• V.V.B.Rama Rao

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Several centuries ago, the revered poet Bhartuhari portrayed pristine femininity thus:
karyeshu dasi
karaneshu mantrai
roopesu lakshmi
kshamaya dharitri
bhojeshu maata
sayanesu rambha
satdharma nari
kula dharma patni
The ideal role model of a woman in a good family has these traits. Culture can never be static
like the water in the river. Things, conditions, attitudes change or get changed but the basic
ethos of values remain ne plus ultra, farthest point attained or attainable. The mind-set and poetic
imagination of women today tends towards the basic values. The three exemplars (there may be
many besides these) are highly learned, English educated, holding or held high positions. Times
have changed and attitudes have undergone changes owing to the zeit geist. In spite of the
malady of the century, irrespective of the variable human condition these poets are exemplars,
each in her own way. The three are arranged as per their life experience in terms of age.

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