The Padmavati row is the creation of a toxically patriarchal Hindu nation
Like all Rajputs, I’m very proud to be one. I didn’t change my surname after my marriage partly because feminism, but mostly because I just love the way it sounds. I’ve diligently researched all my ‘royal’ connections (few, tenuous, almost no bragging rights). I possess T-shirts that read ‘Rajput war strategy—A headlong dash with no plan B’ and ‘Your Palace or Mine?’ and I’ve worn them both to bits. When I was a child, I soaked up all the mandatory Rajput tales— Prithviraj Chauhan, Rana Pratap, Rani Padmini, you name it. In fact, I have several cousins named Prithvi, two uncles named Pratap and a sister named Padmini. All the older men in my family (and several of the women) have massive, white, handlebar moustaches.
Early this year, my sister Padmini, who has lived in Australia for the last 30 years, came to India with her family and we did a tour of Rajasthan together. Her teenagers, an amiable, intelligent, Aussie bunch, their blood thinned by her union with their UK-bred, academically inclined, Kayasth father, were pretty shaken by the stories narrated at the sound and light show at Chittor Fort, especially by the tale of Panna Bai (surely every working mother’s child’s worst nightmare? Way to pick your career over your family!) and Rani Padmini’s jauhar [self-immolation by women to avoid capture when facing certain defeat in war]. At the bonfire camp that night, they gazed into the flames and wondered what it might be like to burn alive.
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Themes Of Choice
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A golden girl
One of India's most formidable beauties passed away earlier this month. The odd thing is she would absolutely hate this obituary; she hated being written about and avoided publicity for all of her nine decades. Indira Aswani was 93 when she died. But anyone who encountered her, even briefly, was in such awe of her grace and poise, and one could not but remember her forever.
The interest in wine is growing delightfully in India
The renowned British wine writer and television presenter Jancis Robinson, 74, recently came to Delhi and Mumbai to reacquaint herself with India's wine industry. This was the Robinson's fourth visit to India; the last one was seven years ago. On this trip, Robinson and her husband, restaurateur Nicholas Lander, were hosted by the Taj Hotels and Sonal Holland, India's only Master of Wine.
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