Today our topic of discussion is The Wedding Ceremony . The Wedding Ceremony The wedding ceremony itself could be very elaborate or simple depending on the wealth and tastes of the families concerned. Three accounts of Muslim weddings…
Today our topic of discussion is Age At Marriage . Age At Marriage As early as Adam’s education reports of 1835 and 1838, the wide prevalence of child marriage had been mentioned in official discourse as a deterrent…
Today our topic of discussion is Selecting A Bride . Selecting A Bride Marriages would be arranged by guardians. Seldom if ever in sharif (or in later parlance, bhadro) society did girls and boys get a chance to…
Today our topic of discussion is Puberty And preparations For Marriage . Puberty And preparations For Marriage With the onset of puberty which occurred early in tropical climates, a girl’s training was complete and she was considered physically…
Today our topic of discussion is Didactic Manuals . Didactic Manuals As the urban middle class grew in number, accompanied by the develop- ment of modern Bengali prose in the latter half of the last century, the Namas…
Today our topic of discussion is Romantic Love: Priya . Romantic Love: Priya A new dimension was added to the wife’s multifarious roles, other than that of mother. This was fostered by the idea of romantic love which…
Today our topic of discussion is Colonial Bengal Motherhood . Colonial Bengal Motherhood In Colonial Bengal motherhood was one of the most important ingredients of domestic ideology. The notion of motherhood was also the aspect which displayed more…
Today our topic of discussion is Separation Of Spheres . Separation Of Spheres In Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, Mr Wemmick physically ritualized the separation of spheres every evening on returning home from his work- place, by lifting up…
Today our topic of discussion is The Family In Transition . The Family In Transition Narratives that have come down to us from the early part of this century illustrate the changes that were taking place in the…
Today our topic of discussion is The Ghar And The Bahir . The Ghar And The Bahir The separation of the public and private spheres of the was expressed aptly in the Bengali dichotomy of ghar and bahir.…
