OM SAIRAM

Indian culture propogates the divine in the female form. The worship of Shakti has been in vogue right from the Vedic times. Lakshmi the productive power; Saraswati the goddess of learning, Parvati and Durga the power of protection and destruction. The Bhagvad Gita lists the female virtues - 7 namely :

1. Fame - mother governs the gestures, habits, expressions and pronounciations of the child. Women set the trend at home.
2. Fortune - is not mere money but talents and assets put to proper use of the society and for quietening the mind and for heightening the sense of beauty.
3. Speech - a woman's voice should be sweet, truthful, powerful, incisive and persuasive. It will console a crying child and control an erring husband.
4. Memory - generally women have a greater power of remembering what they have heard.
5. Intelligence - women have the gift of intuition to understand the true nature of things.
6. Constancy - women have the capacity to endure suffering.
7. Forbearance - women have the unique quality of condoning the offences of others.