untitled
A lot of women killed themselves after the Bombay riots. people were shocked, but not surprised. For centuries of Indian women, the editor of a Hindu newspaper wrote, it has been the honorable way. Remember Queen Padmini of older times, who, alone with her attendant women, threw herself into the fire rather than become her Muslim captor's concubine?
In modern Bombay, death by hanging, a noose made from a sari, was the most common. Those who had connections and money bought sleeping pills. A few women swam out into the ocean. This reminds me of the bollywood movie 'Fiza' in which the legandary actress of Indian Cinema Jaya Bachchan plays mother of a terrorist. A mother's grief and disappointment eventually lead her to commit suicide where she swam out into the ocean.
In modern Bombay, death by hanging, a noose made from a sari, was the most common. Those who had connections and money bought sleeping pills. A few women swam out into the ocean. This reminds me of the bollywood movie 'Fiza' in which the legandary actress of Indian Cinema Jaya Bachchan plays mother of a terrorist. A mother's grief and disappointment eventually lead her to commit suicide where she swam out into the ocean.