A Woman's Ritual

Download or read book A Woman's Ritual written by Sudha Murthy and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2017-01-19 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shraddha is a ritual where once a year, three generations of elders who have passed away are venerated by their loved ones. When Sudha Murthy went to perform the shraddha for her father, she was turned away, because she was a woman. "No woman has ever performed this ritual," the pandit said. Sudha Murty questions the importance of meaningless ritual while still being devoted to tradition - what does it mean to be a religious woman in the 21st century? A searching and powerful piece on reaching a balance between old and the new as a woman.