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Politics, News & Issues > Politics in Asia Self-immolation of a widow: India's best kept secret about women

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Self Immolation is suicide usually for a reason of protest. Self Immolation more means the giving of one's self in a noble, altruistic, or selfless way. Indian females from a very young age are taught that self-sacrifice is god-like and divine. Sita, the Indian wife of god-king Rama is idealized as walking through fire to prove her chastity. Women are often praised for their bravery and social standing if they commit sati (another version of self immolation, in which the woman commits suicide upon her husbands grave).

The political structure does not openly condemn the practice beca...

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