In 1818 the rani of Travancore confronted a strange problem. A woman called Veeramma, widow of an immigrant soldier, wished to burn herself with his remains. Permission was denied, only for Veeramma ...
The issue of attacks on women in a different form and from a different era will also come up in the puja marquee in the metropolis An artisan paints an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga inside a ...
Kolkata: ‘Sati-daha’, the old practice of immolating widows, and Ajanta Cave’s artworks will be among the myriad themes of this year’s Durga Puja festival to be observed in the backdrop of the RG Kar ...
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