sati facts

Submitted by mehreen (Pakistan), Mar 2, 2007 at 14:12

Sati is the practice through which widows are voluntarily or forcibly burned alive on their husband's funeral pyre. It was banned in 1829, but had to be banned again in 1956 after a resurgence. There was another revival of the practice in 1981 with another prevention ordinance passed in 1987 (Morgan 1984). The idea justifying sati is that women have worth only in relation to men. This illustrates women's lack of status as individuals in India

courtesy www.indianchild.com

In 1987 an eighteen years old widow, Roop Kanwar, committed Sati in a village of Rajasthan
The 'Sati' version is that Roop told her father-in-law she wanted to commit Sati.
Roop was forced to commit Sati.
The case went to court, but no one was charged with her murder.
Even in the year 2000, you hear about Sati occurring in rural villages.

Bhopal Aug. 6.2002 In an incident of `sati', a 65-year-old woman sat on the funeral pyre of her husband today and died of burns, at a village in Madhya Pradesh's Panna district.

Police said Mallu Nai died at Tamoli Patna village after a prolonged illness.

On coming to know that his wife, Kuttu Bai, intended to commit `sati', two policemen from Saleha rushed to the area but were stoned by the villagers. Kuttu Bai's two grown-up sons did not attempt to prevent her from sitting on the pyre.

you still think sati is not being commited today....and these are few of the cases reported in the media...

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