Janaki Jambunathan
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Punished twice!
There is another side to the story of chastity icon Nalayini
Now, what does the trope try to convey? That a woman gets her pound of flesh (pun unintended), never mind her status? That it is such an offence bordering on sin to have a sexual desire that the spouse abandons her? And what is the retribution for the husband, who tortured his wife in order to check her chastity threshold and then left her unmindful of the selfless service she did all those years? No accountability there.
http://www.thehindu.com/society/woman-punished-twice/article22464467.ece
There is another side to the story of chastity icon Nalayini
Now, what does the trope try to convey? That a woman gets her pound of flesh (pun unintended), never mind her status? That it is such an offence bordering on sin to have a sexual desire that the spouse abandons her? And what is the retribution for the husband, who tortured his wife in order to check her chastity threshold and then left her unmindful of the selfless service she did all those years? No accountability there.
http://www.thehindu.com/society/woman-punished-twice/article22464467.ece
