Re: take your daughters to work...
V. Chowdary Jampala (cjampala@quark.dayton.net)
Thu, 23 Apr 1998 22:43:58 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Kavitha Tumuluri wrote:
> Just curious to find out if there is anything similar to "take your daughters
> to work" in our culture i.e are there any mythlogical stories in indian
> heritage on any particular artform which is passed on to a daughter and
> daughters are encouraged to learn it...
Not an answer to the question posed. But, 'take your daughter to
work' (now 'take your child to work' in many communities) is a very recent
phenomenon and cannot really be considered a tradition, and probably could
be included if we use a broad and loose definition of culture in US.
Regards -- V. Chowdary Jampala
PS: Our local paper had a big news story regarding how many local school
districts are reconsidering their decision to officially sponsor this day.