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Posted
on 06-Aug-02 01:58 PM
MP woman burns herself on husband's funeral pyre
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Posted
on 06-Aug-02 01:59 PM
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=18285621
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| Riva |
Posted
on 06-Aug-02 02:30 PM
Manche kaha bata kaha pugi sakey but our hindu sisters are still burning themselves on their husband's pyre.
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| DHUMBASSE (DUMBASS) |
Posted
on 06-Aug-02 03:26 PM
Good thing this is only happening in India and may be in Pakistan also , who knows. Good thing nepalese women know that they have better freedom, and there is not any in-laws forcing them to do what is so heinous. May Lord Pashupati nath always reign nepal and protect all the nepalese women as well as the publics mind from this type of evil.
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| Nams |
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on 06-Aug-02 04:09 PM
DHUMBASSE (DUMBASS)
Good that Nepali women don't have to go through the sati process but what do u think about women who are accused of witch-crafting and initially made to eat human feces. Believe me this is a regular practise in rural parts of Nepal. There might be so many women still practising sati in rural parts...it's just not covered in the media. Isn't it sad?
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| narendra"sahara" |
Posted
on 06-Aug-02 04:24 PM
aayeko thiyo yo sansarma eklai rundai
gayo yo sansar chadi sati ko rupma
bidambana bhanu ki parampara
aahilay pani yesto hunda
aachama lagcha
parampara ko naamma
manusya ko hatya.
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| Dhumbasse (dumbass) |
Posted
on 06-Aug-02 04:47 PM
Nams,
that is very true . maile pahila pani bhaneko chu ra jahile pani bhnnechu, "yo caste system bhaneko hamro samaj ra sanskritima lageko jhyau ho ra Andha bishwas ra rudhibadhi haru Aijheru haru hun."
Jasto Hamile aafno ghar safa rakne kam ma hami aanfu nai aangadi sarenau bhane arule pakkai pani hamro ghar safa garnalai aaundainan. tyestai yi nachahine rudhibadi andha bishwas haruko unmulan pani hamile nai agrasar bhayera garnu parne cha.
At this time juncture it actually becomes our duty. It might ,and will take a long time and courage. we might not see it all irradicated in our life sopan, but atleast our children or genertions after us will. So the QUestion becomes how do we go abot it ?
We start from us ,ourselves. I do not belive in bokhsi, jhankri. I do not believe in caste system. I do not think any desease will be cured by sacrificing a rooster. So if I happen to live in the midst of all those people who do believe , I will stand up and say Loud and clear " I do not believe in this BS". Not just say but I will refuse to succumb to the pressure, mero jyanai kina na jawos.
The next step would be to educate people. 50 years ago the situation was worse, now it is bad because of the education.More people are aware of the fact. So, that is how it is going to progress and one day it will not be there. we might not be there at that time to see it or feel it but trust me it will be there. Remember " the journey starts with the first step" , a chinese proverb.
PEACE ..................................
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| Birodhi |
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on 07-Aug-02 05:15 AM
>MP woman burns herself on husband's funeral pyre.
This is outlawed even in india, the homeplace of Hindus. This has nothing to do with Nepali women who are free (being not the subjects of religious sects in India). How did it find it's way into this gbnc sajha? It's strange!
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on 07-Aug-02 04:10 PM
15 arrested for ‘forcing’ woman to commit sati
Agence France Presse
New Delhi, August 7
Police in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh arrested 15 people on Wednesday for allegedly forcing a woman to burn herself to death by sitting on her husband's funeral pyre.
The woman's two sons, meanwhile, are to be charged with murder over Tuesday's incident, according to Savita Shoney, a local police officer.
Shoney said that sweeping arrests were being made to get to the bottom of the “ugly incident” in which Kuttu Bai burned to death in Tamoli village in Madhya Pradesh's Panna district by committing the centuries-old but outlawed custom of sati.
“We have arrested 15 people so far. And we have registered a criminal case against Kuttu Bai's sons Ashok and Rajkumar Sen Nai. They will be facing murder charges,” said Shoney.
“We suspect them of pushing their 65-year-old mother into this because they simply wanted to grab her property,” she added.
Kuttu Bai's elder son Ashok Sen Nai is accused of lighting the pyre in front of several people, including her younger son.
Two policemen had rushed to Tamoli village after being tipped off by the village headwoman that an elderly woman in her village was about to commit sati, but the locals threw stones at the police and chased them away.
“We have already arrested some villagers for attacking our police personnel. Others are absconding but will face charges for obstructing justice.”
Shoney added that around 40 policemen had been posted in Tamoli village to ensure that no one “tried to glorify” the incident.
“Sati has been outlawed and any attempts to glorify Tuesday's incident will be firmly quashed,” she said.
The last reported incident of sati was the death of 18-year-old Roop Kanwar, widow of Mal Singh, in the Rajasthan village of Deorala on September 4, 1987, which sparked outrage.
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