it is ‘appalling’ that modern women are doing Karwa Chauth

PinkVilla published a video interview of veteran actress Ratna Pathak Shah. During the interview, while talking about society and how difficult it is for women in India, she made a bizarre statement and targeted the Hindu festival Karwa Chauth. Shah pointed out that India is moving towards becoming a conservative society and might become like Saudi Arabia. The reason she gave was someone had asked her last year if she observed Karwa Chauth fast or not. To the question, Shah had replied, “Am I mad?” Ratna Pathak Shah is wife of actor Naseeruddin Shah.

She said, “Nothing has changed for women, or very little has changed in very crucial areas. Our society is becoming extremely conservative. We’re becoming superstitious, we’re being forced into accepting and making religion a very important part of one’s life. 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?'”

She further added, “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? A 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.”

Shah said that when a country becomes more conservative, it clamps down its women first. She said, “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.

Ye kon hai

Anything that keeps me from widowhood thodi motivation hota hai wo log dont want their husbands to die they pray for long lives of their husband 

Isme kya galat hai? 

If one does not want to do it. Its absolutely fine. But it does not give them a free pass to make silly comments on the ones who are doing it by choice.

Pseudo intellectuals. 

Maya Sarabhai, She’s still in that role

 Janta: 

Ita appealing that  modern women think what other morden women should do or shouldn't do. 

I love her onscreen but she has been turning into Jaya Bachchan part 2 for a while now. 

Meanwhile, Naseer does a better Jaya than Jaya herself. I wanna be a fly in their house and see how they interact with each other, kaafi entertaining hoga.

Acting karo, khatam karo. Opinion apne paas rakho. 

Ab iss statement ko leke controversy hogi.

I'd fast for the love of my life.

In fact, am fasting every Monday this month of "Shravan" as per my friend's advice for peace of mind and just be closer to God too. and am praying that God forgives me for people I've hurt with my actions too.

Whoever doesn't want to fast can choose not to but I don't see why they feel the need to look down on women who choose to practice it out of their own free will.

but Jaya Bachchan don’t preach what one should do or shouldn’t.