John, I think your child should also know about johar; resorted to by women and to a degree expected of them by custom, during warfare when all was lost and the men went out to fight to their certain deaths. In this act one sees shades of a counterpoint to sati. The following reference from History net tells of the batle of Chittor/Chitor (gad -- fort/fortess) in 1567, 290 years before the Sepoy Mutiny. (This article by Jeffrey Say Seck Leong and originally appeared in the February 1999 issue of Military History magazine.) There are other instances and one is illustrated in an Amar Chitra Katha comic book on Queen Padmini. In her case she committed johar along with other women to not fall into the hands of Allaudin Khilji.
http://www.historynet.com/magazines/military_history/3696021.html venantius > From: JOHN MONTEIRO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Sati tradition or greed ....... be better I will be somewhat 'an authority' on the subject by the time I have gone through all the links, printed them and read them over again. > Venantius Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > Dear John, > There is a lot of analysis in your post, and you are thinking out > aloud here................ > http://www.endabuse.org/programs/display.php3?DocID=102 > > http://www.hinduismtoday.com/archives/1987/12/1987-12-04.shtml > > http://www.wcd.nic.in/commissionofsatiprevention.htm > > http://www.countercurrents.org/gen-shukla190304.htm > > > http://www.hinduismtoday.com/archives/1987/12/1987-12-04.shtml > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roop_Kanwar > > To conclude, I do feel that that issues such as these when presented > with evidence (depending on the thrust of the thoughts) give credence > to our public outrage........venantius j pinto
