Water
Tonight, May and I watched Water [IMDB], a movie directed by Deepa Metha. The movie is set in 1938 Colonial India, and tells the story of an eight-year-old widow who is sent by her family to a home where Hindu widows must live in poverty. Knowing the following sacred texts help understand this extremely moving story.
A widow should be long suffering until death, self-restrained and chaste.
A virtuous wife who remains chaste when her husband has died goes to heaven.
A woman who is unfaithful to her husband is reborn in the womb of a jackal.
The Laws of Manu
Chapter 5 verse 156-161
Dharamshastras
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