Analysis Of The Sindoor Khela

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The society celebrates the ritual of "Sindoor Dan " where the groom applies sindoor on the forehead of the bride , But the reality is that this illustrates how the society views a women in the culture . This ritual must have existed many years ago as my mom told me that it finds a place in Vedas ( ancient Hindu scriptures ) . Sindoor for a married woman is meant to pray for her husband . "Sindoor Khela" is a Bengali (Bengal is a state of India ) festival in which married women offer sindoor to Goddesses Durga to pray for their husbands wealthy and healthy life . The next time I see a married women with sindoor that means she is indirectly praying for her husbands wealthy and healthy life . A bride in India is viewed as Goddesses and is …show more content…

The importance of these vows in a bride 's life is exemplified by the female character, Draupadi, in the famous epic of "Mahabharata". This is an epic I watched when it aired on Star Plus, my favorite Indian television channel. In one of the episodes of this epic, Draupadi , wiped off her sindoor which signified her hatred towards the Pandavas (her 5 husbands) who did not protect her dignity when she was unwrapped in court. Due to Mahabharata being the underlying origin of Hinduism, its stories heavily influence the importance of sindoor. Moreover , by accepting Sindoor , the bride upholds the responsibility of supporting her husband , standing by him through the good and bad times, and taking care of him. She must also make sure the sindoor, which she adorns for him, never wears off. In other words, she assumes her role as his companion and motivation , while providing him with love, care and respect. This reminds me about my mom as she is very particular about her sindoor . She has saved a box which contains the sindoor that my dad applied on her forehead on their wedding day . One day I started playing with it and she got so mad at me that she snatched it from my hands and kept it back safely . She stated that this sindoor is supposed to be your father and it was her duty to take care of …show more content…

In one of the most successful movies of Bollywood (Indian cinema ) - 'Om Shanti Om ' the director shows a scene where the actor is the producer of the film in which he wants to cast his wife but he tells her to remove sindoor from her forehead and she denies by saying , "One pinch of sindoor is the blessing of god, One pinch of sindoor is the crown of a married women , one pinch of sindoor sindoor is dream of every woman." This was the most popular and praised part of that movie which reflects the idea of how much a woman should be dedicated towards her sindoor. As it is a woman 's duty to take care of her sindoor she has to make sure her sindoor dose not wipe out or she does not drop the box in which she sores her sindoor . Yesterday I was watching an Indian show , 'Yeh Rista Kya Kehlata He ' when I came across a scene where the wife suddenly drops her box of sindoor and at the same time her husband gets shot . The media encourages us to develop perceptions that makes a discrete line between gender in their specific

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