Ep. 139: The Gita Press and Hindu Nationalism
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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The Regressive Views of Gandhi
The most fascinating parts of your book are parts which actually deal with gender. And the remarkable thing is how you point out that even till today, they have those same kind of incredibly regressive views. In quote, independence is not promised to women in the Hindu social structure. A woman has to live with a father till marriage with a husband as a married woman. She cannot be independent at any cost while talking about menstruation. The core job of a woman was to serve the world. How? Pudhar used two terms, uth padhan, which means manufacturing of production and nirman, which means construction of creation.
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