how does the poem bangle sellers celebrate womanhood and how it is relevant to today's times(upto 500 words)
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The poem bangle sellers celebrates womanhood in various ways by describing the attributes of a cultural and traditional Indian woman.
The society had a certain level of respect for the women in India. This poem belongs to the era of 1912 and during that time women had certain designated functions. Their lives would revolve around purely family members and they had to take care of the house. They had to look after their fathers, husbands, brothers and children. In times now, the cultural values are same in regard to respect for traditional Indian women but the trend has some what changed. This poem cannot be applied to all women, now.
It does celebrate womanhood of what people perceive women to be. But it does not take into account their wishes, struggles and inner choices which makes it a little 'laid back approach'.
Because woman are not made for such purposes.
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• Bangle sellers is a poem by Sarojini Naidu, where she has explained different stages of a woman. The journey of a girl to a woman has been depicted in the poem where womanhood has been celebrated.
• Although the poem celebrates womanhood, but it also brings out the dark side of our patriarchal society and their mindset.
• Bangle is a jewellery worn by a woman portraying the colorful and bright side of her life. When a girl is young and pretty, she has lots of dreams about her future, that has been represented with blue and silver bangles.
• The young maiden is like a blooming bud and has a freshness in her soul.
• When she turns into a bride, she seems to be wearing golden bangles that depicts the holy vows one takes around the golden flame of fire during wedding.
• When she turns into a woman she seems to be wearing purple and gold flecked grey bangles , which depicts the maturity, experiences she has achieved and is on her mid age.
• Indian women are taught to be obedient to their fathers, brothers and husbands, and serve them life long. They have no identity and is seen as someone's wife, daughter or sister.
• This reflects the patriarchal mindset of our society and is still relevant to some extent till date. No matter how much a woman has been provided with education , career , but still she is expected to take responsibilities of her family.