Women Empowerment for Human Empowerment

Mahabharata - an ancient Indian epic revolving around the feud between the sons of two brothers, Dhritarashtra and Pandu, of the Kuru dynasty in the Hastinapur kingdom. Pandavas were five sons of Pandu and Kauravas were a hundred sons of Dhritarashtra. Pandavas were Yudhisthir, Bheem, Arjun, Nakul, and Sahdev. Duryodhan was the eldest among the Kauravas. Now the kingdom was run by the blind king Dhritarashtra as Pandu has long ago given up the throne due to a curse and then died when the Pandavas were ver y young. Though Yudhisthir was the eldest among all the Pandavas and Kauravas, Duryodhana considered himself the rightful heir to the throne. When Yudhisthir was declared the heir of the throne of Hastinapur, Duryodhana schemed to kill Pandavas and their mother by burning them alive i n a palace made of a flammable substance, lacquer. Pandavas were able to save themselves and t heir mother from the fire. After that, they married Draupadi. Destiny led to such an unusual arrangemen...

  A Woman Has No Home and No Surname Unfortunately, this is the truth of a woman’s life. I have battled this idiom, called it unfair, and stressed the fact that women are luckier to have two homes but the truth became clear as sparkling water when I was forced to leave my matrimonial house. I had no home to call my own. Homeless, I was taken away by my brother to my paternal house. No! Actually, it is my maternal house. After being in the marriage for more than twenty-five years, my mother earned the prestige of having a home in her name. But I was in the marriage for fourteen years, still, I was not considered a part of their house. Only after two months did I get permission to stay in the matrimonial house, citing it as my legal right. Where do women go for the days in between? These two months presented a stark reality of this society where a woman truly does not have a home.  Image Credit: Endo-Resolved A year back, I finally got the PAN with the surname of my husband, bef...