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Tag: sati

  • A quest for Padmavati.

    A quest for Padmavati.

    Purba Ray tweeted, that Padmawati was Padwaiting… But Padmawaiting is present continuous tense , we are dealing with past confused and tense. It was so confusing! Forget the second cup of coffee; even Google Mata is not able to sift the facts. My own information herding begins with an encounter with Rani Padmini once a…

  • sati-parampara

    Like my standard refrain, the “sati” that seems to be the burning problem of India… so what is this all about… The Sati has come in honour of the goddess Sati, who jumped into the sacrificial fire as she could not bear her father insulting her husband Shiva. The word originally was used to mean…

  • what are women’s issues?

    An activist I am told emerges when a person’s butt is on fire. Mine is kind of getting warm. Do excuse me, for another day; I shall complain about intelligentsia and women’s day before tackling the issues. I remember a friend in travel and tours telling me that some destination, the survey was people travelled…

  • Duel

    split personality Janus Right now if I could be two people then I would write on my master novel and at the same time trek round the Himalaya. Dr, Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde. Capt.Clegg and Dr.Syn. There are also the two faces of Janus. Infinite times we have been two people without realizing it. One…