Ratna Pathak Shah is not just a fabulous actor who has proved her mettle throughout the years, but she is also brave when it comes to speaking her mind. From accusing the Hindi Film industry of making “garbage” films to slamming Sonakshi Sinha for doing ‘Dabbang’ and becoming an “object of lust”, the woman is fearless.
However, this time, her words have attracted several people’s anger on social media. Ratna Pathak Shah expressed that she finds it “appalling” that modern educated women perform Karva Chauth.
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IndiaTV quoted her saying:
“Someone asked me for the first time last year if I’m keeping ‘karwa chauth ka vrat (observing karwa chauth)’. I said, ‘Am I mad?’ Isn’t it appalling that modern educated women do karwa chauth, praying for the lives of husbands so that they can have some validity in life? Widow in the Indian context is a horrible situation, isn’t it? So anything that keeps me away from widowhood. Really? In the 21st century, we are talking like this? Educated women are doing this.”
She went on to allege that we are moving towards an “extremely conservative society” and asked if India wants to become like Saudi Arabia.
“We are moving towards an extremely conservative society. The first thing a conservative society does is clamp down on its women. Look at all the conservative societies in this world. Women are the ones who are most affected. What’s the scope of women in Saudi Arabia? Do we want to become like Saudi Arabia? And we will become because it’s very very convenient. Women provide a lot of unpaid labour within the home. If you have to pay for that labour, who will do it? Women are forced into that situation,” she said.
What are your views on her statements?
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