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According to Hindu tradition, a widow cannot remarry. She has to hide in the house, remove her jewellery and wear the colour of mourning.
What stands out about the Indian widowhood experience is its severity, its longevity and the blatant stigma attached to a widow’s personhood. Elaborate customs and rituals demarcate the death of the husband.
- Rekha Pande
Mar 1, 2023 · Brick’s new book, “Widows Under Hindu Law,” is a detailed textual and historical analysis of four widow-related topics in India: widow remarriage and levirate; widows’ rights of inheritance; widow-asceticism; and the custom of sati, a former practice in India where a widow burned herself to death on her husband’s funeral pyre.
Aug 29, 2022 · Pramod Zinjade (right), a social activist from Solapur, India, took the initiative to protect his own wife from repressive widow customs and urged village councils to ban the practice.
Dec 28, 2023 · From the ancient practice of Sati to the impact of British colonialism and the evolution of widow rights, this narrative explores the multifaceted experiences of widows in India, acknowledging both the challenges and triumphs that have shaped their destinies.
Jun 22, 2012 · In much of Indian society—across caste and religion—a widow is often perceived by family members to be a burden and sexually threatening toward marriages. “My husband died when I was 18,” whispers Radha, who is now 28. She finds it difficult to express herself.
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This section provides primary sources that document how Indian and European men and one English and one Indian woman have described the practice of sati, or the self-immolation of Hindu widows.
