tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.comments2023-04-11T07:00:22.449-07:00Feminine FragranceSarojini Sahoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01918606441865020455noreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-13076592519886257572013-03-27T19:07:30.799-07:002013-03-27T19:07:30.799-07:00An excellent article. If you research you can see ...An excellent article. If you research you can see that women are free always.Vp Ahmedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09312841584520775403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-84004749252858558382013-01-10T23:43:12.766-08:002013-01-10T23:43:12.766-08:00I remember a song of old black and white film “Mot...I remember a song of old black and white film “Mother India” <br />ऒरत हॆ वो ऒरत जिसे दुनिया की शरम हॆ<br />सनसार मे बस लाज ही नारी का धरम हे<br />दुनिया में हम आए हें तो जीना ही पड़े गा<br />जीवन हॆ अगर ज़हॆर तो पीना ही पड़े गा <br /> Which is the bases and most popular code of ethics of our region since history, to rationalize it is not an easy job, as it becomes a criteria to judge a good or bad woman.<br />First of all rule of law is very important, be sure that the culprit should not be escape from punishment for any reason, suggesting punishments as we wish (like burning alive etc) is tantamount to lynch any person, indicate lawlessness in general public. You are absolutely correct in saying “This is the proper time for these rights to be institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behavior “<br />About your observation” Many commentators shared with a cynical tone that this leaderless, spontaneous over reactive mass movement may become a part of fading memory “ <br />You can say this as cynical, but as it happen in past so their thinking or more precisely their skepticism might not baseless. First of all this incident does not occur first time , our past history is full of these type of unfortunate unreported incidents, if this time the culprits are punished according to law, a good Precedence will be established, and fear of law might prevent these incidence to reoccurs as frequently as it happen in past. But fear of law is not enough, it require change of thinking, must be uniform not conflicting. <br />It is not a case of simple rape as it appeared at first look, it is a complex matter; the victim is tortured brutally to punish her for the sin which culprits think requires such punishment.<br />It is a case of collision of different flavor of morality which exist in our region, you might feel that some people must have soft corner with the culprits, but they are keep quite under general pressure or might be waiting for the bubble to be subsided. <br /> To my humble opinion our thinking about rape is equally harmful than actual rape. What is the difference or more painful physically if a woman’s leg or arm is hurt and insertion of anything in her sexual hole. It might not be any significant difference, but as you clearly point out in your Blog post “The attitudes of society, state, law are never in favor of a rape victim. After a ‘rape’ a victim has to cross through several rapes. During police investigations, during court prosecutions, in neighbour’s presumption and in society’s speculation she has to come across the terrible accidents what she wants to forget. In another words, she is raped several times after the sad incident by police, by lawyers, by neighbors and by public. “ <br />There is a big difference between a women is rape in west than in our region, a European woman feel humiliated for some time but quickly rehabilitees in life and forget what happen to her in past. But in our region the whole life of woman is spoiled, the so-called stigma, the sin which she has never committed always bleak her life, no one like a secondhand woman. <br />The possible reasons which one speculate might leads a woman to be raped, like as fashion , wearing short dresses , Dr. Anita Shukla raised the point that why was the victim out of her house after 10 pm and added that if a girl will wander late at night with her boyfriend; such situations are bound to happen, and the famous "Slut Walk" movement which began in Toronto , after a local police officer reportedly told students at that women should "avoid dressing like sluts" in order to avoid being sexually assaulted. This should be taken as friendly advice; they are not in favor of statuesque, their intention was not bad but thinking that it can’t be change overnight so cooperate with inevitable <br />Kalimullahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06280814705278142487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-11323965399528796462013-01-03T14:48:24.213-08:002013-01-03T14:48:24.213-08:00Excellent article. Thank you!
Joneve McCormickExcellent article. Thank you!<br /><br />Joneve McCormickJoneve McCormickhttp://www.theperegrinemuse.com/poetrysoultosoul/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-60126025743754173692013-01-03T10:15:55.267-08:002013-01-03T10:15:55.267-08:00If you see some posts on facebook, someone has pos...If you see some posts on facebook, someone has posted picture of actress Kareena in a backless dress taken rather vulgarly and posted with a comment now what do you have to say? And there is a list of men who have posted similar comments using foul language. I have reported this to Facebook but they didn't find anything wrong about it. What to do if you can't fight such a simple battle. Manishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11385817017822538140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-54509195940086076902012-09-23T11:06:37.402-07:002012-09-23T11:06:37.402-07:00Congrats on the Kamala Das's article.
She has ...Congrats on the Kamala Das's article.<br />She has been compared to other wellknown feminist poets and inspite of her non-academic stance she is a great poet of depth.<br />She has worked on her lived through experience of loneliness in a poetic and concrete way.Dr Sushilla Gopaulhttp://www.museindia.com/authorprofile.asp?myr=2009&issid=24&id=261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-61614977584973118352012-09-19T19:08:18.989-07:002012-09-19T19:08:18.989-07:00I went through your article, marvelous. Your obser...I went through your article, marvelous. Your observations on the key issues of Kamala Das's poetry reveal an uncanny combination of the heart of a creative writer and the analytical skill of critical perception. to be honest, whatever little I have read of Das' poetry, I fully endorse your views. She cannot be categorized with her contemporaries and labeled as something. She is remarkably an individual, thoroughly distinct in her emotional thrust, a lone voice starving for love all the time. She was denied her rightful due which gets revealed in her poetry. No exhibition of scholarship, no academia, no imposing philosophy or metaphysical content, but a natural and spontaneous expression of the pangs of despair in love. She is not a branded feminist but the poetry is an expression of repressed sexuality, quite natural, and she is very honest about its delineation. The depiction of minute details of inter-personal relationship is unique. She is not a sex maniac but any wounded heart would have behaved and responded likewise. True, she can be appreciated along with Sylvia Plath. The personal elements mostly govern her poetry. She is a religious, even though religions played a devastating role in her life. the honesty and candid expressions are the significant traits. a very interesting poet indeed.<br />Prof. Suman Mahapatra<br />Retired Director of Higher Education, OdishaPROF. SUMAN MAHAPATRAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-89199209309238167552012-09-19T16:05:12.038-07:002012-09-19T16:05:12.038-07:00I don't know whether I am a suitable person or...I don't know whether I am a suitable person or not. I had read Kamala Das during my post graduation studies in 2000. Afterwards I couldn't read her works. But the impression of this writer is everlasting. With my very little knowledge, I want to see her as a writer who is a woman and having common womanly problems. I don't want to categorize her in any of the classes. No writer wants to limit her in any boundary as Shashi Deshpande too doesn't like herself to be confined as a feminist writer. So, same is the case with Kamala Das: "She has never tried to identify herself with any particular version of feminist activism" (Raveendran 52). I find her poems as the expression of self focusing on her emotional needs, depression, death wishes and need for security. She wanted true love in her life but unfortunately couldn't get it. She loved her body as much as her soul. Like any ordinary woman, to her sex is more related to emotion as you have expressed the same opinion in your essay' Pleasure on Par'. Her emotional dissatsfacation finds expression in the form of her works. But her poetry can't be confined to the issue of sex only. Her poems like "My Grandmother's House" is based on chidlhood memories. Her agony of shifting her innocent childhood to the harshness of the real world of adults truly finds space in her poems. That aspect of child psychology should also be considered. But I really salute her for her courage to express the tabooed emotions. She is a pathbreaking writer. In her poems like "The Stone Age", "the Old Payhouse" and "The Sunshine Cat" she rejects the venomous ideology of male dominance and has objected the gendered roles provided by our society quite openly. As a true representative of women in general, she is also unique in her candid expression of her feelings. Poems were a real source for her emotional outlet. As far as religion is concerned she seeks spiritual as well as emotional support in it whether in the shape of Krishna or Mohammad. We should not confine her personality as well as her writing abilities in any of the boundaries. She wanted to live life fully and did so irrespective of her physical and mental sufferings. But society never likes such human beings who say no to any social or moral codes.Bhavna Sharmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-22167362756957190252012-09-19T15:26:42.293-07:002012-09-19T15:26:42.293-07:00A beautifully written and illuminating post, Saroj...A beautifully written and illuminating post, Sarojini. You exlore many dimentions of Kamala Das with compassion and insight.<br /><br />She was a complex human being who needed to be loved for herself in a society structured to reward role-playing and submissiveness. Like many of us, she was vulnerable and placed her trust in those who did not deserve it.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing this moving piece.Joyce Yarrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298746689887039885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-91318395148271639222012-09-19T10:40:42.853-07:002012-09-19T10:40:42.853-07:00For some strange reason I find the anguish in Kama...For some strange reason I find the anguish in Kamala Das's life a larger mirror to what women in our country go through. Some not so much, but still they do. Sometimes I wonder what being a feminist is? The general trend is to brand anybody who voices opinions in support of women as one. After reading this account, I feel a sort of heaviness in my heart. Our so called society and its norms are the reasons women have had to suffer for generations. And come to think of it, they still do in varying degrees. Of-course, I also feel reaffirmed in my belief that we women are capable to take in any sort of tortures. Perhaps other than the patriarchal buffoonery that has been going around, this is another reason why society keeps throwing sludge bags towards us.Its sad that women have to fight and put up with nonsense if they desire to lead their lives according to their wishes and fancies. All she wanted was love and everything else was temporal and transient. Thanks for such a wonderful article Sarojini Ma'am; for acquainting me with Kamala Das.Nabanitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05958307546734785806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-4589104872116139522012-09-18T23:18:44.116-07:002012-09-18T23:18:44.116-07:00Kamla Das was a pure soul untouched by religion or...Kamla Das was a pure soul untouched by religion or gender hierarchies. Her religion was love.But she couldn't find it in her relationship with men in her life. Only her Grandmother could respond to her unconditional love which was not tethered to the worldly definitions.She was unfit to live by the rules of this world which is fettered by binaries of moral/immoral. She was above such things. A pure soul indeed who lived by the dictates of the love in her soul. Alas!she couldn't find a soul mate in this world.May her soul rest in peace and eternal love.<br />sangeeta singhsangeeta singhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-54279901327656050212012-09-18T19:26:00.229-07:002012-09-18T19:26:00.229-07:00This is purely a personal account. I cherish readi...This is purely a personal account. I cherish reading her literary works too much.Vp Ahmedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09312841584520775403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-37740208961912493572012-09-18T12:06:24.448-07:002012-09-18T12:06:24.448-07:00thanks for an illuminating post!thanks for an illuminating post!Annie Finchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09874209585098408777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-1094551331506295222012-09-18T12:05:50.569-07:002012-09-18T12:05:50.569-07:00thanks for a very illuminating post!
thanks for a very illuminating post!<br />Annie Finchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09874209585098408777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-80298789965350600522012-09-18T01:10:55.408-07:002012-09-18T01:10:55.408-07:00I have always found Kamala Das to be India's S...I have always found Kamala Das to be India's Sylvia Plath. The impassioned lines and confessional tone, the deep sexual anguish in a society which believes in farces dictated by the male sex, has stirred me into resonance with her thoughts. <br /><br />To categorise her as a feminist writer would be not wrong, I think, though I believe that all women writers are writers first and then, a feminist.Monika Pantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-40647376808764181162012-08-16T02:14:14.779-07:002012-08-16T02:14:14.779-07:00Thank you for this knowledgeable blog. I am a begi...Thank you for this knowledgeable blog. I am a beginner in the term of drug but i little know about <a href="http://www.naturaltestosteronepills.com/" rel="nofollow">testosterone pills</a> which is beneficial in numerous cases. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11453009853819699851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-68002316966815916922012-03-13T23:14:50.849-07:002012-03-13T23:14:50.849-07:00Good to read your concept and idea about women a...Good to read your concept and idea about women and no religion. I write in malayalam and just borrowing your idea to write my own version of the same concept.how will you justify it??Sapna Anu B.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08562137146285955074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-28126957676905848152012-03-13T18:43:57.346-07:002012-03-13T18:43:57.346-07:00If a woman has no religion,then nothing to worry.....If a woman has no religion,then nothing to worry...so called institutional religions are against the humanity and equality, though there are many written religious texts which contain some favorable lines for women, but those seem to be contradictory...all institutional religions in the world are alike....one has to go above all these to establish humanity..and humanity knows no discrimination irrespective of caste, colour, gender etc.Manas Mallickhttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001229496531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-19804427081186855762012-03-13T18:34:50.515-07:002012-03-13T18:34:50.515-07:00Religion has often be abused to reinforce patriarc...Religion has often be abused to reinforce patriarchy. On March 8th, also Sri Caitanya's appearance day, I read an appalling quote of Iskcon's founder Srila Prabhupada, claiming that women are the most dangerous weapon of maya. Men who blame women as the object of their desires when they themselves are unable to control their senses have the logic of a child who bumps into a table and says that the table is bad.<br />BUT THERE IS FEMININE SPIRITUALITY in many variations (MY WAY), and it is extremely empowering, and nourishing to the soul, thus being an important complement to political and social feminist commitment (YOUR WAY).<br />For years I read about matriarchy and followed the path of the witch, which is the way of the old matriarchal ways here. I was not interested in magic, but mysticism. The GODDESS. But as I didn't find a convenient group, I shifted to other ways of spiritual practice.<br />Then in autumn 2010 I experienced the Durga Puja in Berlin. Although in the male-led Hindu context, it was the first time that I experienced the worship of the Goddess as being something alive. It was a bit like homecoming, I thought: this is what I have been looking for for ten years...Silke Liria Blumbachhttps://www.facebook.com/liria13noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-74663208550991831612012-03-13T18:31:56.841-07:002012-03-13T18:31:56.841-07:00BUT THERE IS FEMININE SPIRITUALITY in many variati...BUT THERE IS FEMININE SPIRITUALITY in many variations (MY WAY), and it is extremely empowering, and nourishing to the soul, thus being an important complement to political and social feminist commitment (YOUR WAY).<br />For years I read about matriarchy and followed the path of the witch, which is the way of the old matriarchal ways here. I was not interested in magic, but mysticism. The GODDESS. But as I didn't find a convenient group, I shifted to other ways of spiritual practice.<br />Then in autumn 2010 I experienced the Durga Puja in Berlin. Although in the male-led Hindu context, it was the first time that I experienced the worship of the Goddess as being something alive. It was a bit like homecoming, I thought: this is what I have been looking for for ten years...Silke Liria Blumbachhttps://www.facebook.com/liria13noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-63930159710232873122012-03-11T19:04:15.196-07:002012-03-11T19:04:15.196-07:00My Divine Goddess has protected me, my Divine Godd...My Divine Goddess has protected me, my Divine Goddess has guide me... and she has placed her blessing in me through the reflection of love... we are both divine beings and we are one, we are the light of the universe and the union of the Soul.<br /> My Divine Goddess has warmed my heart and provided peace in my long years of solitude and separation of the shadows others place in society to make us blind...Victor Tovarhttp://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=91616605&authType=name&authToken=BBGy&goback=.amf_2424666_91616605&trk=anetppl_profilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-70536589920488005772012-03-11T19:00:51.029-07:002012-03-11T19:00:51.029-07:00In my experience, all prominent religions, includi...In my experience, all prominent religions, including Christianity, marginalize women. I think it's worth examining why God had traditionally been depicted as male (in the last 5,000 years...since the dawning of patriarchy). To be fair, why is it still taboo to imagine God as a woman and how we can bring more female images of God to the forefront? <br />Christianity (along with other religions) has provided women with 3 life role options: the obedient wife, the virgin nun, or the whore...all of which require that we define ourselves according to our relationships with men. This is very dangerous to the psyche and well-being of us all. Perhaps it would be healthier for us all to learn to define ourselves according to our own divine natures and our relationships with the natural environment, which is literally what has birthed us all...? <br />While I feel that many women do want to be treasured by a good man (or woman), we equally want to be respected, have a balanced role in leadership and the freedom to worship a God(ess), in the image of ourselves...Cara Cruickshankhttp://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=145706112&authType=name&authToken=TCyu&goback=.amf_2424666_145706112&trk=anetppl_profilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-24848454335308066862012-03-09T01:16:52.363-08:002012-03-09T01:16:52.363-08:00Christianity dignifies the woman through whom the ...Christianity dignifies the woman through whom the Savior of the world came.She is seen as man's suitable helper with whom man works and who is to be loved and protected by him.When a man finds a wife he finds a good treasure and obtains favor from God.There reaches a point where men should know that before God, man is not different from woman as it has become a mystery that the first woman was made from man but now all men are born by women.And when we'll stand before the Judgment Seat of God no mention will be made any longer about our sex.These and more show how Christianity sees woman, the one to be loved and respected by her children who call her with their father ''blessed''.SHEY EDWARD DINAYENhttp://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=69708355&authType=name&authToken=GMQz&goback=.amf_2424666_69708355&trk=anetppl_profilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-84283526359449298562012-03-08T05:32:34.665-08:002012-03-08T05:32:34.665-08:00The code set by manu is a lot discriminating to wo...The code set by manu is a lot discriminating to woman reducing them to something like menial workers.<br /><br /> The caste system mentioned in the smriti is unbelievable that it gives the feeling as though caste system had something to do with hinduism.<br /><br />how come an incarnation of vishnu, give mankind, a set of codes that sets a sort of discriminative rules against the weaker sez, and the rigid caste system?<br />The code of Manu states "In childhood a female must be subject to her father (Pita), in youth to her husband(Pati), then to her sons (Putra); a woman must never be independent. There is no God on earth for a woman than her husband.....She must on the death of her husband allow herself to be burnt alive on the same funeral pyre. That everyone will praise her virtue."<br />for more details: http://www.bhagwanvalmiki.com/manu-smriti.htmSAP Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16003171829870711885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-6676917963869478612012-03-07T23:18:15.708-08:002012-03-07T23:18:15.708-08:00লালনের জীবনদর্শন আপনার বেশ ভালো লাগছে, তাইনা?
নারী...লালনের জীবনদর্শন আপনার বেশ ভালো লাগছে, তাইনা?<br />নারী দিবসে আমরা নির্বিশেষে মানবিক হওয়ার পার্থনা করি...Masud Ahmadhttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001741456318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27386887.post-52620718954706712692012-03-07T07:28:20.710-08:002012-03-07T07:28:20.710-08:00Though i have not gone through much,religious book...Though i have not gone through much,religious books,but i know bit about manusamhita,and it has denied rituals,to be performed by women,but the creator of men and women is God,Allah,aur ishwar,whatever a any person call to allighty,nirgun,sagun,dwait aur adwait,he has created both the genders males and females,to balance the nature.<br />shiv is masculine without shakti,shiv is shub without shakti which is Feminine,and represnted by kali,durga,radha,sita. I had read the many ancient spiritual stories,eg Gargi who defeated yagvalakya in shastrarth,wife of mandal mishra who defeated shankryacharya in shastrath,In this universe if there is no energy or shakti,then there will be no creation,because everything is in lifeless stage without shakti,which is Feminine.<br />The soul of men or women or any creature of God does not have any gender,which is part of God,"atma ansh jeev avinashi",the soul can enter in any body irrespective of gender,"atma ansh hai parmatma ka".<br />So according to me,every social norms can be performed by men or women.yes i agree there is some physical and emotional difference is between men and women,which is necessary for balancing nature.Vinashaay sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14896278759769158828noreply@blogger.com