INDIA'S #MeToo MOVEMENT
For a long time, a man could do anything to a woman if he had money or power (or both). So a lot of rich/powerful men did a lot of wrong things to a lot of women - and kept getting away with it. This has been a great evil in our society. Now - after all these years of Adharma - finally Dharma seems to be coming. Everybody has started talking about the problem and - more importantly - the victims have started exposing their abusers. Hopefully this is the beginning of a process that will deliver justice to the victims and punishment to the culprits. Hopefully this will bring an end to rich/powerful men abusing women and getting away with it. From now on at least, let all men treat all women with respect - if not out of decency, then at least out of fear . . .
यत्र नार्यस्तु पूज्यन्ते रमन्ते तत्र देवताः।
यत्रैतास्तु न पूज्यन्ते सर्वास्तत्राफलाः क्रियाः।।
yatra naaryastu poojyante ramante tatra devataah ।
yatraitaastu na poojyante sarvaastatraafalaah kriyaah ।।
Where women are worshipped, there the Gods are happy ।
Where women are not worshipped, there all work is useless ।।
- MANU SMRITI [3.56]
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100% true. No wonder why India was a golden bird when respect and freedom for woman was paramount. I dont know of any other country or major religion where the most sacred of social and religious symbols are goddesses. India is the only country I know where the three most revered gods are Durga, Saraswati and Laxshmi. Where else in the world do we have such respect and reverence to woman? Need to bring back those days of respect to woman both in religion, rituals and practice.
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