Sita

Consisting of 1,196 chapters and kandas and 55,102 verses combined, the Christian Bible and the Ramayana of Valmiki are two of the most important sacred texts of their respective religions (Kizziah, “King James Bible Statistics”; “Ramayana: Organization”). The Christian Bible, an ancient religious text consisting of both the Old and New Testaments, uses multiple narratives and parables to convey important values and themes. Christianity follows the teachings of the Old Testament, which contains…

What happens to us when we die? This has been a question commonly asked and ardently debated by many since the beginning of humanity. Reincarnation, a solution for some to this question, involves the rebirth of a soul into a new body after its death, thus beginning a new life for the same soul. It is one of the most fascinating, yet mysterious concepts that reveals itself in several of today’s major world religions. Literally meaning, “to take on the flesh again”, reincarnation is especially…

Emma Dell’ Aquila Dr. Pietros English 120 21 March 2018 Annotations Book McCue, Margi Laird. Domestic Violence: a Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO, 2008. In the book Domestic Violence by Margi McCue, the author acknowledges many issues, facts, and statistics that have to do with domestic violence. McCue puts an importance on the effects domestic violence and abuse can have on women. McCue explains that most people think the word abuse just means hitting and different forms of violence but instead…

Days and Nights in Calcutta is a memoir that Bharati Mukherjee and her Canadian husband Clark Blaise collaborated on, giving their day to day account of Calcutta during 1973. Bharati as she visits Calcutta after a gap of fourteen years, having spent a considerable length of time in Canada with her husband Clark Blaise, socialises with her childhood friends, especially women who attended the same school with her, with a hope to revive her relationship with the land of her birth and upbringing.…

The plight and predicament of woman have been presented in the novel by the novelist after a minute observation of the inner psyche of self-sacrificing Mayamma, assertive Sita and rebellious Devi. By and large, all of them are found themselves trapped in the web designed for the woman by centuries of social conditioning. The novelist sensitively portrays the condition of Indian woman caught between tradition and modernity…

So even goddesses that may not be seen by western feminists as particularly empowering (such as Sita), actually promote the humanity of handy women by being both a comforting image and a symbol of womanhood as sacred, and a hindu woman’s life could actually be worse without this positive female imagery (pg.107). She writes, “In our zeal to promote…

she shows at the death of her husband asserts her as a bold revolutionist. Such a militant woman is the woman that Meena Kandasamy dreams of. She is the role-model for the subjugated women to come out of their cocoons. Princess-in-Exile is about Sita who “walked out” of her place from her husband Rama, when her chastity was questioned. She indirectly avenges her husband for his suspicion on her. Likewise, Meena wants women not to follow the rules laid by the patriarchal…

The Facts For my second Aesthetic Encounter I decided to visit The Hindu Temple of Atlanta. Hinduism was a religion and culture I was not familiar with prior to my last couple semesters, but as I started to learn more about the fascinating tales the culture interest me. I quickly learn the difference from Buddhism and how Hinduism helps develop the religion far as morality and handling the everyday stress that comes along with humanity through meditation. When visiting the temples, one is…

We are all like clay pots composed of clay (the infinite) declares a Sruti text defining the overall principle of understanding atman or self (Rambachan 101). “In the image of God He created him; male and female, He created them” Genesis [1:27] . Whether in Hinduism or Christianity, these scriptures clearly imply that males and females are created identically and therefore are equals. Furthermore, Hindus believe in the spiritual equality of males and females on an existential level as a…

written by Valmiki around 1000 B.C.E. The epic was written in India where Valmiki is struck with inspiration; he later pairs Ramayana and sloka (grief) to make a greater story. In an epic battle where forces of evil kidnap the noble prince Rama’s wife Sita. Subsequently, a bloody battle between two interesting characters with allies in both parties initiates where at the end only one will keep standing. Rama and Vibishina provide codes to live by in one’s society; Ravana shows the consequences…