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The Indian Village Of Deorala In Rajasthan, The North-western Indian State That Borders Pakistan, Is Neither Remote Nor Feudal In The Strictest Sense. A Tarmac Road Links The Population Of 10,000 To Neighbouring Villages And Towns, There Is Running Water And Electricity, And The Villagers Have Had Television For Over Twenty Years. On 4 September 1987, Deorala Found Itself At The Centre Of A Furore That Awoke Age-old Conflicts In Indian Society. Before A Crowd Of Several Thousand People, Mostly Men, A Young Woman Dressed In Her Bridal Finery Was Burned Alive On Her Husband's Funeral Pyre. The Apparent Revival Of An Ancient Tradition Opened Old Wounds In Indian Society And Focused World Attention On The Status And Treatment Of Women In Modern India. The Ancient Practice Of Sati - The Self-immolation Of A Woman On Her Husband's Funeral Pyre - Was Outlawed By The British Administration In India In 1829. Sati Was Widely Believed To Have Died Out. The Fate Of Eighteen-year-old Roop Kanwar Changed That Perception. Mala Sen, The Author Of The Acclaimed Biography Of Phoolan Devi, India's Notorious Bandit Queen, Explores The Reality Of Life And Death For Women In Modern India In A Study Whic

Author

Chand, Meira

Publisher

Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Orion Publishing Group, Limited

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780297817482

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Sociology, Gender Studies

Rating

3.5 / 5 (9 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14