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Reading Notes: Nine Ideal Indian Women; The Story of Savitri

The story of Savitri had a great affect on me this week because of her strength, and ability to know what she wanted from life. When she was presented with situations that she did not like, she accepted what was inevitable, but knew her own power and what she was able to accomplish, and used it. I loved the style of writing throughout the story (enough to buy the whole book on Amazon), because all of the descriptions were about the relationships between characters or what they were feeling. There are definitely some beautiful stories that have a lot of detail poured into the surroundings and the background to set up a better mental image, but the relational writing here was beautiful.


This depiction of Savitri following her husband into the woods spoke to me because she did not try to plead or prevent what she knew was inevitable, but she did everything she could to deal with it when it happened. 



Bibliography: Devee, M. S. (1970, January 01). Nine ideal Indian Women. Retrieved March 12, 2019, from https://archive.org/details/nineidealindianw00suni/page/n9
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