“mankind.” A constantly brewing discussion has unrevealed a debate much hard to
ignore. Can equality ever exist between the two sexes? Caste as women, by
Vrinda Nabar brings out the portrayal women have faced region across region,
religion across religion and time across mankind.
institutions we “people “have created the reason for this gender injustice
prevalent in our society? Women, have perhaps faced this battle of in-equality
since their birth, and the society has done nothing but paid blind attention to
this. Whether it is decades ago, or it is in today’s time women always face a
discriminatory stature and this is the reality of existence.
or even before it. It starts before the child is born, in the mother’s womb.
None of the conventional blessings showered on a pregnant woman mentions
daughters. It is doubtful whether one would actually exhort a woman to be a
mother of a hundred sons in today’s India……It exhorts her to have at least one
son, preferably the first born. No well wisher, it would seem, would admit to
wanting anything else,” as said by Vrinda Nabar.
caste-based, and class based. Thus,
hidden behind this mask, this persona or this “make-up” she is forced to wear
can we take a look at women in our society.
son. Her married life, even today may be a round of frustrated pregnancies.’-
Vrinda Nabar
existence- a reason she lives and the purposes she must fulfil to stay alive.
Her time is ‘measured’ at her father’s home, and she is conditioned to realize
that her central role is her duty towards her husband and children. Her home, after her father’s home is sketched
out as a place where her happiness may never be found.
family, and parents ushered in an early marriage to rid themselves of the
responsibility they would have to carry.
role.” She must, from early days incorporate this “home-bound duty”, one where
the responsibility of the children and home is hers, whereas the income
accumulation is the father’s.
society. Constant endeavours are made,
to make the girl child “fit” for her role to be played in society. Any sense of
masculinity must be diminished- whether seen in her physical appearance where
she has to rid her body of “hair” or has to engage upon activities deemed as
“suitable and correct” for her gender.
Her voice is limited to what is expected from her, and washed out of any
complaints.
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I feel that this book has placed an illuminated reality
of the plight women are trapped in today’s times. The present plays with the
past and there is no escape for a woman. Her rights are determined by her role
and how well she performs them. Justice is non- existent and is a never
