![]() ![]() Pratibha Jain and Ranjan Mahan, Women Images, Jaipur, Rawat Publication, 1996, 12. These paradoxes have shaken and disturbed a natural balance. Although India might have been ruled by a strongest woman as prime-minister Indira Gandhi or it can claim to have its first women president too Pratibha Patil still women are forced to remain meek and subservient. It is common for a man to ill treat his wife and other women of his family while fearing mightiest of mother goddesses (including sati). 220 As a result Indian society is full of paradoxes. Both kinship and rituals consist of ‘symbols and symbolic complexes’ attested with meanings as desired by men. The standards are designed and defined by men of the society. In the Indian context kinship and rituals are intricately interwoven. 219 Image of a woman is full of contradictions that highlight the disparities existing in the hierarchical division of the social order. have played quite a decisive role in influencing the social order. 121 Chapter 5 IMAGES OF WOMEN The prevailing images for men and women in the form of ideas, symbols, traditions, values, models, etc. ![]()
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