Could the difference between the two have been that the British improved themselves but the bride burners had to have the Portuguese and the British do it for them?
Roland. > On Apr 28, 2022, at 9:59 PM, Frederick Noronha <fredericknoron...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Didn't Great Britain burn their "witches" not much earlier? > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_trials_in_England > > Scholars have suggested that both the British, and earlier the Portuguese, > made a bigger-than-life thing about sati, as they needed some grounds to > justify their ascendancy to power. And claim the civilizing role of the White > man. This is not to say that sati didn't exist, but the number of cases were > probably far fewer than the exaggerations suggest. Much like the Inquisition. > > Sometimes, I get the feeling that we are brainwashed by what we read... and > in what language we read it. FN > > Radhakrishnan Nair a journalist and once an avid Goanet poster from Kerala, > recounts this historical incident on his always interesting-to-visit Facebook > page. > > Quote > When the barbaric practice of Sati was abolished in the 19th century, Hindu > priests organised mobs to protest the British interference in their religion. > > General Charles Napier, Commander of British forces in India, reasoned with > them: "So be it. This burning of widows is your custom; prepare the funeral > pyre. But my nation also has a custom. When men burn women alive, we hang > them and confiscate their properties. My carpenters shall therefore erect > gibbets on which to hang the perpetrators when the widow is consumed. Let us > all act according to our national customs.” > > The mob dispersed, the priests quickly vanished, and the widows were no > longer burned alive. > Quote ends. > > Roland. > Toronto. > > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > April 2022 | Frederick Noronha. 784 Saligao 403511 Goa > Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | M (after 2pm) +91 9822122436 Twitter @fn > 1 2 | ---------------------------------------- > 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | fredericknoron...@gmail.com > 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | Books. Words. Photos. Wikipedia. Networks > 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 | PHOTOS: https://flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/ > 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | VIDEOS: http://t.ly/58ji > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Sender notified by > Mailtrack 29/04/22, 07:29:05 am > > ᐧ
