{"id":54472,"date":"2018-10-20T16:09:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T10:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=54472"},"modified":"2018-10-20T16:09:35","modified_gmt":"2018-10-20T10:39:35","slug":"harassed-husbands-burn-effigy-of-surpanakha-on-dussehra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/harassed-husbands-burn-effigy-of-surpanakha-on-dussehra","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Harassed&#8217; husbands burn effigy of Surpanakha on Dussehra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"394\" data-attachment-id=\"54474\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/harassed-husbands-burn-effigy-of-surpanakha-on-dussehra\/surpnakha-efigy\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/surpnakha-efigy.jpg?fit=650%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"650,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"surpnakha efigy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/surpnakha-efigy.jpg?fit=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/surpnakha-efigy.jpg?fit=640%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/surpnakha-efigy.jpg?resize=640%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/surpnakha-efigy.jpg?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/surpnakha-efigy.jpg?resize=150%2C92&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/surpnakha-efigy.jpg?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(56, 54, 54); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">Burning effigies of\nRavana is a common practice on Dussehra, but some &#8220;harassed&#8221;\nhusbands celebrated the festival here in a slightly different\nway &#8211; by burning an effigy of Surpanakha, sister of the\nmythical multi-headed demon king.<\/span><br style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(56, 54, 54); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\/><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(56, 54, 54); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">These men- members of &#8216;Patni Pidit Purush Sanghatana&#8217;,\nan organisation of victims of harassment by wives- burned the\neffigy on Thursday evening at Karoli village near Aurangabad\nin Maharashtra.<\/span><br style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(56, 54, 54); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; 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They are misusing it to harass their husbands\nand in-laws over petty issues.&#8221;\n<\/span><br style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(56, 54, 54); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\/><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(56, 54, 54); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">&#8220;We condemn this tyranny against men in the nation. In\na symbolic move, our organisation burnt an effigy of\nSurpanakha on the occasion of Dussehra last evening,&#8221; he said.<\/span><br style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(56, 54, 54); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\/><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(56, 54, 54); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">As per Hindu mythology, Suparnakha was the root cause\nbehind the battle between Ravana and Rama. In order to avenge\nthe insult of Surpanakha, Ravana disguised himself as a sage\nand kidnapped Sita, which ultimately led to the war.<\/span><br style=\"background-color: transparent; color: rgb(56, 54, 54); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\/><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(56, 54, 54); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">Phulare claimed that as per the 2015 records, of the\ntotal number of married people who committed suicide in the\ncountry, 74 per cent were men.<\/span><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(56, 54, 54); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">Some members of the organisation also raised question\nmarks over the ongoing #MeToo movement.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burning effigies of Ravana is a common practice on Dussehra, but some &#8220;harassed&#8221; husbands celebrated the festival here in a slightly different way &#8211; by burning an effigy of Surpanakha, sister of the mythical multi-headed demon king.These men- members of &#8216;Patni Pidit Purush Sanghatana&#8217;, an organisation of victims of harassment by wives- burned the effigy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[43521,43522,43524,43523],"class_list":["post-54472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-law-news","tag-metoo-movement","tag-effigy-of-suparnakha","tag-patni-pidit-purush-sanghatana","tag-suparnakha-effigy-burnt-in-maharashtra"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Harassed&#039; husbands burn effigy of Surpanakha on Dussehra - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Burning effigies of Ravana is a common practice on Dussehra, but some &quot;harassed&quot; husbands celebrated the festival here in a slightly different way - by - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. 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