Women

Then v/s Now

Debosmita
Ghosh
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Gargi
✣ The Vedic society was primarily a male-dominant one.

✣ Women from the Vedic Age often struggled to get equal

status as men but very few succeeded.

✣ Vedic education was very different for boys and girls.

Boys went to gurukuls to study while girls were given
primary education at home.

✣ Some women were very learned and intelligent. Gargi

was one of them. She surprised the sages with her
questions who struggled to find an answer to them.
Malala Yousufzai
o Born in 1997, Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistan civic
activist of female education. She is currently the world’s
youngest person to receive the Nobel Prize laureate.
o When the Taliban forces invaded Pakistan, they ordered
to shut down female education. Malala stood up to them
and did not let them close her all-girls school.
o I admire Ms Yousufzai because I’m also very supportive
of the fact that ‘girls should receive education and have
equal rights as males’. This is the cause for which she
now works. And I see her as a kind of role-model for me.
 Vedic Age
✣ Women of the Vedic Age had very little to no value,
respect and importance.
✣ They were viewed as the property of the husbands
and not as separate persons alone.
✣ They were only expected to do household chores
(cleaning, cooking etc.), take care of their children,
and serve their husbands.
✣ Vedic girls did not have the right to education. They
were given primary education, such as reading, and
were taught how to do household chores.
Modern Age
o Modern women have a very hight and respectful
status in the society.
o They are viewed as independent
persons who can take their own
decisions and choices.
o They are free to do whatever they
want to do, whether it is working
outside or at home.
o They have the right to education and
can file a case in the Court of Law if
not allowed to study.
o Modern women are allowed to take decisions that
affect their lives without any restriction from their
male counterparts.