) telling us of what she is – a recognized ascetic. PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL yana says ‘old Sìavari of accomplished asceticism and recognized omen Characters, Conventions, Influences Making â m â yana to meet those women characters who have lived . When land was af , it was T W radition omanhood (R OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL An An asûyâ a sû y R â who with her power made the âmâ fected by draught and people (A yana speaks through yodhy Dr Shakuntala Bora âmâ The ancient lives in â K â ndam.1 yana) : â / hn 34 â vi was 17:9- Atri: We ascetics, cognizant of virtue, said to me, R also learn about her as a recognized virtuous human being from own words: ‘Those great of the chief celestials’ (B ‘Thereupon, out of curiosity come across weakness in her character her own faith and reverence for preceptors. Sìavari definitely is the ascetic, but she more adored and remembered with admiration for met R souled ascetics, whom I used to wait upon’ (Aranyak leave this life to go and meet the pure-souled ascetics: ‘I wish approach those pure- attain the best land of celestials. Thus having met R (Aranòyakanòòdam.74:17). She was told by her guides that on beholding R ‘for you I have collected various wild fruits growing on the banks of Pampa’ asked to receive R But what makes her special is devotion to guides and trust in them. attain to that best of land the celestials whence none return’ (Aranyak receive with great reverence that guest together Laksmana. On beholding him, you shall thereby demonstrating a weakness in her character have known that it was Indra in the guise of her husband requesting for company – herself to fire and rose high up in the welkin like blazing fire’ (Aranyak ordered by R Savari prepares to leave for that land with R me also’ lord. Do you, O lord of the celestials, from a sense respectability preserve yourself and ‘O best of the immortals, I have obtained my desire, do you speedily go from this place, O comes: ‘Then, having attained her object, she spoke to the foremost of celestials, saying, Indra’ of her plight. When R makes her unforgettable. She stayed in invisible state till R atonement. If she did falter (B snagged in asceticism the dust, and you shall remain this hermitage unseen of any’ feeding on air: ‘These weary thousand years you shall pass, upon air complains. She was cursed by Gautama to be invisible anyone for a thousand years she commits an offence, then also is gracious to take on the punishment without any R ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ â â ma entered the woods she lived in, remembering Gautama’ lak s scheme but also trying to save both of them by sending away Indra before Gautama â â ma because she was told of him by her preceptors. Having full faith in their words, ndam.48:29-30). Ahalay (B SROT â lak â Ahaly ma, Savari wearing matted locks, rags and the skin of an antelope, surrendered â â ndam.48:20). However ASWINI , an ascetic herself, unlike the other two forest women, shows marks of â ma with reverence, she had collected fruits for R â first as agreeing to respond Indra’ â ma and Laksmana touched her feet as she regained form when : W A , she also had the strength to rise again. PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL . e finally come across , that one of perverse understanding consented to the proposal And yet she comes forth as a woman to be remembered. â lak â ndam.48:19). She is not only shown as agreeing to , if Ahaly â â ma shall come to your holy asylum. Do you ma’ â Ahaly OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL s permission: ‘Being thus addressed and has a ‘perverse understanding’ â ndam.74:29). Savari is elated to have â â ma, she now expresses her desire to . R as the woman who has under s seduction. âmâ â ma came to announce the end s instruction - ‘ministering to yana says about her that And it is this â ma to welcome him: Ahaly â ndam.74:15-16). â â , without food, ndam.74:33). Ahaly ma she would â / As she was appears to 35 for which â which gone We without ef (Kiskindh by you, or at distance, he is always your best friend- I do not find his equal on earth’ brother shall in your own form with joy regain my side’ him [R doubt perform what shall the chaste lady instruct you to do; for ascertaining subtle things and giving counsels at the time of danger describing his wife in the following words: ‘Surasena’ said, being intent on your welfare and benefit’ lord of monkeys, out your ignorance you didst neglect all my well meaning words which I away and banished by you this is the result of your action, O foremost monkeys. (Kiskindh of king Kosala, gifted with the prowess Sakra, will not conduce to your welfare’ any good: ‘It does not behove you to yield the influence of ire – your conflict with that son R quarrel with Sugriva. She says: ‘I do consider it your welfare to contact friendship (Kiskindh not desire friendship with anyone without having a test of his prowess’ a terrible uproar Forsooth he has taken shelter of somebody insignificant (at the bottom). I do not think Sugriva has come here without any to assist him. excited my fear one, who had been defeated and harassed by you formerly Sugriva invited you angrily to battle and being defeated wounded by fled away and without being sure of the power that assistance. that the same Sugriva comes back calling out his vanquisher for another fight without assistance Sugriva’ calls out characters of R and extended to them the rites of hospitality’ (B her hospitality: ‘and with collected mind she gave them water for their feet as well sends her to deal with Laksmana’ advice to her husband not have taken away his brother by their son V the call for battle. Seeing her husband about to go out meet Sugriva we find T ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ali to postpone the fight. She gives good ar â ma and regain Sugriva’ â , even when remaining at a distance, should always be maintained by you. T ma] the rites of hospitality with a mind free from ignorance and covetousness, you s call. Sugriva has just been wounded and defeated by V ara, queen of âkâ âkâ fect’ â â SROT kâ li for a fight on the advice of R Angada. She advises her husband to consider friendship with R ndam.15.30). ndam.15.24-26). She is sure that enmity with R ndam.15:10-14). Her argumentation is based on information provided to her âm (Kiskindh . His pride, his ener . That monkey is clever by nature and gifted with intellect. ASWINI â yana with her exceptional commonsense. V â : s af âk A li and later of Sugriva makes herself unfor PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL While lamenting her husband’ â fection, renouncing all your inimical feelings. ndam.22:13-14). gy s anger , and his terrible uproar do indicate that there is nothing â . Laksmana is angry and comes also to convey , and securing which he has been setting up such ma. guments as to why (Kiskindh W (B As predicted by R â lakandam.49:18). e once again come across OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL â lak â W ndam.48:33) – s daughter is wonderfully expert in ’ s wife- ‘Sugriva’ â e find her uttering: ‘Formerly this , is now calling you. Indeed it has k s fall, we find her referring to â W ndam.20:1 â V e first meet her when Sugriva ma is not going to bring V â V li; it can hardly be expected T . Do you, without the least â â ma, ârâ li should not respond to gettable among female ’ Ahaly V s advice never goes 1-12). â This your younger And Sugriva shall s wife was carried li could not resist T â â â ma and not to of râ W / as Sugriva fered them e find ârâ 36 Whether Ar asking . ghya, That V â â li li 69). It is also repeated by Manthar flame’ husband. Of this I have not the least doubt. For your sake monarch can enter into a because of you. although deserving of homage at my hands, has up to this time not been regarded by me, studious of my welfare, dearly loving her son, and speaking everyone fair serves me at the same time like a slave, and friend, wife, sister That she is the most liked of three queens uttered by Dasaratha himself: ‘Kausaly conceit on her beauty act to bring infamy upon their own selves. her character reveals a feature she seems to be sharing with the throne. However is happy to have heard the news of Dasaratha’ independent life, Kaikeyi comes forth as an epitome of passion for self-preservation. them as revealed in their roles mothers and wives. exhibit their womanhood except in relations to regale male counterpart. Thus we see associated with women of royalty (here)’ (Kiskindh and kotis, inhabiting various mountains, possessed of exceeding prowess, have already arrived this issued orders for preparations to be made. men, although Sugriva has come under the sway of desire, he has, to secure your good, ere Sugriva still does remember his duty though may not have fully worked on it: ‘O foremost of (Kiskindh has, furthermore, been enjoying regale state – why should he not act thus?’ satisfying lust, become fast bound by ignorance. But his is a monkey shame. Even Maharsis finding delight in religion and asceticism, setting their hearts upon installation finally penetrate the mind of Kaikeyi. Manthar influenced by carnality and that it can be forgiven: ‘Do you forgive lord of the monkeys race, your brother (Kiskindh like you, an offspring of asceticism, is worked up with ire against the virtues forgiveness’ accomplishes with excellent virtues, gets enraged one of inferior merits? O prince, who, trying to lessen Laksmana’ Râ and appeals to it – she paints picture of her life when is not in power: ‘Y R ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ âmâ ma’ ’ (A s mother s annoyance as Sugriva become for Kaikeyi probably is one of the infamous lady characters R Râ yodhy â â SROT m kâ k â â ndam.33:42); tying to reduce his anger by telling him of Sugriva’ ndam.33:56-57). yana places Kausaly , had formerly through pride and good fortune been slighted by you. That I so long sought your welfare, af â ASWINI K âkâ â ndam.9:24). , Kaikeyi gets influenced as she loves to occupy position of importance. , repeated ar ndam.33:59-60). , who is by you, and through the ur : A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL s anger by reminding him of his virtuous nature: ‘O prince, who, At the same time she does not for guments put forward by Manthara for objecting to Rama’ . A There are not many opportunities for these royal ladies to society that does not seem to permit a woman live an â â , Kaikeyi, Sumitr : ‘Y ou have always been the favourite wife of your While getful of his promise to help R s decision to install R And monkeys by hundreds and thousands Ahaly OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL flict me now’ â â , and Sit â could be influenced because of her seems to know Kaikeyi’ Ahalay â gency of lust, has banished under restrictions that are (A get to tell Laksmana that â yodhy â . Both are influenced to , volatile by nature, and â ma as heir m â , and mother âmâ yana. , that exalted lady â K . s shortcoming â W our co-wife, ndam.12:68- A -apparent to / s weakness e find reading of 37 Why will . Ever T âr â â s , inquires about his father we hear Kaikeyi saying: ‘O son, as soon I heard of R has done when he learns about her conduct. desire so much that she cannot even see her son Bharata may not approve of what and Sit (A been left, Bharata will not receive the kingdom tasteless and denuded of all substance’ R K anything’ shall not hurriedly depart from his presence, Oh R but also asking him to hasten his departure the forest. She says R pitiable state inquires what caused it, we find Kaikeyi not only telling him of her two boons of Dasaratha’ (coming) installation, I asked for the kingdom to be conferred on you, and R dame did not feel any compunction, nor was she touched with regret’ palms, with soft yet uttering words endeavoured to strike Kaikeyi regret. But that noble mind. When Sumantra tries to make her see sense she turns deaf ear: ‘Sumantra with clasped not she upon you wreak her revenge now’ Sumitr Thereupon, he, staying by his promise, did accordingly: R intent on getting her way promised’ commit some sin? It behove you to keep untainted your dignity by performing what have promised to grant me the boon, how distressed do you lie on ground, as if did banishing R (A do you ponder as to how can place your son on the throne and banish enemy’ ‘And when R asked to install Bharata as heir Kaikeyi does not change her mind even as she finds king Dasaratha distressed having been it is for this that king Dasaratha grants her two boons which now she about to utilize. and tending his wounds: ‘The king Dasaratha warred with the husband to war and when he is hurt it she who saves him by taking out of the battlefield making. However then on the other hand, it is also love for her son, Bharata, which influences in decision- husband, sadly cut by weapons, was preserved you’ received from weapons, was removed the field by you. In that imminent danger that mighty armed one, O worshipful lady ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ â â yodhy yodhy ma in the forest. She says: ‘O righteous one, like to liquor whose lees have already ndam.35:36-37). Kaikeyi even opposes king Dasaratha’ â â ’ as they prepare to go forest (A â s son and Sit â (A (A K K SROT â â yodhy â yodhy â ndam.8:39). If on one hand, self-love plays a role in Kaikeyi’ ma to the forester ndam.36:12). s desire to meet him in Kaikeyi’ ma will obtain the earth, Bharata certainly meet with destruction, therefore ASWINI , we get an opportunity of seeing another Kaikeyi. She accompanies her â â K K â â . Not seeing his beloved son, the illustrious lord of earth, stricken by â ndam.14:2). Kaikeyi becomes cruelty personification as she . ndam.19:16). Kaikeyi becomes deaf to any advice change her When R : A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL Again it is her who brings the garments for R -apparent to the throne of ’ s life for fourteen years. She still says to the king: ‘Having â ma comes to meet Dasaratha having been told by Sumantra (A , losing his senses in consequence of wounds yodhy yodhy As Bharata returns from his uncle’ s quarter OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL â â â K K ma, your father shall not bathe, or eat â â ndam.8:37) and her son’ (A ndam. 36). She is lost in her own A , and having seen Dasaratha in a â yodhy ma has been banished along with yodhy s proposal that an army follows Asuras most heroically â â in place of R K â â ndam.9:15-16). ma: ‘As long as you s change of mind, â â ma be banished. ma, Laksmana â / (A s suferring: s place and ma and for 38 yodhy â , your . ma’ And And â s Kausaly servants and attendants fare on well-cooked rice’ car highly famous Kausìaly group that goes with Bharata to bring Rama back comes back to her previous self is depicted in R being born of me to Dasaratha? How shall that R beloved of people and who has never experienced misfortune before, live on grains gleaned, as she sees her son getting ready to depart for forest: ‘How shall this virtuous-souled one, Kâ grief on his account, has breathed last’ oh my darling with great delight, when shall you returning son, Oh R a composed one, who performs religious rites and allows her son to go forest: ‘Oh my agreeing to what he says: ‘T says that she should not think of leaving for forest to accompany him, we find Kausaly ocean, the lord of rivers, for like unrighteousness, suf sustain life. Kausalya appealing to R even Dasaratha should be punished accordingly for listening to Kaikeyi’ harsh words’ how shall I, reduced to misery (on account of your exile), eye the face Kaikeyi, uttering with me when they will see the son of Kaikeyi (installed). She is always fretful temper afraid of her own future: ‘Those who serve me or are obedient to me, shall not even speak R of the performance of religious rites every day K absorbed in meditation, and was the morning, worshipping God apparent: ‘W saying about her that she has kept awake the night prior to R There is, however dedicated to her husband when Dasaratha describes in his lamentation front of Kaikeyi. consideration of self-preservation and love for her son. leaving me troubled with sorrow need life or happiness; with you I would prefer faring on grass. If do depart to the forest you, so am I. I do not permit to repair hence the forest. Separated from you ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ â â fering oblation to the fire’ ma’ ndam.21:25-28). ndam. 20:14). She is a religious lady: ‘W ’ (A s banishment to forest we not only see a lamenting mother in her but also woman yodhy Like Kaikeyi, even in Kausìaly â regaining her composure as R â SROT ma, have your desires attained, and do you go, wherever like. I shall see And then you shall receive penalty of hell, well known to the people, as did (A orshipful Kausìaly â K yodhy ASWINI â ndam.83:6). , no occasion to meet Kausìaly The mother â K â : rejoicing at the prospect of bringing Rama, went in an effulgent â â A ma to stay back and serve her: ‘As the monarch is worshipful ndam.20:43-44). Drawing strength from Laksmana’ PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL (A ruly it is’ yodhy â , however , I shall resort to the vow of fasting and not be able , seeking her son’ (A â K â yodhy â â ma reminds her of duty as a wife. When R , the two features that influence her conduct are ndam.20:15). However , becomes prominent over the woman in distress (A , she performing benedictory ceremonies, was earing silk cloth, pleased, and accustomed to â â yodhy K m OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL â â fers the agony of Brahmanicide’ â s welfare, kept up the whole night being except as a mother yana by showing her accompanying the ndam.24:14). It is mother no doubt, but A â (A ma live upon fruits and roots, whose yodhy â K yodhy â W ndam.72:49-51). A â yodhy : ‘Kaikeyi and Sumitr e meet Kausìaly â K â ma’ , as she hears the news of â â ndam.24:2-3). in excellent health and s installation as heir . W V e find R s words, we find isnu’ That Kaikeyi â s words that as the wife / (A 39 (A âmâ â yodhy and the W yodhy e see yana â ma â â â - , forest with him. She puts forth arguments expressing her love for husband that she may for her unconditional love towards man. Sit K with the view of fulfilling intention his high-souled and truthful sire, worthy R Since, O revered one, renouncing the kingdom, your mighty son wendeth (to woods) with all qualities, and is the best of men. Why then do you bewail thus, or weep bitterly? and faith in his qualities. She speaks to Kausaly separation from her only son. It is more than Ram again as she tries to bring out Kausìalay go my son, at your sweet pleasure’ one is your way strongest with befitting etiquette of a queen. one’ having by her endeavours attained end, will frighten me the more like a wicked serpent in Kaikeyi will go about like a serpent that has cast of says to Dasaratha: ‘O best of men, having vented her venom upon Raghava, the crooked pity and jealousy for Kaikeyi keep recurring as she laments her son’ even when he is ‘stupefied with grief about herself than anybody else. She does not leave the opportunity of hurting king in front of Dasaratha blaming him for her grief. one son on whom she depended has gone with his wife. K one’(A will minister to R pride, trust and confidence in her own son: ‘That sinless one, Laksmana, kind to all creatures, righteous. and sister leave for forest we find Sumitr as the noblest of queens. When Laksmana comes to bid her farewell they prepare the other has gone to forest with R wanted to be with Kausalya. having all your ends satisfied, resume the administration of kingdom’ always bringeth welfare in the next world, should by no means be lamented’ staying in the duty that is completely observed by good and performance of which Dasaratha, and Janaka’ sacrifice, and renunciation of the body in field battle. Do you consider Rama as ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ â â ndam.44:2-4). Sumitr ndam.25:40-41). Kausalya is the one who loses most as R s house’ yodhy Of the three wives of Dasartha, unexpectedly Sit -in-law These are the legitimate duties ever observed by this race, charity â SROT stands out among the (A â K . yodhy That a younger brother should follow his elder is in this world the duty of ASWINI â . She says: ‘O sinless one, whether in prosperity or adversity â ndam.44:5). ma in the best way possible, and this is to advantage of high-souled â K s own-begotten as myself; do you regard : â a A ndam.43:2-3). PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL also comes forth as the most adorable of mothers with her And we find Kausalay â advising him on his duty - to take care of elder brother A â ma, still her composure makes the most appreciable yodhy (A ’ (A yodhy yodhy â â from her persistent lamentation having to bear ladies, and in fact among all ladies R T â â rue that she has one son to be with her while â K convinces R W â K : ‘O worshipful one, your son is crowned OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL â â e find Kauasaly once again going back to her lamentation â ndam.40:7-9). ndam.43:1). Moreover f her slough. , it is Sumitr As R â ’ s own mother who shows respect â â ma leaves for forest Dasaratha ma that she should be taken to â ma leaves for forest – her A â â yodhy W who comes forth as the And that fortunate one a little more concerned e meet Sumitr s going to forest. She â as a wilderness, , her cry of self- , initiation into / (A (A , even this 40 âmâ yodhy yodhy â once yana â ma â â else’ me, viz., the asceticism of a woman is ministering to her husband. They did not teach anything you engaged in acts of righteousness, I have not forgotten the words that my relative said to presence of fire on the occasion bestowal my hand, is also remembered by me. and fearful forest, is constantly present in my mind. her saying: ‘What my mother-in-law instructed me at the time that I was leaving for lonely Kâ She tells R It is she who urges R desired by her husband, Sita began to distribute them speedily with a delighted heart’ gets her desire to accompany him granted: ‘Convinced that going the forest was forest and yet she is found happily distributing her personal wealth at R O you of mighty arms: it shall be an object sport for us’ (Aranyak is an outcome of love. She does not listen to R K Râ (Y king Janaka, the receiver (Fire) of sacrificial offering, being incarnate rose up’ (Y have got a pure character As she gets ready to enter the fire we hear her saying: ‘As Raghava consider me vile, who And in fact she prepares for her own death by asking Laksmana to arrange he funeral pyre. had he conveyed his feeling earlier through Hanumana, she would have given up her life then. woman when he doubts her virtue having lived in R that shines forth in all her actions. She reproaches R difference between father and sons’ (Aranyak earth. spoken, O Maithili, is nothing surprising for females. Such the nature of womankind on this (Aranyak lustful for me, followed him alone. Or hast you been engaged by Bharata to act thus?’ ‘V calling her and Laksmana she provokes with harsh words to leave side: also shown to be acting without reason. behind, as one possessing self-knowledge cannot renounce munificence’ forest. When you are determined O Maithili, repair to the forest with me, I cannot leave beautiful countenance, I could not, though capable of escorting you, desire your abode in the objections. R be taken. The convincing nature of her strong desire to accompany R ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ â uddhak erily are you a monster of wickedness, that R uddhak ma, saying, O R ndam.30:47). Sita exists in her love for R ndam.30:28-29). Sit (A W yodhy omen by nature are crooked, fickle, devoid of religious knowledge, and bring about â â â â SROT ndam.45:24). Laksmana describes Sit nda.1 nda.1 ma ‘O son of worshipful Sire, this deer has attracted my mind, get it for me, pray â â ma finally agrees to take her: ‘Not apprised of your full intention, O you K 16:26). Fire himself testifies for Sita’ ASWINI 18:2); ‘Thereupon the Deity of Fire, witness people, spoke to â ndam.1 â â ma, here is your ma to get the beautiful deer that finally will bring her own misfortune. â is obedient to her husband but she has proved that compliance : A 18:7-9). Sita is not without a woman’ PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL , may fire, the witness of people, protect me on all sides’ V aidehi – no sin has visited her When she hears Marica’ â ma. In her conversation with â ndam.45:29-30). But it is her love for R â ma’ â â OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL ma repairing to woods, you have, being in the following words: ‘What you have â And what also my mother taught me in vana’ s command to stay back as he goes s purity of heart: ‘W â ma for treating her like an ordinary s place for long. She tells him that s yearning for the beautiful. s cry in R â â â ndam.43:10). She is ma’ . Neither by words, ma wins over all his ith the daughter of Anasuy s order when she â / ma’ (A 41 (A â we find yodhy And, O yodhy s voice â ma â â , her mind devoted to me and has not given it anyone (else)’ found commenting of her: ‘I know it full well that Maithili, the daughter king Janaka, has has got a good character and is heroic’ mind, understanding nor eyes, she, good-natured and beautiful – has deviated from you who example of love for R as she is about to be left by Laksmana in the forest, we find Sit proof of her purity in the sacrifice arranged by R her in the hermitage, she asks Laksmana to convey words R who believes in sanctity of moral values. woman’ Kusadhvaja wanted to bestow of her past life, Sit are for R the continued showers of celestial flowers’ the throne. stretched out her arms and taken Maithili, the goddess Earth welcomed laced on womb’ R find a place for her if she is pure: ‘I have always with my mind, body and words prayed Sita asks for place in the bosom of Earth not to return anymore. She calls on mother and for her sons as R censure; for you are her excellent refuge’ (Uttara K of a bad name you have renounced her pure, ever devoted to you and engaged in your well-being. She knows it full well, that afraid the pious king do you address him, in my name, saying – her and even after hearing story on who slew Kusadhvaja in his sleep. Knowing the wish of her father this is she that has been born as the daughter of king Janaka’ (Uttara K of any female vessel’ oblation to the fire, then I shall be chaste daughter of some virtuous person, albeit unborn curse, it shall cost my asceticism. But if I have done anything, given away offered compass your destruction. It lie not in a female to slay male intent on sin; and if I utter says to Ravana: ‘As I have in this world been dishonoured by you, shall again be born be born again and the cause of his death. having been thus treated decided to end her life. However ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ â V ma’ isnu and carried on rigid austerities. However s well-being and by virtue hereof may the goddess (Uttara K Sarama is a character who appeals by her friendly and compassionate nature. Interestingly s concern for another woman. â ma. SROT And while seated on the throne she was entering earth, covered with And this love, R ASWINI â ndam.97:15). â â (Uttara K , it is in the women of Lanka, Sarama and was ma’ â ma. : A s. But this time, it appears, feeling her duty towards R PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL V As she comes to know of R edavati, the ‘word-impregnated daughter â m â V W ndam.17:30-32). edavati on â yana shows she has carried from her past life. In the story , intent on his desire ‘seized the girl by hair e find Sit And it is in Mandodari that we come across a woman (Y . It is her duty to put a stop your ill-name and (Uttara K uddhak â V V finally being taken in by her mother: ‘Having isnu. edavati before entering into the funeral pyre â , Ravana seeing ma. OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL And this is Sit â â This angered Sambhu, king of Daityas nda.1 ndam.48:12-13). Sit â There ndam.97:19-20). Sit â Y ma’ 18:5-6). In fact R V , she told Ravana that would ou know O Raghava, that Sit (Y asundhara give me room in her V s order to Laksmana leave almiki vouched for her purity uddhak â â V once more standing as an â in her next birth: ‘O lord, edavati wanted to possess ma: ‘Thereupon saluting V T edavati fixed her heart rijatòa, that we find a â nda.1 â ndam.17:34). â ’ once again gives of Kusadhavja. â ’ â s life and death 18:15). ma himself is / ’. â 42 ma done, V edavati Again, â As is Sit created by Ravana. She tries to lift Sit commend itself to me as probable’ with self, is incapable of being surprised in sleep; nor does the slaying that tiger-like one illusion, Sarama appears in the scene as Sit (Y have replied to him. For you, O you of expansive eyes, I no fear Ravana’ Ravana, have remaining hid, heard everything that the addressed to you, as well what you tells Sit ocean by R hurry precisely because he is in consultation with his counsellors regarding crossing of the Sit of the wind-god guessed. This one endowed with wealth youth and beauty might be inner apartment, lying down. time she tries her best to keep Sit (Y with Raghava but you did not pay heed to my words and this is the result (thereof)’ Ravana from continuing in creating enmity with him : ‘I prevented you the death of her husband. It is in lamentation that we learn she tried to prevent splendour of gold; the object (Ravana’ mistakes her for Sit understanding of what constitutes righteousness. unslain. af trying neither agitation nor anxiety the field, like a vessel on water that has lost its helmsman. But, O lorn one, these troops, be are alive: ‘An army that has its heroes chiefs slain becoming dispirited and drooping, range with sharp shaft, R shirk his own destruction or that of all the Raksasas’ coveting surcease. He cannot yield you up from sheer fear; nor is he backward in battle, or that cruel one has arrived at along with his advisors. This intent is in consequence of their renouncing his life, he does not intend to liberate you. Even this is the determination which comes back to relate everything she learns Sit Ravana wants her to believe. She has good argument suggest that R and af battlefield thinking them to be dead, it is ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ fection. Do you at this conclusion bringing in joy uddhak uddhak â â ’ (Sundarak loses her sense in grief being shown the slewed head of R fection towards Sit â Mandodari, the beautiful wife of Ravana comes forth as a woman with clear Like Sarama, This I tell you from af : ‘Having come to the solitary wood for protecting you, I, renouncing all fear of â â SROT â nda.1 nda.33:5-6). ma. She puts her own life at danger for removing a fellow being’ â ASWINI ndam.10:53). That beautiful Mandodari is met second time as she laments 1 1:18). Mandodari was married to Ravana, but she not blind his â ma will take you back to â : ‘The monkey saw there the yellow-hues Mandodari, having T rijata too makes her place in our heart with expression of care : At Sit A â PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL . As Sit And seeing (Mandodari) adorned with ornaments, the of fection’ â ’ s request she goes to find out what Ravana is upto and â (Y , are guarding the Kakutsthas. â ’ gets saddened to see R s spirit up: ‘O dark-eyed lady slaying Ravana in battle uddhak (Y â ’ s spirit by informing Sit uddhak s) desire; beautiful exceedingly T â rijata who reasons with her not to think thus as ’ â s consoler nda.33:8). Sarama tells Sit A yodhy W â â nda.48:26-28). OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL e meet her once in palace as Hanumana , take comfort; and behold the Kakutsthas . Sarama is truthful: ‘O Maithili, without (Y â . She says to Sit ’ uddhak (Y uddhak â ma and Laksmana lying in the â This I tell you of them out nda.34:24-25). â â â that Ravana has left in a ma by Ravana through nda.34:26). â : ‘R â â , the mistress of that it is an illusion ma and Laksmana â s suf ma, acquainted At the same / fering. She 43 fspring your desire for the company of Sita’ having a blameless person, you did bring destruction of your family faults: ‘Having brought in a false guise from solitary forest the sorrowful and chaste Sita, (Y own state- I am only lamenting for me who have been sorry your destruction’ is possessed of sorrow not being worthy of grieved by me. On account my effeminate nature understanding is not lamenting evil Ravana’ of my father – and this is the result thereof with your own prowess you did not hear the word of Marica, Kumbhakarna as well those the Raksasa families have been deprived of their lords’ – (and from them) has proceeded the great disaster exterminating race. disaster arising from your anger and lust. For vicious deeds all our good fortune is lost destruction of Raksasas: ‘This leading Raksasas has proceeded from the person. do in making one special - it does not stand on the way of turning oneself into a single unique act accordingly remains engaging not because of queenship, but her ability to read situations and Târâ each developed her own nature. Of the royal ladies - Kausìalay personality above demonstrates how with undeniable facticity one develops and builds one’ under the constraints decided by one’ felt as a royalty being a princess overcomes her restraint to follow love; she does not make presence relegating their feelings to the background and standing for that which is right. Sit son is banished to forest. Of the regal ladies both Sumitra and Mandodari stand out – Kausaly thought right for her son and herself within total lack of freedom in decision making. Each reader can find a spot in their hearts for even Kaikeyi. Kaikeyi acted what she reforms herself. find a place for for her ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ uddhak , and Mandodari – it is not their regal birth which makes them live in one’ , then it is devotion that makes Sìavari unfor R â ’ â â s cries of self-pity get dimmed as we try to feel the suf SROT m nda.1 . If it is â yana shows clearly that it is an inescapable fact of life each being placed . Ahaly , but as a woman for whom life and death revolves round her love. Anasuy And it is Sarama and 1 ASWINI 1:74-75). Anasuy â . Carrying your pious and iniquitous deeds you have attained as she bears courageously the responsibility of her own doing and â : , Sìavari, A â PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ’ s compassion for others that creates a place in people’ s death: ‘Y Ahaly s environment. 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COLLEGE WOMEN CELL 1928 ‰¬ÚÀÓ¬ õ∂fl¡±ø˙Ó¬ / 46 ë1±Ò± Assamese Relations ¤ 1±fl¡œ ˜ø˝√√˘±1 fl¡Ô± Î◊¬À~‡ fl¡ø1ÀÂ√, ˚±1 ¬Û1± Ú±˝√√1À‡±1±˝◊ ¤‡Ú ˚±≈√fl¡1œ Ó¬±˜1 Ù¬ø˘ ¬Û±˝◊øÂ√˘º [ ŒÓ¬›“À˘±fl¡ ≈√À˚˛± fl¡ªÓ¬« ˜ø˝√√˘± ¬ı≈ø˘ Î◊¬À~‡ fl¡ø1ÀÂ√º Ó¬≈√¬Ûø1 ŒÓ¬›“ 1˜˘œ Ú±˜1 ¬ıøÚ˚˛± ¸•x√±˚˛1 ’±Ú 1±Ò± ’±1n∏ 1n∏ø%Ìœ ¸±¬ı«Àˆ¬Ã˜ 1±Ìœ∑ fl¡ø1øÂ√˘ ’±1n∏ øÓ¬À1±Ó¬± ˝√√› øÚˆ¬«˚˛ ˜ÀÚÀ1 ¬Û≈1n∏ ∏1 ˘ Ó¬ ˚≈“øÊ√¬ıÕ˘ ’± ¬ı±øϬˇøÂ√˘ º ÒÚ… 1±Ò± 1n∏ø%Ìœ fl¡±1ÀÌ 1±Ò± 1n∏ø%Ìœ ≈√¬ıı«˘ ˝√√› ¸¬ı˘± ˝√√øÂ√˘, ˜‘̱˘¸‘√˙ Œfl¡±˜˘ ¸˜œ ¬ı‘é¬1 øÚø‰¬Ú± fl¡øÍ¬Ú 1+¬Û Ò±1Ì øÓ¬À1±Ó¬±˝◊ fl¡±˚«Àé¬SÓ¬ ˆ¬ø1 ø√À˚˛ ŒÓ¬øÓ¬˚˛± ¬Û≈1n∏ ∏ ’±1n∏ øÓ¬À1±Ó¬±1 ˜±Ê√Ó¬ Œfl¡±ÀÚ± õ∂Àˆ¬√ ŒÚÔ±Àfl¡º Œ¸˝◊ fl¡ø1¬ı ŒÚ±ª±1± fl¡±˜ Ê√ Ó¬Ó¬ øfl¡ ’±ÀÂ√∑ øõ∂˚˛Ó¬˜fl¡ ø˝√√˚˛±Ó¬ õ∂øӬᬱ fl¡ø1, ˝√√+√˚˛1 ¬ı˘Ó¬ ¬ıø˘á¬± ˝√√ Œ˚øÓ¬˚˛± ˆ¬±˘À¬Û±ª±º ¤˝◊ ‚ȬڱøȬ ¬ÛøÓ¬ Œõ∂˜1 ˆ¬œ1Ó¬± ’±1n∏ ’±R ¸˜¬Û«Ì1 ¤fl¡ ’¬Û”¬ıı« ‘√©Ü±ôLº ¶§±˜œ1 ’ÀÔ« øÓ¬À1±Ó¬±˝◊ ’±1n∏ ˆ¬œ ∏Ì fl¡±˚« ¸±ÒÚ fl¡ø1¬ıÕ˘ ¸é¬˜ ˝√√øÂ√˘, ø¸ ŒÓ¬›“À˘±fl¡1 ¬¬˝√√+√˚˛1 øÚ•ú«˘ Œõ∂˜, ¶§±˜œ1 õ∂øÓ¬ ’fl‘¡øS˜ ’±øÊ√ 1±Ê√ ø¸—˝√√±¸ÚÓ¬ ¤˝◊ ø¬ı ∏˜ ¬Ûø1¬ıÓ¬«Úº Œfl¡±˜˘±eœ øÓ¬À1±Ó¬± ≈√ 1±fl¡œÀ˚˛ ø˚˝√√1 ¬ı˘Ó¬ ¤ÀÚ ¤È¬± ˜˝√√» 1n∏ø%Ìœ Ú±˜1 ≈√ 1±fl¡œ ˜ø˝√√˘±1 Ú±˜ ’±øÂ√˘º Œ¸˝◊ ¸˜˚˛Ó¬ ’¸˜1 1±Ê√ÕÚøÓ¬fl¡ 鬘Ӭ±Ó¬ 1±Ò± 1n∏ø%Ìœ1 ’¸±˜±Ú… ¤ÀÊ√ôL ¬ı± Ó¬Q±ªÒ±˚˛fl¡ Œ√øˆ¬√ ¶®Ó¬1 ˝√√±Ó¬Ó¬ ¬Û1± ’¸˜1 ¸±¬ı«Àˆ¬Ã˜ 1Ê√±¸fl¡˘1 ¤‡Ú Ó¬±ø˘fl¡±Ó¬ 1±Ò± ’±1n∏ after Lukhmee Singh. øÓ¬øᬬı ŒÚ±ª±ø1 ¬Û1±ô¶ Œ˝√√±ª±Ó¬ Œ˜±ª±˜1œ˚˛±˝√√“ÀÓ¬ ’¬ı±ÀÒ 1±Ê√ Ú 1 ’øÒfl¡±1 fl¡À1º ...î 1±Ê√À¸Ú± ’±1n∏ Œ˜±ª±˜1œ˚˛±1 ˜±Ê√Ó¬ Œ‚±1Ó¬1 ˚≈X ˝√√˚˛º 1Ì ‰¬Ó≈¬1± 1±Ò± 1n∏ø%Ìœ1 ¬ıœ1Q ˙øMê1 ’± Ó¬ 1±Ò± 1n∏ø%Ìœ1 ’√˜… Î◊¬√ƒ øÚ, ≈√À˚˛± ˘ ˘±ø Œ˜±ª±˜1œ˚˛±˝√√“Ó¬fl¡ ‰¬Ó≈¬&«ÀÌ Î◊¬»¸±ø˝√√Ó¬ fl¡ø1 Ó≈¬ø˘øÂ√˘º ˚Ô±¸˜˚˛Ó¬ ˜1±Ì1 Ú±À˜ Ú ‰≈¬fl¡œ˚˛± Œ˜±˝√√1 ˜1±À˘º ... ˜1±Ìfl¡ ø¸—˝√√±¸ÚÓ¬ ¬ıUª±˝◊ 1Ê√± ¬Û±øÓ¬À˘ ’±1n∏ øÚÀÊ√ ¬ı1¬ı1n∏ª± ø‡Ó¬±À¬ÛÀ1 õ∂Ò±Ú ˜Laœ ˝√√ ÚÓ≈¬Ú ’±Î¬ˇ•§À1À1 1±‚Àª ˘Ñœø¸—˝√√fl¡ fl¡±À1„√√1 ¬Û1± Òø1 øÚ Ê√˚˛¸± 1 √í˘Ó¬ ¬ı œ fl¡ø1 Ô Ú±˝√√1 Œ‡±1±1 ¬ı1¬Û≈ÀÓ¬fl¡ 1˜±fl¡±ôL ¬Û˘±¬ıÕ˘ Òø1À˘º Œ˜±ª±˜1œ˚˛±˝◊ Œ˝√√˘±1À„√√ 1ÌÓ¬ Ê√˚˛œ ˝√√ ’¬ı±ÀÒ 1±Ê√Ú 1 ’øÒfl¡±1 fl¡ø1À˘º Œ¸Ú±¬ÛøÓ¬ Ê√œ˚˛1œ 1Ì ‰¬Ó≈¬1± 1n∏ø%ÌœÀ˚˛ ¤˝◊ ˚≈XÀÓ¬ ’±“‰¬˘ ¬Û±øÓ¬ &˘œ Ò1± fl¡Ô± õ∂‰¬±1 Œ˝√√±ª±Ó¬ 1Ê√±1 Œ¸Ú±˝◊ ˆ¬˚˛ ‡±˝◊ 1ø%Ìœ1 fl¡Ô± ¤ÀÚÕfl¡ Î◊¬À~‡ fl¡ø1ÀÂ√ – ¸≈À‡À1 ¬ı±¸ fl¡ø1Â√±º ...î ŒÓ¬±˜±À˘±fl¡1 Œõ∂˜ ’±1n∏ ÒÚ… ¬ıœ1Qº ŒÓ¬±˜±À˘±Àfl¡ õ∂±Ì1 ¬ÛøÓ¬À1 ¸ÀÓ¬ ’±Ú Ò±˜Ó¬ ø‰¬1fl¡±˘ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ’ªÀ˙… ¤˝◊ ≈√ 1±fl¡œ ¬ıœ1±— Ú± ˜1±Ì Œ˜±ª±˜1œ˚˛± ¬ı≈ø˘À˚˛˝◊ Ê√Ú± íÀ˘› √ ì ’±Ú˝√√±ÀÓ¬ ì... øÓ¬Àfl¡ ¤Ù¬±À˘ 1±Ê√ ¬Ûø1˚˛±˘Ó¬ ‘˝√√ fl¡ ˘ Œ˝√√±ª±1 Ê√±ÚÚœ ’±1n∏ ’±ÚÙ¬±À˘ 1±‚ª1 ¬ıœ1 ¬ÛPœ ¬Û≈Ú1 ë ..... άˇ ±›“ Ú 11 ›‰¬1ÀÓ¬ 1±Ê√À¸Ú± ’±1n∏ Œ˜±ª±˜1œ˚˛±1 ˜±Ê√Ó¬ Œ‚±1Ó¬1 ˚≈X ’±1y ˝√√í˘º ˜1±Ì ˝◊˚˛±1 Î◊¬¬Ûø1› ë ìììì In a list of sover SROT 1±‚ ¬ıø˘ ë ë ë ë ë ASWINI A Memoir of the Late David Scott í Ú±˜1 ø˜˘ÚÓ¬ õ∂fl¡±ø˙Ó¬ ’±Ú ¤È¬± Œ˘‡±Ó¬ ¬ı1À ±˝√√“±À˚˛ ø˘ø‡ÀÂ√– 1±Ìœ fl≈¡1— Ú˚˛Úœ ¬ı± ˜ ˘≈ fl≈¡ª“1œ , p. 198 î îîîî : A ˝◊˚˛±1 ¬Û1± Œ√‡± ˚±˚˛ ˆ¬±1Ó¬1 ¬ı‘øÓ¬‰¬ ˆ¬Ú«1 ŒÊ√ÀÚÀ1˘1 Î◊¬M√√√1 ¬Û”¬ı ¬ı±À¬ı PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL eigns I met with, two females, ]. OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL í Ú±˜1 ’±Ú ¤È¬± õ∂¬ıgÓ¬ ¬ı1À ±˝√√“±À˚˛ 1±Ò± í í í í í øfl¡Ó¬±¬ÛÓ¬ Œ√øˆ¬√ ¶®ÀÓ¬ ø˘ø‡ÀÂ√ – Y ada and Y ooking, appear 0 ¸”˚«fl≈¡˜±1 ˆ”¬¤û±˝◊ / 47 Anglo- Ø ÒÚ… √GœÚ±Ô fl¡ø˘Ó¬±1 ‘√ø©ÜÓ¬ 1±Ò± 1n∏ø%Ìœ 1±Ò± 1n∏ø%Ìœ 1˜˘œ 1„√√±˘œ √ø˘Ó¬ fl¡ªÓ¬« ¬ıøÚ˚˛± ˜ø˝√√˘±∑ Lukhmee Singh, Rama Kantau was enthroned by Rookmunee and Radha õ∂ˆ¬±ª1 fl¡Ô± ¶®Ó¬1 ¬Û±‰¬1 ¬ı±fl¡…ÀȬ±Àª› õ∂˜±Ì fl¡À1 – ì øÊ√Àfl¡“±, ŒÓ¬ÀÚ˝√√íÀ˘ Œfl¡±ÀÚ± Œ˘Í¬± Ú±˝◊º øfl¡c ˚ø√ ˝√√±ø1¬ı ˘ ± ˝√√˚˛ ŒÓ¬ÀôL ¬Û≈1≈∏ ∏¸fl¡˘ ŒÓ¬± ˜ø1¬ı˝◊ øÓ¬1≈∏Ó¬±¸fl¡˘À1± ˘í1±ÀȬ±1 Ú±˜ 1˜±fl¡±ôL, ¬ı˚˛¸Ó¬ õ∂±˚˛ 1±‚ª1 ¸˜Úœ˚˛±º ... ÚÓ≈¬ÚÕfl¡ 1±Ò± ’±1≈≈∏ 1≈∏ø%Ìœ Ú±˜ ˘˚˛º ŒÓ¬›“À˘±fl¡1 ¸±˝√√ ø¬ÛÓ¬ ¬Û≈1≈∏ ∏Ó¬Õfl¡ Œfl¡±ÀÚ± ≈ÀÌ fl¡˜ Ú±øÂ√˘º 1±Ò±1 ά±„√√1 fl¡ø˘Ó¬±˝◊ ¤ÀÚÕfl¡ Î◊¬À~‡ fl¡ø1ÀÂ√ – ø¬ıøˆ¬iß ¸•x√±˚˛1 ˘ Ó¬ ¸≈¸•Ûfl¡«1 ˝◊—ø Ó¬ Ù≈¬øȬ Î◊¬Í¬± fl¡Ô±ÀȬ± ¸“‰¬±º Nahar proceeded to the Moamora Mahanta with plate. plate containing many incantations. Her daughter Rangali, was taken as wife by Nahar with a Hari woman named Ramali. She gave him some instructions and written copper then proceeded to and halted at Bengenabari on the side of river Dilhiri. There he put up instructions from his friends. In the month of Dinshan (Magh), Nahar arrived at Dergaon. He ’±1n∏ 1„√√±˘œ Ú±˜1 ≈√ 1±fl¡œ ¬ıøÚ˚˛± ¸•x√±˚˛1 ˜ø˝√√˘±1 fl¡Ô± ¤ÀÚÕfl¡ Î◊¬À~‡ fl¡1± ˝√√ÀÂ√ – ¬Û‘. ¬Ûø1‰¬±˘Ú±Ó¬ ø¬ıÀ^±˝√√œ ¸Ú…√˘ Œfl¡Î◊¬ø¬ÛÚ1 ¬Û1± ’±&ª±˝◊ øÂ√˘ºî [ 1n∏ø%Ìœ [ˆ¬±¬ı≈˘œ], ¬Û≈S 1˜±fl¡±ôL [1˜±Ú ], ˜˝√√ôL ¬ı—˙œ˚˛ ¬ı±˚˛Ú ŒÎ¬fl¡± ’±1n∏ Œ ±ø¬ı ±›“¬ı≈Ϭˇ± ˝◊Ó¬…±ø√1 άˇ “±› 1—¬Û≈1 ’øˆ¬˜≈À‡ 1±‚ ŒÚ› , Ú±˝√√1À‡±1± ˙˝◊fl¡œ˚˛±, ŒÓ¬›“1 ≈√˝◊ fl¡ªÓ¬« ¬ÛPœ 1±Ò± [ˆ¬±Ó≈¬fl¡œ] ’±1n∏ ˆ¬œ1 õ∂ˆ¬±ª1 õ∂˜±Ì ø√À˚˛º 1n∏ø%ÌœÀ˚˛À˝√√ 1Ê√± ¬Û±øÓ¬øÂ√˘ ¬ı≈ø˘ Œfl¡±ÀÚ± ¬ı≈1ø?Ó¬ Î◊¬À~‡ ’±øÂ√˘º ˝◊› 1±Ò± 1n∏ø%Ìœ1 1±Ê√ÚœøÓ¬Ó¬ 1988, p. 125) ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 47] ( A √0 ’˜À˘ ≈ &˝√√À˚˛± 1±Ò± 1n∏ø%Ìœfl¡ fl¡ªÓ¬« ˜ø˝√√˘± ¬ı≈ø˘ Î◊¬À~‡ fl¡ø1 ø˘ø‡ÀÂ√, ì˚≈X1 Ó‘¬Ó¬œ˚˛ ¬Û˚«±˚˛Ó¬, Memoir ...1±Ò± ˜˝◊ ¤È¬± fl¡Ô± ˆ¬±ø¬ıÀÂ√“±, ’±øÊ√À˚˛˝◊ ˝√√›fl¡, ¬ı± ≈√˝◊ ¤¬ıÂ√1 ¬Û±‰¬ÀÓ¬˝◊ ˝√√›fl¡ 1Ì ˝√√í¬ı˝◊º ˚ø√ ’±ø˜ ì...Ú±˝√√11 ≈√ 1±fl¡œ ˆ¬±˚«…± ’±øÂ√˘, Ú±˜ ˆ¬±Ó≈¬fl¡œ ’±1n∏ ˆ¬±¬ı≈˘œº ø¬Û‰¬Ó¬ ŒÓ¬›“À˘±Àfl¡ ¤˝◊ ¤ø1 ’¸˜ ¬ı≈1ø?Ó¬ õ∂±˚˛ ≈√˝◊ ˙øÓ¬fl¡± Ê√≈ø1 õ∂¬ı±√ Ú±1œÓ¬ ¬Ûø1ÌÓ¬ Œ˝√√±ª± 1±Ò± 1≈ø%Ìœ1 ø¬ı ∏À˚˛ √GœÚ±Ô ì [fl¡œøÓ¬«‰¬f ¬ı1¬ı1n∏ª±1 ¡Z±1± ’¬Û˜±Ú1 ¬Û±‰¬Ó¬] ˝◊Ù¬±À˘ 1±˚˛‰¬±˝√√±¬ı Œ ±˘±¬Û ‰¬f ¬ı1n∏ª±˝◊ Ó¬±˝◊1 ¬Û1± ˝◊—1±Ê√œÕ˘ ’Ú≈¬ı±√ fl¡1± ’¸˜ ¬ı≈1ø?ÀÓ¬± 1˜˘œ ˝◊˚˛±1 ¬Û1± Œ√‡± ˚±˚˛ Œ˚˛ ˘Ñœø¸—˝√√1 ˜‘Ó≈¬…1 ¬Û±‰¬Ó¬ 1˜±fl¡±ôLfl¡ ’±Ú Œfl¡±ÀÚ±Àª Ú˝√√˚˛, 1±Ò± ’±1n∏ ¤˝◊ Ó¬Ô…¸˜”˝√√1 ¸Ó¬…¸Ó¬…Ó¬±1 øÚ(˚˛Ó¬± ø√˚˛± ’±˜±1 ¬ı±À¬ı ¸yª Ú˝√√˚˛, øfl¡c ˝◊˚˛±Ó¬ ø¬ıÀ^±˝√√1 Ú±˚˛fl¡¸fl¡˘1 ...Nahar was quite mortified. He thought of taking revenge and went out to get SROT of the Late David Scott, ASWINI : A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL by Major According to Buranjee on the death of OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL ¬ı ∏ûª¬ı±√1 ¬Û1± Œ˜±ª±˜1œ˚˛± ø¬ıÀ^±˝√√Õ˘ Adam ( î Ahom Buranji White, DHAS, Guwahati, , Jorhat, 1930) / 48 î . 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COLLEGE WOMEN CELL ’¸˜œ˚˛± ‡¬ı1 ¬Û±øÓ¬ ’±¸≈1œ Œ‡˘ 1Ì Î◊¬ø˘˚˛±˝◊ÀÂ√ [Î◊¬Mê 67 ¬ ˙fl¡1] ‰¬S¬ ˜±˝√√Ó¬ 1—¬Û≈1Õ˘ Î◊¬Ê√±˝◊ ’±ø˝√√˘º ¬Û‘ᬱӬ ø˘‡± ˝√√ÀÂ√, Ó¬ ø˚ fl¡Ô± ’±ÀÂ√, Œ¸˚˛± ¤˚˛± – ] 1691 ˙fl¡1 ˜±¸ ’±À‚±Úº ¬Û±À‰¬ 1691 65 ]º ¬ ˙fl¡1 ‰¬íÓ¬1 ø¬ıU1¬ / 50 ¸˙¶a ’—˙¢∂˝√√Ì Œ˚ ¤˝◊ ø¬ıÀ^±˝√√1 ¤fl¡ ø¬ıÀ˙ ∏ ø√˙ ’±øÂ√˘ Œ¸˚˛± ¶Û©Ü ˝√√ ¬ÛÀ1 ø¬ıÀ^±˝√√Ó¬ ’—˙¢∂˝√√Ìfl¡±1œ a temporary lull.” (p. 202 of Goswami were reduced to one eighth of their original strength. But repression effected only Brahmin general Dhaneswar Kataky the Moamorias and their sympathisers. The latter oder was carried out so successfully by a ¬Î◊¬À~‡ fl¡ø1ÀÂ√ – ì1±‚ª1 ˜±fl¡ ’±1≈∏ ˜±˝√√œÀ˚˛fl¡, 1±Ò± 1≈∏ø%Ìœ, ¤˝◊ ≈√À˚˛±Àfl¡ ’±øÚ ¬ı˝√√≈ ˙±øô¶ ø√ ¬ıÒ fl¡ø1À˘ºî ¶Û©Üº Ù≈¬fl¡Ú 1±Ê√À‡±ª± ’±1≈∏ 1≈∏fl≈¡Ìœº ˝◊˚˛±1 ¬Û1± ≈ª±˝√√±È¬œ1 ø¬ıÀ^±˝√√œ ø˙ø¬ı1ÀÓ¬± ŒÓ¬›“1 Œ˚ ŒÚÓ‘¬Q√±˚˛œ ˆ”¬ø˜fl¡± ’±øÂ√˘, fl¡ø1À˘, øÚ˝√√Ó¬ ø¬ıÀ^±˝√√œ Ú±˚˛fl¡¸fl¡˘1 ˜±Ê√Ó¬ ≈√Ê√Ú1 Ú±˜À˝√√ ¬ı≈1ø?‡ÚÓ¬ Î◊¬À~‡ ’±ÀÂ√º Œ¸˚˛± ˝√√í˘ øÚÀ˙ ∏ maiming the probable of the next king Gaurinath Singha, a foolish move was started to exterminate evil by first fl¡È¬fl¡œ ÒÀÚù´À1 ’±ø˝√√ ø¬ı ∏˚˛±¸fl¡˘fl¡ Ò1± ¬ı± ˜1±, ¬ı1fl¡È¬fl¡œfl¡ ¬Ûͬ±˝◊øÂ√˘ º ŒÓ¬›“1 √±ø˚˛Q ’±øÂ√˘ ˜1±Ì1 ø˘ø ø1 ¬fl¡“±Î¬ˇœ ¬ı1Ù≈¬fl¡Úfl¡ Ò√1± ’±1n∏ ¬ı±øfl¡ ˜1±Ì Colonial was also sent to Guwahati help the new Governor the vicer kanri-parik ¤˝◊ 1≈fl≈¡Ìœfl¡ ë&ª±˝√√±øȬӬ 1n∏fl≈¡Ìœ1 ¬ıÒí ë1±Ò± ˝√√Ó¬…±í fl¡Ô±Õ˘ ˚±›“º øfl¡c 1±‚ ˜1±Ì1 ˝√√Ó¬…±1 ¬Û±‰¬ÀÓ¬ 1Ê√±‚1œ˚˛±˝◊ ø¡ZÓ¬œ˚˛ ˘é¬… ø˝√√‰¬±À¬Û fl¡±fl¡ ¬ı±ø‰¬ ˘íÀ˘ ∑ ¬Û≈Ú1 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ [ ’±À˝√√±˜1 ø√Ú, 1±Ò± 1≈ø%Ìœ1 ’—˙¢∂˝√√Ì Œ˚ Œ˜±ª±˜1œ˚˛± ø¬ıÀ^±˝√√1 Œfl¡±ÀÚ± ø¬ıø2Â√iß ‚Ȭڱ Ú±øÂ√˘ ¬ı1— Ú±1œ1 ¸øSê˚˛ ø˝√√ÀÓ¬ù´1 ¬ı1¬ı1≈∏ª±˝◊ 1±Ò± 1≈∏ø%Ìœ›¬ ≈√À˚˛±Àfl¡ 1Ê√±‚1œ˚˛± ¬ı±ø˝√√ÚœÀ˚˛ fl¡Àͬ±1 ˙±øô¶ ø√ ˜±ø1øÂ√˘ ¬ı≈ø˘ ¤˝◊ Œ˚ ÒÀÚù´1 fl¡È¬fl¡œ1 ŒÚÓ‘¬Q±ÒœÚ 1Ê√±‚1œ˚˛± ¬ı±ø˝√√ÚœÀ˚˛ ≈ª±˝√√±È¬œÓ¬ Œ˜±ª±˜1œ˚˛± ø¬ıÀ^±˝√œ√fl¡ √˜Ú “The root cause of the trouble however couldnot be eliminated and during reign Î◊¬Mê ÒÀÚù´1 ¬ı1fl¡È¬fl¡œ Œfl¡±Ú ’±øÂ√˘, Œ¸˝◊ ø¬ı ∏À˚˛ 1±Ê√À˜±˝√√Ú Ú±ÀÔ ¤ÀÚ fl¡ ø˘ø‡ÀÂ√, ˝◊Ù¬±À˘ Œ˜±ª±˜1œ˚˛± ø¬ıÀ^±˝√√œfl¡ &ª±˝√√±È¬œÓ¬ √˜Ú fl¡ø1¬ıÕ˘ ¶§ «À√Àª ¬ı“±˝√√¬ı1œ˚˛± fl¡È¬fl¡œ1 ‚11 ÒÀÚù´1 쌸˝◊ ˜±Ú≈À˝√√˝◊ ˝√√1 Œ Ã1œ1 í√˘Ó¬ 1±Ò±fl¡ ‡≈ø‰¬ ˜±ø1À˘ºî ì¬ÛÀ1 ¬ı1Ù≈¬fl¡ÀÚ ¬Û±˝◊ ˜1±Ì1 øÚÀ˙ ∏ Ù≈¬fl¡Ú 1±Ê√À‡±ª±fl¡ ˜±ø1À˘º ¤˝◊ Î◊¬¬Û ø˙À1±Ú±˜±À1 ¤ÀÚ fl¡ ø˘‡± ˝√√ÀÂ√– oy for Assam
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An ordinary / 51 º ¬ evolt, Û±À‰¬ 1 ’±1≈ √˝√√ 1±fl¡œ ¸˙¶a ø¬ıÀ^±ø˝√√Ìœ ŒÚSœ¶ö±Úœ˚˛ ’±1≈ ¬ı˝√√≈ Ú±1œ1 Ú±˜ Î◊¬À~‡1 ¬Û1±º ’±1≈ ŒÓ¬›“À˘±fl¡1 ¬ıœ1Q1 fl¡±ø˝√√Úœ ¤˝◊√À1 Œ¬Û±ª± ˚±˚˛ – ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ |œ|œ ’øÚ1n∏XÀ√ª1 ‰¬ø1Ó SROT ASWINI : A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL Œ˚Ú ˘±À fl¡1± ’±ø˜ ’±ø¸ Ê√±Ú ø√À˘±ºº ì...¬ı1¬Û±S ¸À˜ ˜1eœÀ‡±ª± Œ˚ Œ ±˝√√“±˝◊º ˙±øôL ¸ª ˜ÀÒ… ø¸ÀȬ± Ú±1œ ø˙À1±˜ø̺º Œfl¡“±‰¬ ¬Û±øÓ¬ &ø˘ ˙±ôLœ Òø1› øÚÀ˙ ∏ºº ¶aœÀ˚˛ Œfl¡“±‰¬ ¬Û±øÓ¬ &ø˘ Òø1 Â√±øȬ ˜±À1º ˙±ôLœ ¸ª ˘˚˛± ¬Û±øÓ¬˘ôL ˚≈X Œ‡˘±ºº qøÚ 1±Ê√± ˆ¬œÉ Ú±1±˚˛Ìfl¡ ’±À√ø˙˘±º Œ˝√√Ú Œ√ø‡ Œ˚±À f˝◊ fl¡ø1˘± ’±À√˙º Œ¬ı±À˘ qÚ ’À1 ≈√©Ü 1±Ê√±1 ¬Û√±øÓ¬ºº ˘é¬ Œ˘±fl¡ ˜±ø1 fl¡ø1ø˘ Î◊¬¬ı±1ºº ¬ ¬Û≈øÔÓ¬ 1±Ò± 1≈ø%Ìœ1 Î◊¬¬Ûø1›¬ ’±Ú √˝√√ 1±fl¡œ ø¬ıÀ^±ø˝√√Ìœ ŒÚSœ1 Ú±˜ &1n∏ ¸À˜ ˜±ø1 ’±Â√ ’ÀÚfl¡ Œ˚ ¬ı±1º fl¡“fl¡±˘Ó¬ ¬ı¶a ¬ı±øg ˚≈ÀX ˆ¬˘± øÔ1ºº Œ¸ø˝√√ &ø˘ ˘±ø ¬ıU ¸Ú… Ì ˜À1ºº Ò≈À• ’gfl¡±1 ˆ¬˘ ŒÚÀ√ø‡ ’±fl¡±˙º ø˝√√Õ˘ ¸ª ˜±À1 ’øÓ¬ Ú±ø˝√√ ŒÂ√√ Œˆ¬√º ‰¬Ó≈¬1e √˘ ˘˚˛± ¬ı1 Œ ±˝√√“±˝◊ ˘±ºº ¸≈ˆ¬^± ¸≈‰¬˘± Ê√˚˛± Œ1±ø˝√√Ìœ ¸≈˜Ó¬œ ºº ¬ıi£≈+fl¡1 &ø˘ ˜±ø1 ¬ıÀ˘ Ú¬Û±ø1À˘±º ’± ¬ı±øϬˇ ˚±˚˛ ¸Àª fl¡ø1 ˜˝√√± Œ‡√ºº ŒÓ¬øÓ¬é¬ÀÌ ø¡ZÊ√1 Úø Úœ ‰¬f˜±˘±º ˜Ò≈1œ &1n∏1 ŒÓ¬“À˝√√ ¬ıÒ≈ Œ¸Ãˆ¬±ø Úœº ¬Û±ÀÂ√ ’± ¬ı±øϬˇ ‰¬f˜±˘± ˜˝√√±¸Ó¬œº ¸˜ô¶Àfl¡ ¬ıøÒ ’±Â√ fl¡ø1˚˛± ’Ú…±˚˛ºº 1y± Œ˚ Ê√˚˛ôLœ ˆ¬±Ú≈˜Ó¬œ ˆ¬^±ªÓ¬œº 1Ì1 ¬ı‘M√√√±ôL fl¡˘± 1±Ê√±Ó¬ ø¬ıÚ±˝◊ºº ¤ø˝√√ √˙ ˙±øôL ’øÓ¬ ¬Û1˜ 1n∏ø‰¬1º ¸”˚«…1 øfl¡1Ì ’±1 Úfl¡À1 õ∂fl¡±˙ºº ¬ÛøÓ¬ ¬Û≈S ¸À˝√√±√1 ˜±Ó≈¬˘ ‡≈άˇ±˝◊º Ó¬±1 õ∂øÓ¬Ù¬˘ ø√À¬ı± ¸˜1Ó¬ Òø1 OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL / 52 ‰¬f˜±˘±1 ¬Û±‰¬1 Ú±˜ÀȬ± ë˜Ò≈1œí ¬ı≈ø˘ ˆ≈¬˘ fl¡À1º ’Ô‰¬ ˆ¬±˘Õfl¡ ¬ÛøϬˇÀ˘˝◊ Œ√‡± ˚±˚˛, ‰¬f˜±˘± Ú±˜1 ’±ÀÂ√ √˝√√Ȭ±À˝√√º ¬Û√øfl¡Ù¬±øfl¡Ó¬ ¤fl¡±øÒfl¡ ¬ı±1 √˙ ˙±øôL ¬Ûø1‰¬˚˛ ¬Û±›“º ŒÓ¬›“ ˝√√í˘ ‰¬f˜±˘±º øfl¡c Œfl¡±ÀÚ± Œfl¡±ÀÚ±Àª ˆ≈¬˘ fl¡1±ø√ ¤˝◊ Ó¬±ø˘fl¡±Ó¬ ¤‚±1Ȭ± Ú±˜ Ú±˝◊, 1n∏ø%Ìœ ˜1±Ì Œ˜±ª±˜1œ˚˛± Œ˝√√±ª±1 ø¬ı¬Û1œÀÓ¬ ¤˝◊ √˝√√ 1±fl¡œ ¬ıœ1±— Ú±1 Œfl¡ª˘ ¤ 1±fl¡œ1 Œ˝√√ ’±ø˜ ¸±˜±øÊ√fl¡ ø¬ıÀ^±˝√√1 ‰¬˜»fl¡±1 ˆ¬œ1Ó¬± ’±1≈ ø¬ı˙±˘Ó¬± õ∂±ø5Ó¬ ¤fl¡ ˜≈‡… ˆ”¬ø˜fl¡± ˘øÂ√˘ ¤˝◊ Ú±1œ ¬ı±ø˝√√ÚœÀ˚˛º 1±Ò± ’±1≈∏ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ˝◊˚˛±1 ¬Û1± ¬Û≈Ú1¬ı±1 õ∂˜±Ì ˝√√˚˛ Œ˚ Œ˜±ª±˜1œ˚˛± ø¬ıÀ^±˝√√1 ¤fl¡ ¸≈¸— øͬӬ Ú±1œ ¬ı±ø˝√√Úœ ’±øÂ√˘º SROT ASWINI : A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL Œfl¡“±À‰¬ &ø˘ ¸ª ˘˚˛± ˙±øôL ˚Ó¬º ˙±øôL ¸Àª ¬Û±ÀÂ√ ’øÓ¬ 1Àe Œfl¡“±‰¬ ¬Û±øÓ¬º Œ√ø‡ Ú‘¬ÛøÓ¬1 ¸Ú… fl¡À1 ˝√√±˝√√±fl¡±1ºº..î ˚Ó¬ ˙øMê ’±ÀÂ√ Œ√À‡± &ø˘ ¸ª ˜±1ºº ˜≈fl≈¡øÓ¬1 Œ‰¬±À‰¬ øÚÀ¬ı± ¸ª±Àfl¡ ¸—˝√√ø1ºº Ó¬±e Œ√ø‡ ˙±øôL ¸Àª Ú‘Ó¬… fl¡ø1 fl¡ø1ºº ’¸—‡…±Ó¬ ¸Ú… ˜±ø1 fl¡˘ ¬ı≈ ±˜±1º &˘œ ¸ª Òø1 ›À˘±È¬±˚˛± ˜±À1 Â√±øȬºº ’±øÊ√ ¬ı≈Ϭˇœ ˜±À1 ˚ø√ Òø1¬ı±fl¡ ¬Û±À1±º ¬ÛÓ≈¬ª± øÂ√1± ø√ øÂ√ø1 &ø1˚˛±˝◊ ˜±À1±ºº ¤ø˝√√ ˜ÀÓ¬ ’±ÀÚ± Ú±Ú± fl¡ø1 øÓ¬1¶®±1º ≈√À‚«±1 ¸˜1 ’±øÓ¬ fl¡À1 ø¬ıÀÓ¬±¬ÛÚºº ¸?˚˛Úœ Ú±˜ ˘˚˛± fl¡À1 Œfl¡ÃÓ≈¬˝√√˘ºº ^n∏¬Û√ Úø Úœ Œ˚Ú ˜±À1 Œ•°2Â√ ̺º ˙±ôLœ1 ¸ij≈À‡ ˜±À1 ˚Ó¬ ø˝√√Õ˘ ̺º Ó¬“±Ó¬œ1 Œ˚ ˜1± ≈√˝◊ Ù≈¬À1 Â√±ø˘Òø1º fl¡±Í¬1 ά±¬ıfl¡ ˘˚˛± ’Ú… ¶aœ ¸fl¡˘º ¤ø˝√√ ˜ÀÓ¬ ˙±ôLœ ¸Àª fl¡ø1 ˜˝√√±1̺ õ∂ˆ¬±ªÓ¬œ ¸Àe Œ˚Ú ¬Û±G≈ ¬Û≈S ̺ ˙Sn∏ ¸ª ˜ø1 ˚±˚˛ õ∂±Ì1 fl¡±Ó¬À1ºº õ∂√øé¬Ì fl¡ø1 ˚±˝◊ Òø1 &ø˘ ˜±À1º √˙ ˙±øôL ø˚ ˜ÀÓ¬ fl¡ø1˘± ‡È¬±¸≈1fl¡ øÚÒÚºº ‚”ø1 Â√±øȬ ˜±À1 ˙Sn∏ ¸ª ˝√√+√˚˛Ó¬ºº Œ˚Ú˚˛ Œ^ìÛ√œ Òø1 ˝√√±Ó¬1 fl¡Ç̺ Œ˝√√Ú qøÚ Ú‘¬ÛøÓ¬1 ø˝√√Õ˘√±1œ ̺ ˙Sn∏1 ¬˝√√+√À˚˛ ¬Ûø1 ˜1˚˛ ¸˜”ø˘ºº ˜±1ôL &˘œfl¡ Òø1 √ø˘º ˚ ˙±ôLœ ¬ı≈ø˘› Î◊¬À~‡ fl¡1± ˝√√ÀÂ√º Œfl¡±ÀÚ± Œfl¡±ÀÚ±Àª OF THE J.B. COLLEGE WOMEN CELL / 53 ø¬ıÒª± Ú±1œ1 ¸˙¶a ¬ı±ø˝√√Úœ ˜È¬fl¡ 1Ê√±1 ¸Ú…1 ¬ı1Ó¬œ˚˛± Î◊¬øͬ˘ºî [ ˙≈øÚ ˜È¬fl¡ ˜1±Ì ¸Ú…¸fl¡À˘› 1Ì1 ¸±Ê√Ó¬ ¸±øÊ√À˘º ¸≈À¬ıø‰¬Úœ Œfl¡“‰¬±‡±Ó¬œ1 ¬Û”Ê√± ˝√√í˘º ¸?Úœ Ú±˜ ±˝◊ Œ˚ÀÚ – ìfl¡È¬fl¡œ1 ˜≈À‡ ¤ÀÚ ¬ı±Ó¬ø1 ˙≈øÚ 1±‚ªø¸—˝√√˝◊ ¬ ¬ıœ1 ø¬ıSêÀ˜ ¸±øÊ√ fl¡±ø‰¬ ›˘±˘º ˜È¬fl¡ 1Ê√±1 ’±À√˙ øfl¡È¬±ÀÓ¬º Î◊¬À~‡À˚± … Œ˚ ø¬ı ∏≈ûõ∂¸±√ 1±ˆ¬±1 Œ˘‡±Ó¬ ¬ı±1•§±1 ë¸?˚˛Úœí ¬ı± ë¸?Úœí Ú±˜1 Î◊¬À~‡ ’±ÀÂ√º ˚“≈øÊ√øÂ√˘ Ó¬±1 õ∂˜±Ì Œ¬Û±ª± ˚±˚˛º ëfl¡±Í¬1 ά±¬ıfl¡ ˘˚˛± ’Ú… ¶aœ¸fl¡˘ ¸?˚˛Úœ Ú±˜ fl¡À1 Œfl¡ÃÓ”¬˝√√˘í ˙±1œ Òø1 Ú±ø‰¬ ˚≈X fl¡ø1øÂ√˘º fl¡±Í¬1 √± ˝√√±Ó¬Ó¬ ˘ ë¸?˚˛Úœí œÓ¬ ±˝◊ fl¡1± ¤˝◊ ˚≈XÓ¬ Œ˚ ’±1≈∏ ¬ıU Ú±1œÀ˚˛ ¤˝◊ Ú±1œ¬ı±ø˝√√ÚœÀ˚˛ 1Ê√±‚11 ø¬ı1n∏ÀX ¸˙¶a ˚≈X fl¡ø1øÂ√˘º ˝√√ø1˝√√1 Ó¬“±øÓ¬1 ˜í1± ≈√Ȭ±1 √À1 ŒÓ¬›“À˘±Àfl¡ Â√±ø˘ Œfl¡±ÀÚ±¬ı± &1n∏1 Œ¬ı±ª±1œÀ˚˛fl¡À˝√√º ŒÓ¬›“ ø¡ZÊ√fl¡Ú…± ’Ô«±» ¬ı˱p¡Ìfl¡Ú…±º ˝√√ø1˝√√1 Ó¬“±øÓ¬ ¬ı± Œ˚±À f1 ’±À√˙SêÀ˜ ø¬ıÀ^±À˝√√ √±ø„√√ Òø1øÂ√˘º ø¬ÛÓ‘¬Ó¬±øLafl¡ ¬Û≈≈≈1≈ ∏õ∂Ò±Ú ‰¬ø1S1 ø¬ı¬Û1œÀÓ¬ Ú±1œ1 ¸˜±Ú ’øÒfl¡±1 Ó¬Ô± ¸˜˜˚«±√±1 ¤fl¡ ˜˝√√±Ú ø‰¬S Œ˜±ª±˜1œ˚˛± ¸ÀQ› ŒÓ¬›“À˘±fl¡fl¡ ’ªÀ˙… ÚÓ≈¬Ú 1±©Ü™Ó¬ Œfl¡±ÀÚ± √±ø˚˛Q ø√˚˛± Œ˝√√±ª± Ú±øÂ√˘º Ó¬Ô±ø¬Û› ¬ı˱p¡Ì…¬ı±√œ ¸˜±Ê√1 ‰¬ø˝√√√¸fl¡˘1 ’—˙ ¢∂˝√√ÀÌÀ1 øϬˇ Î◊¬Í¬± ¸¬ı˘ Ú±1œ ŒÚSœQº ¬ıœ1±— Ú±, Œ˚±X± ’±1n∏ ‰¬ø˝√√√1 ˙±1œ fl¡1± ˝◊—ø Ó¬ ’±ÀÂ√º ... √‡˘ fl¡ø1 ˝√√±›˝√√±fl¡ ø¸—˝√√±¸ÚÓ¬ ¬ı˝≈√√ª±1 fl¡Ô±› ˝◊˚˛±Ó¬ Î◊¬À~‡ ’±ÀÂ√º ¤˚˛± Œfl¡ª˘ ‰¬1˜ˆ¬±Àª ¬Û1±øÊ√Ó¬ fl¡1±˝◊ Ú˝√√˚˛, Ó¬±1 Ù¬˘ÀÓ¬ ¬ı± ¬Û±‰¬ÀÓ¬ ø¬ıÀ^±˝√√œ ¬ı±ø˝√√ÚœÀ˚˛ ’±À˝√√±˜ 1±Ê√Ò±Úœ Rajmohan Nath Rachanavali captured the capital.” Raj Mohan Nath : with a crushing defeat in the hands of revengeful women. The enemy advanced and present Lakhimpur sub-divison, but the disor They were encountered in the Machkhowa field north-east of Dhakuakhana to the north of present Dikrong Ferryghat; and they marched against into a volunteer unit by Harihar Sannyasin in his hermitage on the Bandardewa hill, two miles of massacred ‘Female Rebels’ fl¡ø1ÀÂ√º ŒÓ¬›“ ø˘ø‡ÀÂ, fl¡ø1ÀÂ√ 1±Ê√À˜±˝√√Ú Ú±ÀÔº ŒÓ¬›“ ¬ıËp¡¬Û≈S1 Î◊¬M√√√1 ¬Û±11 Ú±1œ ¬ı±ø˝√√ÚœÀȬ± ø¬ıÒª± ˜ø˝√√˘±À1 øͬӬ ¬ı≈ø˘ Î◊¬À~‡ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ( [ø¬ı–^– ’é¬1 ø¬ıÚ…±¸ Œ˘‡fl¡1 ˜ÀÓ¬ 1‡± ˝√√ÀÂ√º] ˝◊˚˛±1 ¬Û1± Œ√‡± ˚±˚˛ Œ˚ Œ˜±ª±˜1œ˚˛± ø¬ıÀ^±˝√√1 ¤fl¡ ’ÚÚ… ¬ıø˙©Ü… ’±øÂ√˘, Ú±1œ ¬ıœ1±— Ú±, Ú±1œ ˝◊˚˛±Ó¬ ˜Ú fl¡ø1¬ı˘ œ˚˛± fl¡Ô±ÀȬ± ˝√√í˘ ¤˝◊ Œ˚ ëø¬ıÒ¬ı±í ø¬ıÀ^±˝√√¬œ ¬ı±ø˝√√ÚœÀȬ±Àª 1Ê√±‚1œ˚˛± ¬ı±ø˝√√Úœfl¡ “But the folly (of massacring Moamorias -D.S) was realised too late. The widows ’±ø˜ ˝◊øÓ¬˜ÀÒ… fl¡ ’˝√√± Œ˜±ª±˜1œ˚˛±¸fl¡˘1 ¸˙¶a Ú±1œ ¬ı±ø˝√√Úœ1 Ò±1̱Ӭ ¤fl¡ ÚÓ≈¬Ú ˜±S± ¸—À˚±Ê√Ú SROT V aisnavs who had fled to the north bank of Brahmaputra were or ASWINI : A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL , vol II, Guwahati, 2013, p. 202-3). ø¬ı ∏≈ûõ∂¸±√ 1±ˆ¬± 1‰¬Ú±¸y±1 ganised and the discontented The Backgr OF THE J.B. 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