IMPRESSIONS OF AN OFFICER OF GERMAN GENERAL STAFF OF HIS TRAVELS IN INDIA 110 YEARS AGO (1)

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The loyalty of the Indian wife is proverbial.

Self-sacrificing,self-denying,of deep affections,the Indian woman is the personification of true femininity,of gentle devotion,and rounded charms.

When Brahma,creator of the Universe,was minded to give a helpmate to man, he became, to his consternation,aware that he had already used up the whole of his material on the latter.

Not knowing what to do,the God looked about  Him & took the stuff to fashion woman from the rest of his creations.

"He took",the Indian legend tells," the lovely curve of the moon,the sinuous undulations of the body of the snake,the mobile grace of the quaking grass,the satin softness of the flower,the tender tendrils of the climbing plant,the witchery of the dancing sunbeam,the slender suppleness of the willow,the vanity of the proud peacock,the ingratiating wiles of the cat,the sweetness of the honey,the gentleness of the dove,the cruelty of the tiger, and with that the coldness of ice and the heat of the fire."

After this manner,did Brahma create woman.

And yet on her entrance into life ,the Indian woman is greeted with a curse,and received as a visitation of the God's displeasure ! "