The cross or the poundWhich? A talk on the modernization of civilization in India with application to the Hindu and Hinduism . soextended an impression. Those who remember it, by putting two and twotogether, will believe it was not wholly the fear ofRussia which led to so small a levy being madeupon the home troops in India to meet the emer-gency in Africa. AND HER WAYS. Only the higher caste Hindu women are these it is largely voluntary, practicallywholly so, as one in the exclusiveness of the Zenena—the womans apartments—regards herself verymuch as the * four h
The cross or the poundWhich? A talk on the modernization of civilization in India with application to the Hindu and Hinduism . soextended an impression. Those who remember it, by putting two and twotogether, will believe it was not wholly the fear ofRussia which led to so small a levy being madeupon the home troops in India to meet the emer-gency in Africa. AND HER WAYS. Only the higher caste Hindu women are these it is largely voluntary, practicallywholly so, as one in the exclusiveness of the Zenena—the womans apartments—regards herself verymuch as the * four hundred do in our own coun-try. There is style and blue blooded elegancein being away from the gaze of common folk. Afeeling among the favored few which can readilybe appreciated here. The Hindu aristocrat—there are many of themof a lineage traceable to a period antedating theoldest of Englands proudest families—has hishome designed and constructed in accordance withplans providing for the daily life of the two sexesbeing passed separately if desired. The women,secure in their privacy, move about their apartments. 196 WOMANKIND AND HER WAYS. with perfect freedom. It is a mistake to think,because they do not do exactly as our own women,they are miserable, and continually pine for assuredly do nothing of the sort. On the con-trary, they have as good times as any women, andfrequently better than many. How is it possiblethey can, when so restricted ? I think I hear somesceptical woman ask, and How can it be possiblethe European woman entertains any self-respectwhen she makes herself so common ? the Hinduwoman responds for me. It is the point of viewagain. There is much in the Hindu womans positionagainst which our women would rebel, and so wouldthey, I presume, had their training and environmentbeen different. For instance, she never speaks toher husband in public, and always sees that he hasbeen served his meals before her ownare partakenof, which are not eaten
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