taara's story/ raMbhaadulu revisited (no pun!)/ long post!
Rao Veluri (rveluri@smtpgate.anl.gov)
Tue, 20 Aug 96 18:02:08 CST
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- Next in thread: er Tara's helpless state which led to what she did.
If she pointed out to the world how badly she was treated and how helpless
she felt before she yeilded to the blazing desire to do something to
feel happy for herself, we should try to understand and shed some sympathy.
If she were no feminist by to day's standards it is not her fault. Is it?
I am at loss to see why she has to fit our so-called modern thinking ( of
feminism or any philosophy for that matter ) to qualify for our sympathy.
One of the biggest mistakes is to measure people of yester day with to day's
yard sticks, and judge them withour regard to thir own time, standards and
problems.
In her times, what Tara did was perfectly revolutionary. She wanted to show
the world that ignored and iltreated wives will revolt and it is the husband's
responsibility to respect wife's individuality and desire for equal treatement.
May be Tara did not speak terms like economic independance. But that shoud not
come in the way of understanding why in the first place she cried bitter and
did some thing which the then society did not aprove of.
I do not know why feminists have to decree taaraa SaSamkam.
Syamala Rao Tadigadapa.
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