Tales of Destiny (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781544682556)

"During to-day's discussion, in the spirit of tolerance that Akbar teaches to all of us, we Rajputs have had to harken to severe upbraiding. We are accused of inhumanity because in our homes a female child may be done away with at birth, lawfully and without dishonour. Be it so; the fact itself I shall not dispute. Nor shall I defend the practice except to point out that a woman more or less in the world does not matter, that the babe suffers no pain and knows no ill, that had she lived it might have been to a life of widowhood-if courage were wanting to choose the suttee-and therefore to long days of shame and sorrow. "Furthermore, has it to be remembered that the marriage of one of our daughters costs much money.

Author: Edmund Mitchell
ISBN-10: 1544682557
ISBN-13: 9781544682556
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/25/2017
Pages: 124
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.26d