[racchabanda] History on this day - 11th December 1881 - First Widow remarriage in Andhra
Syed H.A.S Mohammed
Sri Kandukuri Veeresalingam Garu ....
He was instrumental in performing the first widow remarriage in Andhra
that took place at Rajahmundry on December 11, 1881. The 12-year widow,
Gouramma was a native of Repudi village in Krishna district. She was
married to 22-year old G. Sriramulu. Pyda Ramakrishnayya of Kakinada who
extended Rs.30,000 for performing the remarriage and supported
Veeresalingam, later had to succumb to pressures from society.
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> Sri Kandukuri Veeresalingam Garu ....
> http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/11/18/stories/--- In
> He was instrumental in performing the first widow remarriage in
Andhra
> that took place at Rajahmundry on December 11, 1881. The 12-year
widow,
> Gouramma was a native of Repudi village in Krishna district. She was
> married to 22-year old G. Sriramulu. Pyda Ramakrishnayya of
Kakinada who
> extended Rs.30,000 for performing the remarriage and supported
> Veeresalingam, later had to succumb to pressures from society.
My Comment:
Please note, the article is from - The Hindu of Nov18, 2002. For
awhile I thought a historical event is being reported in today's 'The
Hindu.'
No, this writing is not from today's newspaper. It is six years old.
In here is given information of a widow's marriage - first of its
kind. This event is considered as a reform and the day is written
up in Hindu as a historical day. But, I see no reform in this
marriage. It is a repetition of a mistake. Notice the widow-bride
is only a twelve year old child. Isn't Viresalingam against child
marriages too. Then why did he let this marriage happen?
In the news, the much written up bio of Viresalingam ( the
experimental scientist) is repeated, and the person who financed the
experiment ( the venture capitalist) and his subsequent plight is
mentioned. There is no news about Gouramma and SriRamulu, the two
most important people in this event. What happened to them after this
marriage?
I would hope the ambitious experiment was not simply to accomplish a
brave act of re-marriage for a widow, but to give a chance of
happiness for these two human beings. It does not appear to me, such
conditions were created in here.
Viresalingam was identifying a problem in society and was
recommending a solution to that problem in society and it appears, he
was applying it to a living person, without taking all existing
conditions and possible consequences into consideration.
This news writing, reflects a mechanical trend of idolizing
Hindu/Telugu reformers. I see no gain in analytical thinking and
skills even though much time had passed from the original event, to
the publication of this 2002 'The Hindu' article.
The heading of the article is "Women's liberation - Century ahead",
but really the journalist does not even think for a second about
women.
It appears, the journalist had not even bothered 'to think' in
writing this article.
This journalist simply cut and pasted some words. He gloated over
Viresalingam and ciculated this man's bio one more time, reendorsing
him as a women's liberator. What that women's liberation is this
journalist knows not, so he can't tell.
So, I will not wait eagerly, for this journalist to report on 'Men's
liberation' which i suppose is yet to come:-) as part of the big
glorious liberation movements of humans:-).
Regards
lyla.