1. The Indian Woman in Kamala Markandaya
Wadley explains, [The god] Rama's wife Sita exemplifies the behaviour of the proper Hindu wife, devotedly following her husband into forest exile for twelve years, and eventually, after being kidnapped for a time by the evil Ravana whom Rama finally destroys, proving her wifely virtue by placing herself on a lighted pyre. . . . ... We note that Rukmani is prepared at an early age to accept her role as a wife, which is evident in the gay response she makes to her mother, "I shall have a grand wedding". ... "That she is evil and powerful I know myself. ...
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