Alpana Baideo,
I also thought that he is not that dumb to give
comment on that. The problem is, he gave comments in
TV program on a subject which he does not know
anything about. Where did he learn that women in
certain societies in the Northeast can marry more than
once?
Ganesh
--- Alpana B. Sarangapani
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Hi Ganesh: Good to hear from you.
Here is an explanation on that story:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1448117,0008.htm
Quoting a few lines from it: Akhtar maintained that
while participating in the televised debate on Common
Civil Code, he drew attention, among other things, to
divergent social practices across India. To the best
of my recollection, all I said was that while a niece
can marry her uncle in certain communities in the
South, in Punjab such a practice would amount to
incest. Similarly, women in certain societies in the
Northeast can marry more than once, which isn't the
case elsewhere.
I was thinking at least Shavana Azmi wouldn't allow
him to think like that about the Assamese women. :)
I still wonder though in which society in the NE can
women marry more than once - just like that - other
than when getting a divorce or widowed, which is quite
common nowadays almost everywhere in India, I suppose!
Regards, - Baideu.
From: Ganesh C Bora [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: assamnet assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu
Subject: [Assam] From Sentinel - Aug 2
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 05:59:35 -0700 (PDT)
Javed remark irks Assamese women
Assamese women can be purchased in any mega city
GUWAHATI, Aug 1 (UNI): Javed Akhtar, the legendary
Bolloywood lyricist, is facing collective ire of
Assamese women for delivering a one liner against
them.
Akhtar, during an interview with a television
channel,
passed a derogatory remark on Assamese women, and
this
has snowballed into a major controversy as both
political and apolitical organizations are up in arms
against him.
Akhtar might have underestimated the strength of the
Assamese women when he said during the course of the
interview that the women of Assam cannot be equated
with those of the other parts of the country. The
Assamese women are frequently changing their husbands
and they can be purchased in any mega city of the
country.
This has sent shock-waves across the State and what
began with discussion in close circles and then
letters to the editors had now become a controversy
with the BJPs women wing taking up the crusade for
others.
The State wing of the BJPs Mohila Morcha, in a
letter
to the chairman of the partys women national body,
demanded an apology from Javed Akhtar and from the
television channel.
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