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Our Cultural Heritage
Chapter-10
INDIAN WOMEN, SOCIETY AND CULTURE
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The main base for progress of any society or country depends very much on the approach and the attitude of their women towards life. When we think about the reason for this fundamental truth, then it seems that women affect very heavily all the facets of human life and therefore their contribution to human progress is very significant.
Before we take birth on this earth, we have to stay for about nine months in the womb of our mother. The great Indian visionaries have proved that even in the womb, the culturalization of our life continues and therefore the thoughts and conduct of mothers during pregnancy affect significantly the future of the children. We can visualize the truth of this matter clearly by studying the Indian culture and history, auspicious events of conceivement of the Tirthankars, and the lives of great people such as, mother Madalsa,
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