Threshold of Chastity and Civilization
June 24th, 2005(published in Parabola Magazine in Spring 2000 issue)
She was told not to cross the threshold of her husband's house. She stepped out, nevertheless, and ended up being rejected by society. The story of Sita's rejection forms the controversial conclusion of the much-revered Hindu epic Ramayana (so much so, that a few versions of the [...]