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Sati Pratha - The Practice and The Propaganda | Dr. Meenakshi Jain

SPEAKER Dr. Meenakshi Jain Highly esteemed scholar, renowned historian and author of many deeply researched books. For her notable contributions to education and literature, in 2020 she was conferred with Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian award. Dr Jain has extensively researched the subject of Sati and the colonial debates that preceded its eventual abolishment in 1829. Her research findings form the basis of her acclaimed book 'Sati: Evangelicals, Baptist Missionaries, and the Changing Colonial Discourse.' SYNOPSIS Almost 200 years after being outlawed, the practice of Sati still looms large over every academic discourse about Hindu philosophy and customs. It remains a potent symbol of deep-rooted patriarchy and cultural misogyny of pre-modern India. Time and again the banning of Sati has been invoked to argue that British colonialism helped bring a regressive Indian society out of the dark ages. Even for contemporary Indians, who are proud of their heritage and culture, Sati Partha poses a strange predicament. How did a civilisation so advanced in science and philosophy, that produced great thinkers through the ages such as Mahavira, Gautam Buddha, Kabir Das, Adi Shankara, and many more oddly remained comfortable with a practice so barbarous? With so many glorious periods under numerous Indian dynasties from Guptas to Vijayanagara, Mughals to Marathas, why did India need a foreign  mercantilist power to ultimately put an end to this cruel and inhuman custom? It is important to address these questions as they play a key role in how we Indians see ourselves as a people. Were our ancestors really as backward and superstitious as we are told? And did India really need the enlightened Victorians to free her from its social evils? EXPLORE MORE Find out about upcoming sessions and learn how you can join them live and become a part of the conversation - https://www.argumentativeindians.com DISCLAIMER We invite thought leaders from across the ideological spectrum. The guests in our sessions express their independent views and opinions. Argumentative Indians does not profess to subscribe, agree or endorse the same or be in anyway responsible for the stance, words and comments of our guests.