Kanyadaan
(A Thread)
When we say "the father gave her daughter's hand in marriage" do we think of an evil father casting away his child or do we think of a well dressed gentleman leading his child upto the groom in a church?
(A Thread)
When we say "the father gave her daughter's hand in marriage" do we think of an evil father casting away his child or do we think of a well dressed gentleman leading his child upto the groom in a church?
Do we ever ask ourselves what right a father has to give his daughter's hand to someone else ?
We do not.
Because everything that is from the west and it's Judeo Christian cultural backdrop is sacrosanct.
We do not.
Because everything that is from the west and it's Judeo Christian cultural backdrop is sacrosanct.
If "giving her hand in marriage" is okay , then what is so fundamentally wrong with "kanyadaan" ?
We'll , it is wrong just because it is hindu (read pagan idol worshipping natives) . Our colonial masters taught us to hate our roots and we have since continued with the practice.
We'll , it is wrong just because it is hindu (read pagan idol worshipping natives) . Our colonial masters taught us to hate our roots and we have since continued with the practice.
Now that hinduism has been thoroughly reformed and the most pressing issues solved (over the last two centuries) , we have nothing else to do apart from digging out dead topics and forgotten stuff to keep the spirit of self loathing alive !!
Answer honestly , in today's India (barring some weaker sections) where women are working and educated , divorce is normalised , live-ins are common and single parenting is frequent , what real relevance does 'kanyadaan' hold ?
And why do we have to see "daan" as casting away ? Can we not view this "daan" as a sharing of rights ? To the woke feminists here , I'm speaking of rights that a husband has over his wife and vice versa and not the right of owning a commodity.
Since childhood , the loving father and mother had the exclusive right of love towards their child . And now at the hour of marriage they are ready to share a bit of that right with another person , that is their son in law .
Is it too difficult to view it this way?
Is it too difficult to view it this way?
Unfortunately we are living in an India where every non-issue is being made into an issue when real issues such as girl child mortality , inequal sex ratio , triple talaq or law sanctioned polygamy goes miraculously unaddressed !
Post by Halley Goswami..🙏
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