I take exception to Mr. Sengupta's comment " But I cannot accept ....Or that Sati is a good thing". Talking of Sati and Burkha in the same breath as if Sati is supported equally today ! A columnist of that stature making a blanket statement that implies Hindus support Sati in this day and age !! I am 48 years old , have lived in South India for 25 years, have met many Hindus urban, rural, modern, traditional and orthodox (yes, even very orthodox brahmins!) all my life and I have never, ever come across anyone who supports Sati. In fact, it is abhorred by the majority. From our parents accounts, it was abhorred or not supported since the beginning of the 20th century. The instances I have read of Sati now are in very few remote areas of Rajasthan. Please practice responsible journalism before you paint a picture that maligns a whole community. There is a tendency among quite a few Indian journalists to condemn Hindu and Indian cultures by painting an incorrect picture of the society as in this case. Whenever I read such articles, the motive of the journalists seems to be to show that they are superior by showing the rest of the society to be worse than what it really is!
