<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=504908" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The stigma of the widowhood</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When you strip a woman<br>Of her costumes and cosmetics<br>And clamp on her widowhood, <br>She might well turn to be <br>A mother, sister or daughter.<br>Doing it on an open yard<br>As a part of funeral<br>Is an injury inflicted<br>On a mother, sister or daughter.<br>Let her be free to do when<br>And let it be a private affair<br>What sanctity has it got<br>In the changed scenario, <br>Where widows are getting<br>Married as freely now? <br>Must she be bound with thali <br>And metti by the bridegroom<br>To be usurped in his death? <br>The stigma attached<br>To being a widow be torn.<br>Be she as free as a man<br>Before and after her marriage.<br>It is grace that man grants<br>Before woman demands.<br>15.05.2008<br>[the hindu custome]</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Rm.+Shanmugam+Chettiar">Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=504908" data-title="The stigma of the widowhood de Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar" data-description="When you strip a woman Of her costumes and cosmetics And clamp on her widowhood, She might well turn to be A mother, sister or daughter. Doing it on an open yard As a part of funeral Is an injury inflicted On a mother, sister or daughter. Let he..."></div> </div> </div>

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