compiled from book - Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi

It is my firm conviction that a fearless woman who knows that her purity is her best shield can never be dis- honored.However beastly the man, he will bow in shame before the flame of her dazzling purity.

A women is not really helpless when she is really pure. Her purity makes her conscious of her strength. I have always held that it is physically impossible to violate a woman against her will. The outrage takes place only when she gives way to fear or does not realize her moral strength. If she cannot meet the assailant's physical might, her purity will give her the strength to die before he succeeds in violating her. on other hand ,if a woman depends on her own physical strength or upon a weapon she possesses, she is sure to be discomfited whenever her strength is exhausted.

The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity. Metal and stones can never be real ornaments. The names of women like Sita and Damyanti have become sacred to us for their unsullied virtue, never for their jewelry, if they wore any.

Man the law-giver, will have to pay a dreadful penalty for the degradation he has imposed upon the so-called weaker sex.When woman,freed from man's snares, rises to the full height and rebels against man's legislation and institutions designed by him, her rebellion, no doubt non-violent, will be none-the-less effective. Let the Indian man ponder over the fate of the thousands of sisters who are destined to a life of shame for his unlawful and immoral indulgence.

Remember that a woman was your mother, before a woman became your wife.

Sita Ram, Radha Krishna and not Ram Sita or Krishna Radha. This practice is not without its significance. Women used to be honored and their work and worth were regarded as of special value. Let us continue the tradition in letter and spirit !