Tag: Johar
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Everything in the name of honour- even death?
A historical perspective of Johar If you haven’t been totally cut-off from the history of India, then you must have heard about the practice of “Johar” or “जौहर प्रथा” practiced in the medieval times by women of some communities, particularly in the Mewar region (now a part of Rajasthan). It was a practice of self-immolation…
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